Junior Soldiers

Junior Soldiers is a discipleship training curriculum created by The Salvation Army for children, beginning at age seven and journeying through adolescence. This five-year training program is designed to help the youth of The Salvation Army develop in four primary areas: Salvation Army doctrine, Salvation Army tradition, Salvation Army distinctives, and practical faith.

The curriculum, which is built around The Salvation Army's eleven doctrines, will help provide junior soldiers with a deeper understanding of Salvation Army beliefs and how they relate to the larger Christian church.

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Online Youth Meeting Protocol

We have entered a whole new world with virtual programing. It comes with frustrations, challenges, and opportunities. We now have a window into the children’s homes—homes we may not have been invited into before. Handle this with sensitivity. The Christian Education Department has compiled a list of precautions and tips for leaders to follow as the Training Junior Soldiers program moves into more digital spaces. You can download the document by clicking here.


Junior Soldier Programs:


Junior Soldiers

In the United States, Junior Soldiers is divided into ten main modules that are available in both English and Spanish. A Junior Soldiers preparation course, Honor Junior Soldiers course, and leadership training materials are also available.

International Junior Soldier Programs

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Australia:

Junior Soldiers is an awesome and exciting ministry. The Leaders are on a journey with their Junior Soldiers guiding them, helping them, picking them up when they stumble.

Junior Soldiership is a lifestyle, not a program. It is an opportunity for children to explore God's Word themselves and apply His truth to their lives. Junior Soldiers are junior members of The Salvation Army. They are children who have made a decision to be a follower of Jesus and want to grow and express their faith through ministry within The Salvation Army.

Junior Soldiers | mySalvos
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Canada & Bermuda (English/French):

The Junior Soldier Preparation Course, ""Ready to be God's Soldier, provides young people between the ages of 7-12 with a clear understanding of what it means to be a soldier for God, and a soldier within The Salvation Army. This 6-week course has been written to give the young people an understanding and assurance that with God's help they can live up to the Junior Soldier Promise.

The course material is free to download from the links below, and includes a leader guide, student take-home sheets (available at two reading levels), weekly student social media posts, promotional PPT slides, and posters.

Junior Soldiers | Canada & Bermuda Youth
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France & Belgium:

Resources for preparation, enrollment, and classes of Junior Soldiers.

Jeunes Soldats | Service Jeunesse de l'Armée du Salut France-Belgique
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Germany:

JUNIORSOLDATEN
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Hong Kong & Macau:

Children or young people aged 7-13 who are willing to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour can become Junior Soldiers of The Salvation Army, a group of young followers of the Lord Jesus. When secular values such as academic achievement and material idols are constantly affecting the physical, mental, spiritual and social health of children and young people, Junior Soldiers rely on the help of Christ to stay away from sins and live holy through bible stories, social life, faith in practice and serving others. They can be gospel ambassadors in their families, schools and communities and help more people to know Jesus. Hence, every Junior Soldier must make the following confession and promise.

青年兵 | 青年兵 | Junior Soldiers
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South America West:

Los Jóvenes Soldados son niños de 7 a 13 años de edad, quienes han tomado una decisión para ser un seguidor de Jesús y quiénes desean crecer y expresar su fe con el ministerio dentro del Ejército de Salvación.  Los Jóvenes Soldados son por lo tanto miembros juveniles de nuestra iglesia. Sus líderes consolidan su jornada espiritual y les ayudan a desarrollar su fe, su comprensión de Dios y la Biblia, lo equipan de habilidades y los valores para su vida diaria. Los Jóvenes Soldados son desafiados a pensar acerca de la forma en que ellos pueden involucrarse con su comunidad y también tienen la oportunidad de participar en los proyectos especiales que harán la diferencia en su comunidad local o global.

Jovenes Soldados | Territorio Oeste de Sudamérica
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The United Kingdom and Ireland:

"Activate":This six-session course can be used to prepare children for becoming junior soldiers, giving them an opportunity to follow Jesus. It can also be used as a nurture course for children who have already made a decision to be a disciple of Christ.

Activate has been designed with three main purposes in mind:

  • To explore aspects of being a Christian and enable children to make a personal choice
  • To help children discover what it means to live a Christ-centred life
  • To help children understand what it means to be a member of The Salvation Army as a junior soldier.

"Mobilise": Newly updated, the Mobilise course has 24 brilliant sessions that nurture children’s personal experience of Jesus and equip them to spread God’s message of love in the world.

It’s designed for children of primary school age in a regular discipleship class (like Sunday school). It can also be used alongside the Mobilise Award scheme, giving children the opportunity to practise what they are learning.

Activate | The Salvation Army Mobilise | The Salvation Army