not one should perish... Matthew 18:14

 Child Evangelism Fellowship^® of North Carolina in Durham has a simple, but profound threefold purpose: to evangelize children and youth with the Gospel, disciple each through the Word of God, and connect local churches to them.  We have a priority calling to reach city kids, those living in under-resourced communities and those not attending Bible classes or a local church.  Download the most recent newsletter The Good News Beacon for current information and view Together for Durham highlighting our collaborative efforts with the broader Church at Durham.  Please request a DVD if this would help you in mobilizing your church to adopt an underserved community or enhance outreach to one of these identified communities in Durham.

A season for giving: Volunteers give all year of their time, passion, and talents
Some say you can only be sure of two things, death and taxes. Wait one minute, I know of at least three more. Like the love of my wife or better, the love and forgiveness of my Lord Jesus Christ. You can also be sure of several other things when you think of CEF Ministries in Durham. For several years its 300 or so volunteers have been giving of their time, finances, and talents. They give all year enabling its work of reaching boys and girls with the Gospel to flourish. A group of Christian women, mainly widows, have met monthly to handle the CEF mail. Usually around a big table this faithful bunch sings, tells stories, laughs, eats, and quotes Bible verses while stuffing dozens, even hundreds of envelopes. Other volunteers use their energy, talent, and passion to directly impact children and youth on city courts, backyards, and after school programs. Coaches, musicians, teachers, and people who love kids are needed for this operation to function efficiently. Every volunteer is a blessing to the CEF staff and more importantly to city kids in Durham being touched year-round by their efforts.   John E. Blake

City kids ready for some extra fun & good news

After the holiday excitement wears off, the toys break, and school starts back kids want to have some fun. CEF is there to rescue the kids and their Moms who need something for their kids to do. Extra Good News is the answer. City kids in Durham are bussed to a downtown venue filled with loud music, games, fun, and a relevant Gospel message for their age. This monthly meeting began last summer. The latest event was at a Christmas Birthday Party for Jesus on Sat. Dec.12th at First Baptist Church. Usually, these monthly events are held at the Salvation Army gym on Saturday afternoons.

2008-09 Ministry Highlights by the numbers:

418 salvations — 1200+ involved in community-based weekly discipleship...  2nd annual Urban Missions Boot Camp was completed on July 4th.  The Durham Urban Missions Network was formed to serve 10 under resourced communities in Durham.  More Than Gold basketball clinics and camps were held locally and across America with the greatest results ever.  Prayer and visitation plans have been established for all ministry sites.  Durham staff participated in Little Rock ‘09 July 20-August 1.  In Durham, 5-Day Clubs were held at 42 regular Good News Club sites with a record 84 weekly clubs in 2009... 25% held year-round. The 7MIT song is now being used across the USA and internationally via CEF Press and the Durham chapter. There was one more highlight of 2009, in the form of a 4 month long move of the CEF office and training center to 801 Gilbert St. in Northeast Central Durham. Contact information changes are indicated below. Additional CEF profiles and links are provided at the bottom of each page.