Church License

Church license — institutional, diocesan, and denominational use

For most parish and church users, our standard free license covers everything: print unlimited copies for Sunday school, VBS, parish bulletins, take-home folders, and any in-house ministry use. No additional permission needed.

But some institutional users — diocesan offices, denominational education boards, multi-parish networks, Christian school districts, large Catholic schools — have more substantial use cases that benefit from a formal institutional agreement. This church license page explains when an institutional arrangement is appropriate, what it covers, and how to request one.

When you need the standard free license (most users)

If you're an individual teacher, parent, parish, or single congregation, the standard free license is enough. You don't need to contact us; just use the pages.

This covers:

• A Sunday school teacher printing pages for their class each week
• A parish religious education director printing materials for their parish's CCD program
• A Christian school teacher using our pages in classroom Bible curriculum
• A VBS director planning a 5-day program at a single church
• A homeschool family using our pages across their children's curriculum
• A Catholic parish coordinator including our pages in newcomer welcome materials

You can use the free license — no further permission needed.

When an institutional license helps (specific cases)

The institutional license is helpful for:

Diocesan religious education programs

A Catholic diocese coordinating Sunday school content across 50+ parishes benefits from an institutional license that:

• Provides bulk access (downloadable archives of entire content categories)
• Includes diocesan customization rights (adding diocesan branding, customizing for local catechetical priorities)
• Provides direct editorial team support for diocesan-specific needs
• Allows distribution through diocesan websites with appropriate attribution

Multi-parish networks

For Catholic regional networks, Anglican deaneries, Lutheran synods, Methodist conferences that want to standardize Sunday school content across multiple parishes/congregations.

Christian school districts

For ACSI-accredited Christian school networks operating multiple schools, an institutional license can:

• Provide unified access for teachers across all schools
• Include district-wide customization
• Provide periodic content briefings for curriculum directors

Denominational education boards

For denominations developing standardized children's ministry curriculum to distribute to all member congregations, partnership arrangements are possible.

Christian publishers

For Christian publishing houses producing Bible curriculum, family devotional products, or printed coloring books that would include our pages, commercial licensing arrangements are available.

Foreign-language ministry organizations

For ministries translating our content into languages we don't currently support (e.g., Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, Filipino, Korean), partnership arrangements support the translation and distribution.

Conference and event organizers

For Christian conferences (Catholic World Youth Day, Protestant ministry conferences, denominational annual meetings) wanting to include our pages in conference materials.

What an institutional license includes

A standard institutional license arrangement typically includes:

Bulk access

Direct download of complete content archives rather than page-by-page downloads. PDF bundles, source files for re-customization, and content updates as we publish new material.

Customization rights

Permission to:

• Modify discussion questions for specific age groups or catechetical priorities
• Add institutional branding (logos, ministry names)
• Translate verses to specific Bible translations preferred by the institution
• Customize iconographic conventions (e.g., specific saint depictions in particular Eastern Catholic traditions)
• Adapt content for specific cultural contexts within the institution's reach

Distribution rights

Permission to:

• Host PDF archives on institutional websites
• Distribute through institutional email lists
• Include in institutional newsletters
• Reproduce in institutional publications

Editorial support

Periodic check-ins with our editorial team to:

• Identify gaps in current content relevant to the institution's needs
• Prioritize new content development based on institutional input
• Address specific theological or pastoral questions about content

Update notifications

Notifications when significant new content is published in areas relevant to the institution.

What an institutional license doesn't cover

Even with an institutional license, certain uses remain restricted:

• Commercial resale of our pages individually
• Re-licensing under different terms to third parties
• Claiming authorship of our pages
• Using our brand to suggest endorsement of products we haven't reviewed
• Distributing through paid online services without specific commercial licensing

How to request an institutional license

If your institution would benefit from a formal arrangement, here's the process:

1. Send us a brief email

Email [email protected] with:

• Institution name and brief description
• Approximate scale of intended use (number of parishes, schools, students)
• Specific use cases (Sunday school, VBS, conference materials, etc.)
• Any specific customization or translation needs
• Primary contact person and role

2. Initial conversation

We typically respond within 5 business days with a brief follow-up conversation to understand the specific needs.

3. License terms drafted

For most institutional arrangements, we draft a simple one-page license agreement that:

• Specifies what's permitted
• Notes any specific customization rights
• Provides editorial team contact for ongoing questions
• Sets renewal terms (typically annual)

4. Sign and proceed

Once the license is signed, the institution receives bulk access materials and direct editorial team contact.

Is there a fee?

For most institutional licenses, no. Our standard institutional arrangements are provided without fee as part of our broader mission to support Christian education.

For commercial licensing arrangements (Christian publishers including our content in for-sale products), licensing fees may apply on a case-by-case basis.

For multilingual translation partnerships, we sometimes negotiate small honoraria to support translators' time, depending on the scale and the translator's resources.

Examples of current institutional partnerships

Some of the institutions we've worked with over the past three years:

• Several Catholic dioceses (small and mid-size)
• A regional Lutheran Synod office
• Multiple Christian school networks
• A homeschool curriculum network spanning several US states
• Spanish-language Catholic education partners in Mexico and the US Southwest
• Brazilian Portuguese Catholic education partnerships

We're always interested in serving more institutional ministry partners.

Mission alignment

We're particularly interested in working with institutions whose mission aligns with ours:

• High-quality Christian education for children
• Faithful Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant theological content (not generic moralism)
• Service to underserved communities (multilingual ministries, mission contexts, urban Catholic schools)
• Pastoral sensitivity (sensitive content handled with care, age-appropriate calibration)

If that describes your institution's work, we want to support what you're doing.

Related resources

• Standard license — free terms covering most use
• How to print — bulk-print guidance
• Editorial policy — our editorial standards
• About us — Sarah Mitchell and editorial team
• Sunday school coloring pages — institutional use cases
• VBS coloring pages — VBS program partnerships

— Sarah Mitchell, Christian Education Editor