Child Evangelism Fellowship® also known as CEF® is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the local church for Christian living. CEF has over 1,200 missionaries overseas, approximately 1,000 of whom are nationals. CEF is currently ministering in 176 countries and in every state of the U.S. In the USA over 700 full-time workers and an estimated 40,000 volunteers serve the ministry. CEF was founded by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer in 1937. During the ministry year of 2009-2010 over 10,000,000 children heard the Gospel with over 3,000,000 professions of faith. Child Evangelism Fellowship of Washington made its way west from the ministries birthplace in Chicago in the late 1930’s. Currently, there are 16 local chapters spread across the state with the state headquarters located in Yakima. In our last ministry year over 30,000 heard the Gospel with over 3,000 children making a profession of faith. Over 1,000 people were trained in effective teaching techniques to equip them to be more effective evangelists and disciplers.
