Published January 08, 2015
The arrival last week of an evangelical Christian group in heavily-secular Portland has raised the ire of some residents.
The Child Evangelism Fellowship will host child-oriented gatherings called Good News Clubs throughout the city this week. The organizers hope to bring in children between the ages of 5 and 12.
Opponents of the group say the group presents a fundamentalist view of Christianity that should be rejected. They took out a full-page ad in a local newspaper to oppose the outreach.
CEF vice president Moises (MOH'-ses) Esteves says the group is trying to engage with a younger audience that may not have heard its message. He says opponents are part of an atheist plan to dismantle Christian outreach.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/evangelical-group-that-recruits-children-encounters-resistance-in-heavily-secular-portland