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 Platinum
Medallion Award
was received at the CEF National
Conference in Alabama on May 20, 2010. The award recognizes
USA chapters with a balance in overall ministry and a 10%
increase in Good News Clubs over the past three years. John
Blake received the award on behalf of the Durham Area chapter.
Pictured above from left to right, Mosies Esteves, VP for
USA Ministries, Harold Bailey, NC State Director, John, and Reese
Kauffman, President of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc.
Board/Committee & Staff Members
Dr. William Allard, Board Secretary, is a Mathematics professor at Duke University and attends
Blacknall Presbyterian Church in Durham
Lou Brogden is a retired public school teacher, ministers to children in after school
and Bible club settings across Durham and Orange Counties, and attends the
Summit Church - Brier Creek campus
Gary Brown is on staff in the Dean of Students office at North Carolina Central
University, a Youth Pastor, and attends Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in
Durham
Gary Hamilton, Board Bookkeeper, is an accountant and attends the Church of the Good
Shepherd in Durham
Diana Lisle, Chairperson, is a teacher in the Durham Public Schools, ministers to youth and children
in Durham communities,
and attends First Baptist Church Durham
Paula Mangum is an after school teacher-director, nurse (RN), and attends Christian
Assembly in Durham
John McCann is a writer for the Herald-Sun newspaper, radio host, and attends
Grove Park Chapel in Durham
Larry Parrish, Board Vice-Chair, is a coach, teacher, and founder of Junior
Prep Stars basketball school and camps, he attends First Baptist Church
Durham
Jan Perry, Board Treasurer, is a piano teacher and attends Grey
Stone Baptist Church in Durham
Ruth Shepard Poole is a founding board member, ministers to
prisoners, children, and families; and attends Fisher Memorial United Holy
Church in Durham
John Blake, Executive Director, is the founder of More
Than Gold sports camps and City Kids ministries, a former sports medicine
developer, a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Hillsborough
and attends
the Tobacco Trail Church on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham
Sean Blake, Student Ministries Coordinator, is a musician,
ministers to youth and children, and attends and works at the Summit Church
- Brier Creek campus
Dr. David Johnson, Development & Technology Coordinator, is a
technology business owner, former research scientist, and attends Christ
the King Moravian Church in Durham
History and Ministry Milestone
1937 - Child Evangelism
Fellowship®, Inc. is established in Chicago
1990 - John &
Carolyn Blake serve on CEF® Board of Directors for NC
1993 - Child
Evangelism Fellowship of North Carolina secures a charter for a
Durham Area Chapter
1995 - John
Blake becomes a full-time Director of the CEF Durham chapter
1996 - More
Than Gold sports
outreach is founded by John Blake
1997 -
Chapter’s ministry area grows to 8 counties north and west of Durham
1999 - Extra
Good News kid’s
worship begins weekly in the northeast central
section
of Durham enrolling over 6,000
city kids thru 2005
2000 - Received the Gold Medallion
Chapter award by CEF annually
through
2004
2005 - 11%
of all children reached annually receive Christ as Savior,
counseled
by trained volunteers, and
involved in weekly discipleship
2007 - Cassie’s
Garden to enrich
city kids founded by John Blake
2008 - Urban
Missions Boot Camp training developed to fulfill the purposes
of
CEF in urban communities across
America
- Durham Urban Missions Network formed for collaborative outreach
to
10
under-resourced communities in Durham
2009 - Over
850 unchurched kids started attending
church (2002-2009)
2010 -
Received the Platinum Medallion Chapter award:
the highest
CEF
recognition
for excellence,
innovation, and ministry balance
2011
- Urban boot camps, summer outreach, and ministry in 100 locations
thru Good News
Clubs enrolled 6,000+ city kids in community-based,
Gospel-centered, weekly discipleship programs
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Cassies Garden
