not one should perish... Matthew 18:14 
Child Evangelism Fellowship^® of North Carolina - Durham has a simple, but profound threefold purpose: to evangelize children and youth up to 14 years of age 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, especially the under-resourced and those not attending a Bible-centered church.

Download the recent newsletter The Good News Beacon (right click and choose save to disk.)

Teacher's guide for using HiSStory now available! Click Here

This new publication contains biblical teachings from Creation through the life of Jesus Christ. The 7 Most Important Things in the World^™ are woven throughout this booklet and has already made a strong impact on select groups of city kids in Durham. A teacher's guide is now available for using this CEF Edition of HiSStory. The guide includes suggested teaching ideas for parents and teachers for each chapter of the booklet.  The 7MIT^™, counseling for salvation, and enrolling kids into the CEF Mailbox Club^® are also included on the downloads page.

What if for 10 years...? Durham Urban Missions Network has an answer.
Is God powerful enough to prevent kids from joining gangs?  Does the Word of God still have answers for today's problems?  What if the young men charged with the murders of a Duke and UNC student in 2008 had attended a Good News Club^® as a child?  Would it have made any difference in their lives?  

What if the Church of Durham took seriously its responsibility for taking the Gospel to city kids and youth?  What if for 10 years a collaboration of churches and ministries comprehensively served the 10 most physically and spiritually needy communities in Durham?  These are the communities where crime and evil have dominated life for way too long; where kids are not expected to succeed.

These are the communities where the words: at-risk, under-resourced, and marginalized are experienced everyday in the lives of kids and families.  These are the communities where God has been rejected, yet screams out to be glorified!  Where He desires that the residents welcome Him back into their homes and into their communities.

CEF along with several partnering ministries, a few churches, and a growing number of local Christians are focusing there efforts for 10 years upon 10 under resourced communities in Durham.  This collaborative group, while maintaining the identity of each ministry, calls itself the Durham Urban Missions Network.  A simple strategy of discipleship will be used.  CEF will offer weekly Good News Clubs, educational resources, church partnership training, and special events for each community.  Others will provide after school tutoring, creative arts, community service, development, and prayer.  Our vision is to see city kids and families transformed by the Gospel.  As disciples of Christ, they will take responsibility for the transformation of their own communities.