Child Evangelism Fellowship® also known as CEF® is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization that is dedicated to seeing every child reached with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, discipled and established in a local church.
CEF has different types of evangelistic programs, but the two most identified with the organization are 5-Day Club® and Good News Club®. These two exciting ministries take place in neighborhood settings such as homes, backyards, schools and community centers all over the world. These fast-paced, one-hour programs are designed to bring the Gospel of Christ to children on their level in their environment.
Along with the clubs, CEF also has fair, camping, open-air, internet and correspondence outreach programs for children. Last year through these combined ministries over 10 million children worldwide heard the good news with over one million making professions of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. CEF provides classes to train their workers and other Christians who are burdened for evangelizing children. The Children’s Ministries Institute®, a modular 3-month course located at CEF International Headquarters in Warrenton, Missouri, is dedicated to providing quality, practical training for those called of God to take the Gospel message to children. Similar training is offered in various locations around the world.
CEF Press® produces and distributes Bible and missionary lessons and related materials for use in teaching children to help accomplish the goals of the ministry. Teaching materials are available to the public. Visit our web store. Many products are translated into some 189 different languages and distributed around the world.
An exciting program for teenagers is Christian Youth In Action® (CYIA™). In June all across the USA thousands of young people are trained to conduct 5-Day Club. Throughout the summer they have many opportunities to present the Gospel to boys and girls, experiencing the joy of leading others to the Lord.
An additional summer opportunity is Summer Missions. College-age adults are trained and teach 5-Day Club in large urban centers and in foreign countries. This program offers challenging, often times life-changing experiences that God has used to spiritually enrich many lives
CEF is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, disciple them in the Word of God and establish them in a Bible-believing church.
Our Vision
Every Child. Every Nation. Every Day.
Our ministry vision is to reach Every Child, Every Nation, Every Day.
Every Child: God has given His people a clear commission—to reach every creature with the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our special mission in CEF is to evangelize every child. In the last ministry year our workers worldwide reached over 10 million children! CEF is committed to reaching 15 percent more each year. Strategic ministry choices such as Good News Across America, the Around the World in 80 Years project, Good News Club in public schools, the CEF Mailbox Club and concentrating on high potential growth countries will help us reach this goal.
Mark 16:15, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Every Nation: We are trusting God to open doors for CEF ministry in every nation by our 80th birthday in 2017. Our goal for this year is to reach 18 more countries. Last year, we had active ministry to children in over 160 countries. There are only 46 more to go!
Matthew 28:19, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.”
Every Day: We are committed to leading children to be in God’s Word every day. As children grow in their relationship with the Lord through meditating on His Word, they develop godly character, which produces much fruit to the glory of God, including spreading the Gospel to their peers. We now have approximately 400,000 WDB in Africa. Right now we are working to reach 400,000 children in Latin America. Next year we hope to reach 500,000 more in Asia.
Psalm 119:2, “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.”
Only as we trust in God and call upon Him are we empowered to do His will. Programs come after prayer, never before it.
We have over 2,700 workers in over 160 countries led by eight regional directors. There are also over 30,000 volunteers worldwide. God works through His people, godly leaders, staff and volunteers in order to accomplish our goals. The sun never sets on CEF ministry. We provide training, equip our workers with ministry tools and support them through fund raising and ministry development.
Training
Training is offered worldwide under the oversight of Educational Services. The training of local workers and volunteers multiplies our ministry and enables us to reach many more children with the Gospel than we otherwise could. Through Super Seminars, Teaching Children Effectively™ courses and the 12-week Children’s Ministry Institute courses, CEF is enabling those with a burden for children to effectively evangelize them. For the past four years we have trained over 250,000 teachers every year. We have institutes in every region. Training is key if we are to see more children reached for His glory. We want to challenge more of the workers we have trained to enter full time ministry.
Equipping
Equipping the volunteer teachers is the primary goal of CEF Press, which includes literature development and production. Because many of our workers are in developing nations and are unable to afford the needed curriculum, we distribute materials primarily through Boxes of Books. Our regional directors confirm that one of the reasons we have expanded ministry over the last 10 years is the Boxes of Books material. Our goal is to send 1,000 Boxes of Books every month. Each box contains enough material for one worker for one year. Materials are available at a discount in more developed nations.
In addition to our biblically sound and colorfully illustrated Bible curriculum, some of the most strategic tools we offer are the 60-Day Wonder Devotional Books, which encourage children to begin a lifetime habit of time alone with God. We are also known for our evangelism tools, such as The Wordless Book.
Supporting
In CEF we need a growing number of national workers on the front line to see the children evangelized and we also need an increasing support team to get behind these workers – both are vitally important. The work of CEF cannot continue without the Lord’s provision. We are committed to helping our workers in different parts of the world present the need for resources within their own countries. However, in many countries, because of poverty or oppression, it is impossible to raise the needed support from within. For this reason we are committed to building a connection between those who are called and equipped by God to do ministry and those who are blessed and able to provide for the finances needed to sustain it. God is our source—we “trust Him and tell His people”—the rest is up to Him. So our prayer is that the Lord will send out more laborers and also that He will raise up a team of supporters for them. We are creating a new and more effective Sponsor a National™ program to enable ministry growth and worker retention across the world. “How will they hear without a preacher?” CEF is looking to God to provide for 1,000 SPAN workers, supported appropriately and consistently so that the work goes forward.
EVERY DAY we are actively pursuing our ministry goals.
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Every Child, Every Nation, Every Day.
