Fred Pry: describes what is Child Evangelism Fellowship Ministry.

Announces that he is no longer “Acting VP of Administration, but the Vice President of CEF

Fred talks about how CEF was founded & how long it has been around and who they serve worldwide.

I reference the article what brought Fred Pry into the studio about Undertanding the 6-Vital Keys to Spiritual Growth for Kids after they accept Christ.

1. Prayer, but not rote prayer, but encourage children to have a conversation with God.

2. Read the Bible…where do they start in the word? Start children with the Book of Mark. Teach children to remember the number of verses that match the child’s age. Go with your child and let them pick out their bible at the Christian bookstore. Bibles make great gifts. As they get older keep buying them bibles to suit their age. Other devotional books Fred Pry recommend. CEF began publishing devotional books tailored to the children’s age, early readers and those students new to the bible. Let kids mark up their bibles with notes. And, how do parents acquire the devotionals-www.CEFonline.com

3. Give as God Leads…teaching children to have a giving heart and how well that serves them. Not just money, but time. And, giving within the family, siblings helping siblings.

4. Got to Church….why this is troublesome today with parents and children not returning to church after the pandemic. Teach children the value of community. Where does Fred stand on having children within the church service. He has personally seen the benefits for keeping children with parents within the service or at least for a portion of the service.

Parents need to be enthusiastic about going to worship and worshipping.

1. Make Friends with Other Believers. We then discussed making friends with other believers and what opportunities present themselves outside the four walls of the church.

2. Tell Others About Jesus-CEF has created the “Good News Club.” It’s one of CEF’s primary ministries for the purpose of introducing Christ to children. How do churches get affiliated with the Good News Clubs and how they have been able to get those clubs into public schools.

He then explained how CEF was involved in a Supreme Court case that ruled in their favor.

We then recap the 6-Vital Keys to Spiritual Growth for Kids he wrote about in his article. We briefly revisit those 6-keys.

Fred mostly edited the article, but a team at CEF wrote the main body of the article. That led to a discussion of CEF’s creative staff locally and around the world.

Fred Pry then explains the joy of serving the Lord and why he loves his job. We further discussed his background in publishing that brought him to CEF.

Outro and closing mention of our podcast sponsor the Wicks Family Grace foundation.

CEF’s website- https://www.cefonline.com/