Christian Education Publications

Name

Christian Education Publications

Legal name

Christian Education Publications

Website

https://www.cepstore.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Education Curriculum Publishing

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Religious Education & Catechetical Publishing (Sunday School, Catechism, Study Guides) (MPAJAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Core Subject Textbooks (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies) (EDAGAAAA), Devotional & Prayer Publishing (Devotionals, Prayer Books, Meditation Guides) (MPAJAHAB), Religious Children’s Publishing (Faith-Based Kids & YA) (MPAJAHAJ)

Keywords

• Christian curriculum publishing
• Religious education resources
• K-12 bible curriculum
• Children's ministry materials
• SRE curriculum Australia

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Physical Curriculum Products: One-time sale of physical products including teacher manuals, student handbooks, activity books, and visual aid packs. Products are priced individually with varying price points based on format and content.
2. Digital Subscriptions (Think Faith): Calendar-year subscription licence for Think Faith digitised resources. Suitable for High School SRE and secondary biblical studies classes. Requires student number estimates for ordering.
3. Digital Student Handbooks: Digital student handbooks available for class set purchases on subscription basis. Some products only available for purchase in class sets with minimum order quantities (e.g., minimum 15 copies per order).
4. Visual Aid Packs: Sale of physical and digital visual aid packs including A2-sized posters, downloadable digitised images, and PowerPoint presentations for use with digital devices including tablets, laptops, and interactive whiteboards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Christian Education Publications publishes and sells biblically grounded, academically rigorous Christian religious education curriculum and resources for K-12 schools, churches, and families in Australia and New Zealand. The product range spans primary school programs (Connect three-year cyclical curriculum, Big Questions, Hello God, Beginning with God), high school digital and print units (Think Faith subscription plus standalone biblical studies, ethics, world views, and world religion units), children's and youth ministry programs, family devotionals, and adult Christian living books, delivered in physical and digital formats.

Product overview

Christian Education Publications (CEP) is a publisher of Christian educational curriculum operating for over 100 years. The product portfolio consists primarily of print and digital religious education materials organized across multiple segments: (1) Primary School curriculum featuring the Connect three-year cyclical program covering infants through upper primary, plus Big Questions for Stage 3b; (2) High School/SRE curriculum including Think Faith (subscription-based digital resource) and numerous standalone curriculum units covering biblical studies, ethics, world views, and world religions; (3) Children's Ministry programs (kids@church, kids@club, kids@holiday club); (4) Youth Ministry resources; and (5) Family and Adult resources including Reap Journals and various devotional/leadership materials. CEP operates under multiple imprints including Aquila Press, APA, Growing Faith, Youthworks Press, Blue Bottle Books, and Fervr. Products are available in physical format (teacher's manuals, student handbooks, activity books) and digital formats (digital student handbooks, visual aid packs, eBooks).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aquila Press: Publisher of Christian educational materials including world religions and worldview resources
• APA
• Growing Faith
• Youthworks Press
• Blue Bottle Books
• Fervr

Products and services

• Connect (3-Year Cyclical Curriculum) A three-year cyclical Bible curriculum (Years A, B, and C) at three learning levels (Stage 1 infants, Stage 2 lower primary, Stage 3 upper primary) covering Genesis to Revelation with Old and New Testament passages, Christmas and Easter lessons, and contemporary Christian lessons. Includes teacher manuals with detailed lesson plans, background notes, and extension activities. Designed for Australian primary schools.
• Big Questions A one-year curriculum in two semesters for Stage 3b (upper primary) using an open questioning style where students share opinions and investigate how Bible teachings intersect with culture. Designed for upper primary students.
• Think Faith (Digital Subscription) A digitised subscription resource for high school SRE and secondary biblical studies, issued under a calendar-year subscription licence. Provides full teaching plans, lesson tips, printable student worksheets, and seminars for Stages 4, 5, and 6. Requires student number estimates for ordering.
• Jesus Foundation Programs Series of secondary school curriculum resources covering foundational Christian topics for high school students across Stage 4-6.
• High School Bible Studies and Themed Curriculum Units A portfolio of standalone secondary school curriculum units including The Cross, The Spirit, The Resurrection, Women of the Bible and Beyond, You: An Introduction, Your Sneaking Suspicions?, Mistaken Identity?, No Turning Back, A Doubter's Guide to World Religions, A Spectator's Guide to World Views, Another Dimension, Finding Your Way, Hope for a Shattered World, If I Were God, Life in the Past Lane, The Good the Bad and the Ethical, War of the Spirit World, The Psalms, and The Least of These. Each addresses biblical, ethical, worldview, or comparative religion topics for Stage 4-6 students.
• kids@church, kids@club, kids@holiday club (Children's Ministry Programs) Children's ministry programs including leader resources for kids@church (church-based), kids@club (club-based), and kids@holiday club (holiday club), plus Christmas and Easter materials. Designed for church-based children's ministry serving young children.
• Connect A2 Visual Aid Pack (Physical and Digital) Physical A2-sized posters plus downloadable digitised images and full-colour PowerPoints for each lesson in the Connect curriculum. Physical pack priced at AU$46.95 (1.0kg); digital single-teacher licence priced at AU$21.95 per annum for use on tablets, laptops, and interactive whiteboards.
• Family and Adult Christian Books and Devotionals Standalone books for adults and families covering personal devotions, apologetics, commentaries, Christian living, and parenting. Includes titles such as John Dickson's A Sneaking Suspicion (AU$14.95), Michael Jensen's You: An Introduction (AU$19.95), A Spectator's Guide to World Views Third Edition (AU$26.95), A Doubter's Guide to World Religions Revised Edition (AU$33.95), and The Spirit - Giver of Life paperback (AU$12.95). Reap Journals and children's books (Read to me for ages 1-4, Early Readers for ages 5-8) serve families.
• Digital Student Handbooks (Class Set Subscriptions) Digital student handbooks available only for purchase in class sets on a calendar-year subscription basis. Women of the Bible and Beyond Digital Student Handbook priced at AU$10.45 per unit. Minimum quantities apply for some titles (e.g., minimum 15 copies for War of the Spirit World). Delivered via online account portal download.

Quantifiable outcome

• Complete K-12 coverage from kindergarten to Year 12
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Anglican YouthworkscoreOthersChristian Education Publications is owned and operated by Anglican Youthworks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Anglican Youthworks is the parent organization that operates CEP as one of its imprints alongside Youthworks Press.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Scripture Union: International Christian organization with a strong Australian presence producing Bible-based curriculum and resources for children and youth ministry, Sunday schools, and schools. Directly comparable in target customer (schools and churches), product type (Bible-based educational materials), and denominational alignment.
• Bible Society Australia: Australia's primary Bible publisher and distributor, producing Scripture-based educational materials, curriculum, and resources for schools and churches. Comparable in product category (Christian educational publishing), geographic focus (Australia), and institutional customer base.
• David C Cook: Major North American Christian publisher with a curriculum division (Spark) producing Sunday school and children's ministry materials. Comparable as a competing supplier of biblically-grounded, classroom-ready curriculum to churches and schools with multi-format delivery.
• Group Publishing: US-based Christian publisher specializing in children's and youth ministry curriculum for churches, with VBS and small-group resources. Comparable in target customer (church children's/youth ministry) and product format (lesson-based, teacher-ready curriculum).
• Orange (reThink Group): US-based organization providing church curriculum and family ministry resources designed to combine church and home faith formation. Comparable in family/children ministry resources and parent-focused content offering, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Augsburg Fortress / Sparkhouse: Publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America producing Sunday school curriculum (Spark) and intergenerational faith formation materials. Comparable as a denominationally-affiliated Christian curriculum publisher serving churches and schools with multi-year curriculum cycles.

Broad incumbents

• Lifeway Christian Resources: Publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention producing broad Christian curriculum, books, and Bible study materials including Sunday school curriculum (Bible Studies for Life). Comparable as a larger incumbent in Christian curriculum publishing, though US-focused and denominationally narrower.
• Concordia Publishing House: Publishing arm of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod producing Sunday school curriculum, Bible studies, and Christian education materials across age groups. Comparable as a denominational publishing house offering full K-12-equivalent Christian education curriculum.
• Tyndale House Publishers: Large evangelical Christian book publisher producing Bibles, fiction, non-fiction, and some children's/educational resources. Adjacent rather than direct competitor — broader in product mix but operating in the same Christian publishing category with institutional sales channels.

Emerging players

• Bible League International: International Bible Society producing Bible-based literacy and education materials for global ministry contexts. Comparable as a mission-driven Christian education publisher, though more focused on Bible distribution and literacy than full K-12 curriculum delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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