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Twyla is moving on

Announcements | April 24, 2024

Dear Friends of Children, What a joy and immense privilege it has been to serve the Lord with the  CEF of NJ team for the past 22+ years!  CEF has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I attended  Good News Club® and  5-Day Club® as a child, accompanied my mom to  CEF’s Children’s …

Help Fund the Future!

Announcements | March 6, 2023

We are so encouraged by what we see God doing in the lives of children here in North Jersey! For over 50 years, the North Jersey chapter of CEF has been working to evangelize boys and girls, disciple them in God’s Word and establish them in a local church . Over the years, thousands of young people …

CEF of North Jersey expands ministry to Essex County

Announcements | January 5, 2023

Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) of North Jersey will expand its outreach to Essex County in 2023. Prior to this announcement, the chapter served Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties. CEF State Director, the Reverend James Gutacker, announced the addition to the North Jersey …

Summer Ministry Report 2022 - part 1

5-Day Club | July 28, 2022

“Jesus, i want to follow you i want to be a good kid and i want to change. Please make it happen. Amen“   That was the written prayer request of a 4th-grade boy this summer. “Turned Around” was our 5-Day Club theme. When one of the teachers asked the children what their parents do when they’re …

Training Prepares Volunteers for Ministry

Training | June 3, 2022

Since its inception, Child Evangelism Fellowship prioritized training children’s workers for ministry. We train workers who serve in our club ministries and provide training to encourage and strengthen children’s teachers in the local church. Recently Iglesia Bautista Monte Sion invited CEF to …

Starting a Home-Based Outreach to Children

Good News Club | June 2, 2022

Ministering to boys and girls and their families through a CEF club or party can be extremely rewarding and help fulfill the Great Commission. CEF has a proven simple-to-follow plan for starting a home-based ministry to children and will walk you through each step. You’ll find a general overview …

Your Home: A Lighthouse

Good News Club | June 2, 2022

by Twyla Pellegrino Years ago, my mother and I decided to host a 5-Day Club® for the neighborhood children. We didn’t know the kids, but I began handing out invitations door-to-door. A child from the third home I visited joined me and told me which houses had children. Twelve children attended the …

Parties Help Churches Reach New Families

Outreach Parties | May 28, 2022

Everyone loves a party! The kids who attended the evangelistic Christmas and Easter parties held this club year were no exception. CEF offered both Christmas and Easter Party training for anyone interested in holding an evangelistic party. Those who attended the training put what they learned into …

Opportunities to Impact Eternity this Summer

5-Day Club | April 29, 2022

Kids need Jesus! That has always been true, but the challenges this generation of boys and girls faces are almost unimaginable. This summer, CEF of North Jersey has the amazing opportunity of sharing the love of Jesus and the wonderful message of salvation with boys and girls in Paterson and across …