Child Evangelism Fellowship
Child Evangelism Fellowship is a Bible-centered organization whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living. Child Evangelism Fellowship is the world's largest ministry to children. Last ministry year, CEF reached over 19 million children around the world. We are in nearly every country of the world. We work together with churches, schools and communities so kids can hear and understand how to receive Christ and grow in their faith.www.cefonline.com
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Sep 23, 2026
Bob MeyerGUEST
So we were able this year to provide quite a bit of money to the groups and organizations that were selected.
Bob MeyerGUEST
But to run down the list real quickly, the Child Evangelism Fellowship, which does a lot of good things in our elementary school here, CEF, they got $4,828.
Bob MeyerGUEST
The Ripley County Historical Society, which is based here in Versailles, In the old bank building up on the square, they want to update some books and reference materials.
Bob MeyerGUEST
They got $2,000.
Tim WhitakerHOST
I will also mention, so this is a deep cut.
Tim WhitakerHOST
I used to work for an organization as a young adult called Child Evangelism Fellowship.
Tim WhitakerHOST
They're a big missions organization reaching boys and girls with the gospel of Christ, so to speak, right? And they're one of the biggest in the world.
Tim WhitakerHOST
And I would teach these things.
MatthewHOST
There are some interesting statistics on this.
MatthewHOST
Child Evangelism Fellowship is a worldwide organization.
MatthewHOST
And it was actually, if you know anything about Charles Spurgeon, it was actually started a lot with Charles Spurgeon, getting the gospel to children.
MatthewHOST
And one of the reasons that Charles Spurgeon poured so many resources into Child Evangelism Fellowship is because he understood.
MatthewHOST
This one truth.
MatthewHOST
And that one truth is that they have some statistics because they keep up with kids who get saved.
Natasha CowdenHOST
Well, next up, a Vermont ministry leader is now facing federal charges tied to child exploitation.
Warren SmithHOST
Andrew Buzell served as the state director for Child Evangelism Fellowship in Vermont.
Warren SmithHOST
He was also an elder at Green Mountain Baptist Church.
Warren SmithHOST
Federal agents arrested him after an FBI undercover sting operation.
Warren SmithHOST
Green Mountain Baptist Church responded quickly.
Warren SmithHOST
Members voted unanimously to remove Gazelle from leadership and from church membership.
Warren SmithHOST
Child Evangelism Fellowship also terminated him immediately, saying that the ministry has zero tolerance for misconduct.
Natasha CowdenHOST
Now, did Child Evangelism Fellowship answer questions about oversight? No.
Bob WilkinHOST
However, with the two-year-old, it's not real clear if they distinguish fantasy from reality.
Bob WilkinHOST
People I know in Child Evangelism Fellowship say there's a shift that occurs different ages for different children, but say somewhere between four and ten, five and ten.
Bob WilkinHOST
where a children recognizes that believing in Jesus is different than believing in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy.
Bob WilkinHOST
And they realize that the one thing is make-believing, the other thing is real.
Bob WilkinHOST
And a lot of the Child Evangelism Fellowship people would say, even if a two-year-old said, I believe that by faith in Jesus I'm saved forever, because that's what John 3.16 says, it says I'll never perish.
Bob WilkinHOST
Mm-hmm.
Bob WilkinHOST
They would say a child is probably not born again at that point because they don't yet believe it as distinguished from fantasy.
Elijah EriksonGUEST
So growing up, they did a ministry for kids.
Elijah EriksonGUEST
It's called CEF, Child Evangelism Fellowship.
Elijah EriksonGUEST
It's known around the world.
Elijah EriksonGUEST
But now they kind of switched off from that in the last couple of years.
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Elijah EriksonGUEST
It's crazy.
Elijah EriksonGUEST
But I think and then we talked a little bit.
Elijah EriksonGUEST
And it's cool because with CEF, Child Evangelism Fellowship, my parents run a camp for kids.
Elijah EriksonGUEST
And so I grew up going to camps like all the time.