Preschool
Ages 3 to 5
The basics of values formation. Each of the eighteen lessons comes with a teacher's guide, visual posters, and a student placemat: fun activities on the front, a large picture to color on the back.
Values formation, built on the character of God
Every ICP course asks the same question in a way that fits the age of the student: what is God like, and what does that mean for how I live? Good is what agrees with the character of God. Evil is what does not. The rest of the curriculum follows from that.
Character Code for Life God's Character and Me Character Clubs Vacation Bible School
Ages 3 through grade 6
Character Code for Life
A nine-year series of books and teaching materials built on the unchanging principles of morality and ethics found in the Bible. Children study the basic character traits of God, and each age group meets those same values again with more detail and a harder challenge to apply them.
The curriculum runs to six modules. Each module covers six values with three lessons apiece, which gives eighteen lessons per module. Churches, Christian schools and families all use it.
It is available now in English, and has been translated into seven languages for children in more than a dozen countries.
Primary
Grades 1 to 3
An illustrated teacher's guide, large colorful posters, a student lesson card, and an individual Activities Journal for each of the eighteen lessons in the module.
Intermediate
Grades 4 to 6
An illustrated teacher's lesson guide, a poster for each of the eighteen lessons, and a four-page leaflet with individual and group activities.
Teens and adults
God's Character and Me
The study does not stop at grade six. God's Character and Me carries the same framework into six modules for teens and adults, each with six units of three lessons: eighteen lessons in all. Small groups in churches, Christian schools and families use it.
Module 1, God Is. "In Him we live and move and have our very existence." So who is God? Why should I be concerned with God? Is God active in the world today? Six units: God's Revelation, Faithfulness, Love, Holiness, Justice and Time, and me.
Module 2, Man as God Made Him. God created man to be the link between Himself and His creation, free to decide whether or not to honor God. A study of God's plan for man, of man's dishonoring of God, and of how God made a way back.
Module 3, The Value of a Godly Family. The nature, purpose and joys of a family that works the way God designed it, in the relationship of husband and wife and in godly parenting. Now being translated into Swahili for the churches of Kenya.
Character Clubs
Run the curriculum as a club in your church
Churches use Character Code for Life as the basis of a Character Club, with complete instructions for running clubs for children from age three through grade six. The manuals and forms below are free to download, print and use with your own clubs.
Character Club lesson videos
Module 1, Honesty and Integrity.
Vacation Bible School
The Shepherd of the Sheep
Each year ICP publishes a five-lesson Bible school study for churches and families to teach. The 2026 study is a deep dive into the twenty-third Psalm. As they memorize it, children learn why David, the shepherd boy who became king, could say "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."
Materials come for preschool, primary, intermediate and teens. The study will be translated into all of our foreign languages, beginning with the Philippines, where enough will be printed for twelve thousand children.
Download the VBS order form, or call (903) 278-2648 and we will be happy to take your order.
Lord of Kings: watch the whole series
Our previous Bible school study, free to watch. Five lessons, the theme song and two extras.
"As to the question of what is good, it is that which is in agreement with the character of God. Evil may be defined as that which is not in agreement with the character of God."Bill Johnson, on the philosophy behind the curriculum
Frequently asked questions
Answers for churches, clubs, schools, and families considering ICP curriculum.
What is Character Code for Life?
Character Code for Life is a nine-year values formation curriculum for children from preschool through grade six, built on the unchanging principles of morality and ethics found in the Bible. It is organized into six modules, and each module contains three lessons for each of six values, giving a total of eighteen lessons per module.
What ages does the ICP curriculum cover?
Character Code for Life is divided into three age groups: Preschool, Primary for grades one through three, and Intermediate for grades four through six. God's Character and Me continues the study for teens and adults in six modules of eighteen lessons each.
Are the Character Club materials free to download?
Yes. The Character Club Director and Teacher Manual, A Parent's Guide to Character Clubs, and the Character Club Forms are free to download, print and use with the clubs in your church. You can find all three on the Resources page.
What languages is the curriculum available in?
ICP writers write the curriculum in English, and translators in each country translate it into their own language. Character Code for Life has been translated into seven languages and is now taught to children in more than a dozen foreign countries, as well as in churches across the United States.
How can my church order ICP curriculum?
All children and teen curriculum produced by International Christian Publishers is available to churches in the United States. Download the order form from the Resources page, or call (903) 278-2648 and we will be happy to take your order.
What is the Backpack Ministry?
Backpacks filled with hygiene and school supplies are given to churches to hand out to children along with the Bible study materials. Each church beginning the ministry receives fifty backpacks. A five dollar donation fills one backpack.
Where does International Christian Publishers work?
ICP has offices and printing facilities in Texarkana, Arkansas, and in the Philippines, Kenya and Myanmar. The literature also reaches churches in South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Romania and the Russian-speaking churches of Belarus. ICP is a missions ministry sponsored by Calvary Baptist Church of Hamburg, Arkansas.
Bring the curriculum to your church
All children and teen curriculum produced by ICP is available to churches in the United States. Download an order form, or call and we will be happy to take your order.
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