Serving through CEF Board and Committee Membership
Across the United States, faithful believers with vision and godly character lead the CEF work in their states and local areas. Fulfilling the call of God in their lives, they direct the ministry by serving on local committees and state boards.
The Purpose Statement of Child Evangelism Fellowship Child Evangelism Fellowship® is a Bible-centered, interdenominational, worldwide organization, composed of born-again believers whose purpose and mission are to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, disciple them in the Word of God, and establish them in a Bible-believing church for Christian living.
Vision The international vision is Every Child, Every Nation, Every Day. USA Ministries vision is for every child to seek and honor God in every state, every day.
Mission To enlist, equip, and encourage qualified leaders to enable fulfillment of the purpose of CEF and to establish thriving chapters throughout the USA.
Method The primary ministries are Good News Club® and 5-Day Club®. Other CEF® ministries include Christian Youth In Action®, Camp Good News®, Party Clubs, JYou Connection™, Truth Chasers Club®, and fairs. In addition to these programs are two very important activities: literature distribution and training. Our literature stresses salvation by grace and the victorious life, with special emphasis on child evangelism. CEF promotes and conducts a training ministry for teachers and all our workers.
Six Focus Points for the Culture of Child Evangelism Fellowship:
The Importance of Godly Leadership at Every Level
The Importance of the Spiritual Welfare of our Workers
The Importance of Prayer as our Foundation
The Importance of Evangelizing Children
The Importance of a Clear and Biblical Presentation of the Gospel
The Importance of a Commitment to Excellence, for the Glory of God
The Local Committee The local committee is a fellowship of Christians who have the responsibility and privilege of reaching the children in its geographic area, whether that is a city, county or group of counties. It is a committee of the state board, having been organized and authorized by the state board to carry on the vision and programs of CEF within the framework of the USA Operations and Policy Manual. The local committee’s planning and organizing is at the heart of this outreach to children in the U.S. It hires a local director, with the approval of the state board, to carry out these responsibilities under the direct supervision of the state director. Where there is no local director, the state director works with the local committee in the capacity of director until a new director is approved and appointed.
Local committees also utilize subcommittees:
Prayer
Finance and Development
Personnel
Ministry
Purpose of a Board/Local Committee Board and committee members provide vision and oversight to the ministry in the areas of finance, ministry programs, staffing and governance. They ensure that our ministry is spiritually strong before God and legally strong before men.
Role of the Board/Local Committee The board/local committee, along with the director, sets the pace and direction for all that happens in its area including:
Proper governance and accountability
Promotion of vision
Organization
Encouragement
Planning
Spiritual commitment to Christ and the children
Board/Local Committee Membership Qualifications
Must be born again and have the assurance of salvation.
Willing to serve a minimum of three years.
Should be willing to give a testimony of his salvation to the other members.
Should be actively involved in a local church.
Must have a good testimony at home, on the job, in his neighborhood and local church as reflected by both speech and conduct.
Basic Information about becoming a Board Member with Child Evangelism Fellowship
It is advisable to have diversity on the board/local committee (age, race, gender, geography and denomination) to ensure that many gifts, experiences, interests and abilities are present.
Immediate family members of the director/coordinator are not allowed to serve as members of the board/local committee.
An official board/local committee must have a minimum of five members unless state law requires more. Action may be taken by USA Ministries or the state board to revoke the charter of a board or local committee which experiences a chronic lack of members.
Since the individual board/local committee member plays such a vital leadership role in the CEF ministry, every effort must be made to enlist qualified leadership.
Is God laying the ministry of CEF on your heart?
Becoming a board/local committee member is a great privilege and opportunity to become involved in God’s process of fulfilling the Great Commission to the boys and girls in each area, state, across the USA and the globe. Please pray and seriously seek God’s guidance as to your part in His plan. “Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish” (Matthew 18:14).