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reaching an unreached generation with the gospel of jesus incredibly, many children have never even heard the name of jesus. 2016-17 south carolina annual ministry report south carolina annual ministry report their need statistics from children's trust of sc 35,000 of sc children experienced violent domestic crime in their own households 42 of sc children were killed by firearms 20,000 of sc children were arrested for various crimes 37% of sc teens had unwedded births 61,000 of sc children were treated for abuse of alcohol or drugs 72% of sc 4th graders are not proficient in reading jesus said matthew 18:14 “so it is not the will of my father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.” our mission reach every child in every school in every county with the gospel of jesus 52 part time and full time cef staff in sc equipping the local church to reach children 389 churches in sc participating in cef after-school bible clubs to reach the children 5,231 screened and trained volunteers in sc from participating churches 11 cef local offices assigned to every county in sc 320 public elementary schools in sc have a cef after-school bible club 24,086 children are enrolled in cef after-school bible clubs during the school year
a good investment prayer, time, resources according to barna research group, children ages 5-13 have a 32% probability of accepting christ. within ages 14-18 the probability drops to 4% while 18 and older slightly increases to just 6%. 6% 18&up 4% 14-18yrs 32% 5-13yrs jesus said matthew 13:8-9 "...meaning 85% of all christians received christ before age 14" 72% of funding goes directly toward reaching children in sc with the gospel $54 is the cost per child per year to evangelize and disciple children in sc cef has become one of the most critical organizations in america and around the world…if we don’t reach them as kids-five, six, seven, eight years old-we will lose an entire generation. josh mcdowell "...other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop - a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." the results reaching children with the gospel in sc 31,588 children in sc heard the gospel this past year, many for the first time 3,023 children prayed to accept jesus as their savior this past year 142 children began attending church this past year world wide 2016 statistics 3,423 paid workers 20.4 million children reached 398,095 volunteers trained 74,324 good news clubs 220 million reached in 80 years 8 million professions of faith good news club visit us online cef-sc.org | cefonline.com children reached 39 per minute