Ministry to City Kids

covers eight counties - Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, and Vance. We have significant ministry in Alamance, Durham and Orange counties, and have developed partnerships with churches in the other five counties.  
A key ministry tactic is to conduct Good News Clubs, fun-filled sessions where the Gospel is clearly presented through stories, verses, songs, and games. Good News Clubs are scheduled as weekly events at a given location. In the summer, we typically conduct daily Bible clubs over a period of five days at multiple locations, and these are called 5-Day Clubs. 

After school programs request help with supplies

Lou Brogden finished her comments by saying, "We would ask that you pray about this and if it is possible help us to meet these needs. Thank you for considering our needs."  Contributions of supplies can be dropped off at the CEF office in the John O'Daniel Exchange building 801 Gilbert St. Durham. Financial contributions for these programs can be given online or by mail to CEF Durham.

As a result of new space provided for Butterflz at Carver Pond Apts. there is immediate need for various items: 
shelving, school supplies, folding tables, and paint for walls 

What if for 10 years?  
Durham Urban Net working toward answers

Is God powerful enough to prevent kids from joining gangs?  Does the Word of God still have answers for today's problems?  What if the Church of Durham took seriously its responsibility for taking the Gospel to city kids and youth?  What if for 10 years a collaboration of churches and ministries comprehensively served the 10 most physically and spiritually needy communities in Durham?  

These are the communities where crime and evil have dominated life for way too long; where kids are not expected to succeed.  These are the communities where the words: at-risk, under-resourced, and marginalized are experienced everyday in the lives of kids and families.  These are the communities where God has been rejected, yet screams out to be glorified! 

CEF along with several partnering ministries, a few churches, and a growing number of local Christians are focusing there efforts for 10 years upon 10 under resourced communities in Durham.  This collaborative group, while maintaining the identity of each ministry, calls itself the BlessDurham Urban Network.  A simple strategy of discipleship will be used.  CEF will offer weekly Good News Clubs, educational resources, church partnership training, and special events for each community.  Others will provide after school tutoring, creative arts, community service, development, and prayer.  Our vision is to see city kids and families transformed by the Gospel.  As disciples of Christ, they will take responsibility for the transformation of their own communities.

For this purpose, CEF disciples teens and challenges young adults to stretch their lives beyond the pursuit of happiness.  It believes in building trusting relationships with families who live within these communities; collaborates with other churches and ministries; and is willing to work in these communities beyond the next 10 years so that every community is fully resourced with the presence and blessing of God.  People will no longer perish from the lack of access and power to live a life of dignity and biblical godliness.  Here comments from Dr. John Perkins.