TESTIMONIES OF CYIA TEENS CYIA gave me a sense of purpose and showed me how desperately children need to hear the Gospel. If we don’t go out and share it with them, who’s going to share it? — Mary, former CYIA student CYIA camp is a good way to rewind Read more…
Two 5-Day Clubs in June Our summer ministry of week-long 5-Day Clubs (5DC) started the last week of June in two locations. Williamsburg The teens who trained for a week in CYIA camp at Eagle Eyrie put their training to the test with a home club in Jacquie’s backyard. Only Read more…
Why Go to CYIA to Teach 5-Day Clubs? This is the testimony that John Allon Steiner used for his CYIA application in 2021: Becoming a Christian is often simply boiled down to accepting the Lord as Savior. This is the core of Christianity: that Christ saved us from our sin Read more…
Christian Youth in Action® camp trains teens to lead and teach the summer 5-Day Clubs®. The VA CYIA camp will be held at Eagle Eyrie in Lynchburg, VA the week of June 20-26. This year we have five teens and four adults getting ready to conduct the week-long 5-Day Clubs Read more…
Haley Tapia, a 19-yr-old college student at Thomas Nelson, was to give her Christian Youth in Action training camp testimony at our PKids 1st Dinner on March 27, 2020. When COVID restrictions hit on March 15th, the dinner was cancelled. I was so looking forward to hearing how God has Read more…
CEF of VA Christian Youth in Action Training “Lydia was 14 years old when she picked up a brochure from a ministry she’d barely heard of called Child Evangelism Fellowship. This brochure, unlike many other ministry brochures, captured her young imagination and she knew, ‘God wants me to do this.’ Read more…
As with most relationships with Christ, mine has not always been the strongest. I used to be really into myself and my own personal desires. As I fell into this trap of being consumed with myself, I saw my grades slip, good friendships decline, and my lack of love for Read more…
Disciple Teens to Grow the Kingdom of God When you ask Dianne Tate how she finds teens willing to teach children about Jesus, she answers, “God brings them to me.” Yesterday I was privileged to watch Dianne and her team work as a unit to host a Valentine’s Day Tea. Read more…
Child Evangelism’s training course “Teaching Children Effectively 1” provides instruction on the methods for teaching the evangelistic lessons. We also need to include nutrition for the saved children in our clubs, and guide them toward becoming more fruitful. At the same time, we always need to be cautious in assuming Read more…
CEF of Peninsula sent five teenagers to a week-long Christian Youth in Action (CYIA) training camp at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center from Sunday, June 20, to Saturday, June 26. CYIA is a program designed to train teenagers and young adults in effective and engaging ways to teach children about God. Read more…