I used to be a member of a church where everyone seemingly was related to everyone else in some way). Just recently I was visiting with a friend from that church and it came out that two other ladies who were members there were her...
24 years ago, at a home-based Good News Club® that Nadya I taught in Turlock, I asked the children if they knew why we celebrated Easter. “It’s someone up in heaven’s birthday” they replied. Their answer stunned me. They sincerely had no clue that the...
On April 1, 1996 I began my ministry with Child Evangelism Fellowship. I was 22 years old and had not yet taught a club of any kind. That summer I led my first child to Christ, and that child is now probably in their thirties....
If you follow the news for any length of time, you will notice that our world is fascinated with power. From the Halls of congress to maniacal regimes, to armies and weapons and money, we as a people are impressed with our ability to intimidate...
In 2018 when we started the Good News Club at Belleview Elementary in Sonora, the team was a bit discouraged when only three children showed up. They faithfully pressed on, though, and were rewarded when Natalie, one of the three, received Christ as her Savior....
C.S. Lewis, Josh McDowell, and Lee Strobel are three well-known believers who took the intellectual route to faith in Christ. They laid out all the facts and followed those facts to their logical conclusion to accept Christ as the risen Lord. Some of the children we...
Good News Club® teachers oftentimes don’t see whether the children they lead to Christ actually end up passing on their faith to the next generation. Many times children get their first exposure to the Gospel at our clubs and then receive Christ later. Other times...
When Nadya and I visited the Good News Club® at Burbank Elementary School in Modesto last January, the Vice-Principal of the school came in and asked to share a few words with the children. After he had their attention Mr. Lopez proceeded to say the...
