News & Notices

A Word from Rev. David van Heerden

- National Director CEF South Africa

Celebrating 60 years of ministry to children in South Africa as a mission organization is a great privilege. I know that God used Child Evangelism Fellowship over this period of time in a mighty way. Many people had been trained to bring the Gospel to children as well as helping them to grow spiritually.

The most important fruit of our ministry is the thousands or maybe millions of children who received the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour. There are many wonderful testimonies of people who are in the ministry who received the Lord through a Good News Club or other ministries of CEF. We are very fortunate to have full time workers who came to know the Lord through CEF when they were young. There is indeed enough reason to praise God and give Him the glory for the past 60 years.

Through celebrating the past we also need to look at our current situation. I am very excited about our new ministries. God has given us leaders who can take these new ministries and put them into practice so that we will be able to reach even more children. We realize that the amount of children that we can reach is in our hands. Our vision is to reach every child for Christ. Salvation is in the hands of the Lord but we need to go out and sow the good seed of the Gospel. Many times our workers are faced with many difficulties.

In Ps. 126:5-6 we read: “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He, who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Do we still weep over the children of our country? May the Lord graciously show us His heart for the children. That will bring us on our knees praying and weeping for the children of our country. If we earnestly pray we will also stand up from our knees and go and sow the seed. God is faithful and we will rejoice over the sheaves.

I want to thank all our supporters over so many years that faithfully prayed for the work and helped us financially to reach the children. To go forward as a faith mission is only possible through supporters who carry the same burdens as we do for our children. We will definitely need your prayers and support for the next 60 years. We need much more workers and supporters to accomplish our goals. Prayerfully consider to become part of our team. Only God knows if there will be another 60 years.

Date Added: 2008-06-26

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