Child Evangelism Fellowship

Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) was founded in 1937 by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer (1877-1955), and over the years has had many PB from both open and exclusive circles involved with it. Since the beginning, it has been headquartered in Warrenton, Missouri, which is part of the St. Louis CSA. It facilitates teaching the Gospel to children, and encouraging local church fellowship. According to Wikipedia, it has programs established in all 50 U.S. states, and 192 countries, with 733 full-time workers in the U.S., about 40,000 volunteers throughout North America, and over 1,200 missionaries overseas. By 2014, it was estimated to have taught nearly 20 million children.

Alumni

OB

• Mary Decker - [http://www.parkwaychapel.us/ Parkway Chapel, Winston-Salem, NC. Mary served as a Director in Forsyth Co., NC thru 1988, at least. Her husband served with her until his homecall in April 1987.
• John Hayden - Jewell, IA
• Dorothy Kenyon - Sherbrooke, QC
  • also taught at Institut Biblique Bethel
• Sarah Carter Lewis - Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News, VA (b. 1905 Elizabeth City, NC - d. 1994 Pittsboro Christian Village, Pittsboro, NC)
• Sharon Noller - Greenville, SC @ Overbrook Gospel Chapel in 1975 while she was a student at Bob Jones University.
• Melodie Smith - Hilltop Chapel, Weston, Toronto, ON. She was commended initially in 1980 by Forest Hills Bible Chapel, Grand Rapids, MI, then an added commendation in 1984 from Hilltop Bible Chapel, then in the Weston neighborhood of Toronto, now in Etobicoke. She worked with CEF in Toronto, and several years in children's and youth work at Hilltop.
• David & Vita Wainwright - Northeast Bible Chapel, Colorado Springs, CO sponsored summer neighborhood studies for CEF for several years prior to being commended in 1992 to work in Papua New Guinea, as per Letters of Interest, 1992-9.

EB

• Beth Hayes (KLC-EB) Albany, OR

Assemblies

• New Hampshire Avenue Gospel Chapel (OB), Silver Spring, MD, which met 1916-1961 in Washington, D.C., hosted a Good News Club (CEF-related) for many years.
• Overbrook Gospel Chapel, SC hosted a CEF group
• Parkway Chapel (OB), Winston Salem, NC commended an area director.

Sources

• Wikipedia
• Letters of Interest (LOI)
  • 1984-9; 1988-9;