In one Rhode Island school district, kids could meet after school to raise funds for Planned Parenthood Global’s abortion mills, but they could not hear Bible stories or sing Christian songs. In Hawaii, a similar battle ensued to ensure kids could hear the gospel in after-school programs even if they attend a public school. Our legal work forced BOTH school districts to OBEY THE LAW and LET CHILDREN HEAR THE WORD OF GOD!

Yet, despite our clear and decisive wins, Oakland, California, and several other school districts continue to discriminate against Christian after-school clubs. We have never lost a case involving Child Evangelism Fellowship's (CEF) Good News Clubs (GNC), and we don’t intend to start losing now.

You see, Good News Clubs for elementary and middle school students are incredibly important. Every public school should be so blessed to have one of these after-school clubs because the 4- to 14-year-old window is incredibly important for shaping young lives.

We need YOUR prayers and financial help to keep Good News Clubs in the schools and defend religious freedom. DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT NOW with every donation made to our legal fund through a year-end Challenge Grant.

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Statistics show that the majority (nearly 85%, in fact) of people who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior make that first commitment before the ages of 12-14. And about 70% of people who are called to the mission field also feel the initial call between the ages of 4 and 14. This “4-14 window” represents the critical formative years in young lives.

CEF is in more nations than any other ministry. This critical 4-14 window is supported by George Barna’s independent research. He concludes (1) a person’s moral foundations are generally in place by age 9; albeit with some adjustments, these values are formed early; and (2) a person’s response to the meaning and personal value of Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection is usually determined by age 18 and often by age 12.

Proverbs 22:6 tells us, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Even the secular philosopher Aristotle agreed, saying, “Give me a child until he is 7, and I will show you the man.”

And those pushing the LGBTQ agenda know the importance of reaching children. In her article “Future Shock” in The Advocate magazine, Patricia Warren writes, "Whoever captures the kids owns the future.”

Let the children worship! Help us end bans on these Christian after-school clubs by supporting our legal fund today.

The Providence School District in Rhode Island allowed free after-school access to the Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, YMCA, and Girls on the Run, but denied equal access to the Good News Clubs — because it is a Christian group.

In Hawaii, Liberty Counsel represented CEF against the State Department of Education and four of its superintendents for discriminating against the Good News Clubs in certain district facilities that are open to other similarly situated nonreligious organizations.

Prior to COVID, CEF Hawaii had Good News Clubs in over a dozen schools on Oahu and other islands. Then, after restricting after-school programs due to COVID, school officials partially restarted after-school programs in November 2021 and fully restored them in 2022.

In 2022, CEF Hawaii submitted applications to host clubs in several schools.

However, the Hawaii State Department of Education, through the Superintendent Defendants and other officials, denied every request submitted by CEF while allowing access to secular groups.

In Hawaii, school officials admitted the reason for denial is because these clubs are “religious.” We encountered the same thing in Rhode Island, where after the lockdowns, school officials admitted secular groups but denied the Good News Clubs.

Our lawsuits and legal work forced both school districts to STOP discriminating against Christian kids — with Hawaii as recent as last week — but several other school districts are engaging in the exact same anti-Christian discrimination.

We need YOUR HELP to win these new cases!

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I have an urgency to rescue the children of this broken generation, in order to share the Good News that Jesus loves them. Help us bring hope to these precious children.

Liberty Counsel is fighting to protect our children and our right to religious freedom. We need your help as never before. Please consider a recurring monthly donation or a one-time donation to fund our critically important religious freedom legal work. A special Challenge Grant will DOUBLE YOUR GIFT’S IMPACT today.

Mat Staver

Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel