2018:  A Year to Be on Mission Reaching the Next Generation

Children – they are the largest people group on the planet making up one third of the earth’s population.   They are the largest unreached people group even though they are the most receptive to the Gospel.   Eighty-five percent of those who today profess Christ, came to Christ prior to their 15^th birthday according to surveys done by George Barna.   

Often overlooked, abused, and neglected, children are open to the Gospel, and it is incumbent upon the church to do everything we can, while we can, to reach as many as we can before the door of opportunity slams shut.

One only needs to look to history to learn the strategic significance of impacting the next generation.  Every major movement has grasped the need to target the next generation in order to advance its agenda.   Centuries ago, Nebuchadnezzar singled out the best and brightest of the Hebrew children and sought to “educate” them in the way of the Chaldeans.   He understood the significance of the next generation.  It was Lenin who boasted, “Give me just one generation of youth, and I will transform the whole world.”  Lenin understood the significance of the next generation.  Adolf Hitler put is slightly differently, “He alone who owns the youth, owns the future.”  The importance of engaging the next generation with the Gospel cannot be overestimated.  

When the nation of Israel was in decline and in desperate need of revival, God’s Word to them was clear.  “Tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done . . . that they should put their confidence in God” (Psalm 78:4-7).  Sharing the good news with the next generation is critical to impacting our nation for Christ!  

For over 80 years, the singular focus of Child Evangelism Fellowship has been the next generation.   The time has come for children and youth to be the focused priority of the church.  Every child . . . Every Nation . . . Every Day is the burden of Child Evangelism Fellowship, and we are committed to reaching every nation with the good news that God loves them and that forgiveness of sin and eternal life are available freely to them.   But time is of the essence!

Every day children are passing through the window of time when they are most open to the Gospel (ages 4 to 14).   In nations all across this world, children are passing into eternity without ever hearing of Jesus’ love for them.   Doors of opportunity are closing as our world marches toward the end times and our Lord’s return draws ever nearer.    Now is the time to take the Gospel to every corner of the globe.  Now is the time to invest our time, our talent, and our treasure in the Great Commission.  We invite you to join us in our quest to be obedient to Jesus’s command to take the Gospel to every creature and together attempt great things for the glory of our God.