The Greater Pee Dee Chapter....About Us                    

   Our prayer is that you would join us as we work in the most spiritually productive harvest field anywhere - among the children. Currently the worldwide population of children is at over 3 billion and grows by 240,000 each day!

    Child Evangelism Fellowship®, also known as 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 the local church. CEF has over 1,200 missionaries overseas, approximately 1,000 of whom are nationals. In the USA and Canada 700 full-time workers and an estimated 40,000 volunteers serve the ministry. CEF was founded by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer in 1937.

    CEF of Myrtle Beach has been in existence for over seven years and has different types of evangelistic/discipleship/training programs, but there are two that are the most identified with CEF. Our first program and most recognizable is Good News Club®. Good News Club® is a one hour Bible club held in our public elementary schools. Some ask how it is possible to read the Bible, pray, and teach the ten commandments on public school grounds. The answer is that in 2001 the Supreme Court ruled in favor in the case of CEF vs. Milford Central School that CEF had equal access to the public elementary school after school programs.

    Our schools are being targeted in ways that our country has never seen. Anything related to Christianity and Jesus Christ is being blotted out of our public school system. Our children, who are our future politicians, our future doctors, lawyers, men and women of influence, but also our future brothers and sisters in Christ are not being taught biblical, or even moral, principles and in turn are being taught every type of perversion as acceptable ways of life.

    Through Good News Club® we are able to reverse the trend and teach moral principles, respect for authority, and character building. In Greater Pee Dee during the 2009-10 school year, 25 Good News Clubs® were held with 1,857 students in attendance. Over 476 children prayed to receive Christ and 22 unchurched children started attending church. Not only have they become new Christians, but they return to club week after week and are discipled in the word of God and taught how to have a daily quiet time and begin to have a walk with God.

    Volunteers are investing in these children and their families, as well as investing in the lives of the teachers, principals, and school staff, with the love of Jesus Christ. Lives are truly being changed. God has blessed with such an amazing opportunity to change our culture. Good News Clubs® have proven to improve race relations, establish moral foundations, provide hope for the angry and lonely child, and most importantly it offers the gift of salvation to a lost and dying world.

    Another exciting CEF ministry is designed for the summer months utilizing teenagers in the form of Christian Youth In Action® (CYIA). In June, all across the United States hundreds of young people are trained to conduct 5-Day Clubs. Throughout the summer they have many opportunities to present the Gospel to boys and girls in recreational centers, boys and girls clubs, YMCA’s, parks, homes, community centers, and anywhere the doors are open. These teenagers are experiencing the joy of leading others to the Lord and learning that it is not something that they do for the summer but is part of who they are for the rest of their lives.

    CEF is a non-profit ministry that relies solely on the support of God’s people. Our purpose is truly to change this world by reaching the children. Please pray with us as God continues to move His people to further His kingdom and glorify His name.