Telling Future Generations

In this final four part series on, "Celebrating Generations," Dr. Bryan Chapell shares good news that 90% of those who grow up in the Christian faith will come back to walk faithfully with the LORD. 

This is especially true, when we raise up our children to see and know our love and faithfulness to the LORD first of all, and also to our children, as we seek to raise them up in the nurture and love, and also the admonition of the LORD. 

May the prayer of our heart to the LORD and to our children, the future generations, always be, "May all who come behind us find us faithful."

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Part 3 of Dr. Bryan Chapell's message on, "Celebrating Generations," where he continues to lay out the changing demographic shifts in the Church across North America, particularly here in the USA, post Covid. 

Even though lower numbers across generations have come back to church and are attending church less regularly, there is still great hope. 

Statistically, the majority of salvation and spiritual decisions are made for Christ before the age of 15 and whatever is the faith of a young person between 14 and 18 years old, is going to most likely be their faith for the rest of their lives.  If we as adults, will invest in the lives of our children and youth and attend to their spiritual needs, it will literally change the world!

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Dr. Bryan Chapell continues with the second part of his message on 'Celebrating Generations.' After COVID, there was one group of people who came back to the church in even greater numbers than before. Who are they? They are the millennial generation who now have their own children.

Dr. Bryan Chapell walks us through this culture shift post-COVID, but also highlights the open door for the Gospel, especially in ministering to the children of the millennials. These parents who previously had left the church, are turning back to the church in greater numbers, but more importantly, they are turning to Christ and to the Gospel message for help and hope, not only for themselves, but also for their children, who are the future generations.

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Dr. Bryan Chapell, the emeritus pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church and emeritus President of Covenant Theological Seminary, currently serves as the stated clerk of the PCS (Presbyterian Church of America) denomination.

Dr. Bryan Chapell was the guest speaker at Child Evangelism Fellowship of Illinois recent fall fundraiser and shared a powerful message on, 'Celebrating Generations,' which focused on the importance of reaching children for Christ and teaching them God's Word, especially in the face of our modern culture in the USA.

The bad news must be understood first, but there is hope and good news for the Gospel impacting the future generations for Christ.

Please enjoy this first part of Dr. Bryan Chapell's four-part message that he shared with us that evening.

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Jill Hostetler, Assistant State Director, shares an After-School Good News Club ministry report for this school year season in Central Illinois and also in pioneer areas that CEF is currently working with, including in Alton, Illinois and Jacksonville, Illinois.

In addition, a special testimony is shared by Nancy Frantz, a Good News Club team leader for two Bible Clubs in schools in Dunlap, Illinois for the past 10 years.

Praise the LORD for this continued opened door to share the Good News of Christ in the public schools through the After-School Good News Clubs across Illinois!

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"The Mission is NOT Over!"

Dr. Katrina Forseth shares the CEF of IL annual ministry report that picks up from our CEF of Uganda mission trip report and continues through the remainder of our CEF of IL summer ministry and then focuses on our upcoming Fall ministry, specifically our After-School Good News Clubs held immedately after-school.

The bottom-line desire of CEF is to reach as many children as possible, so that every child ministered to hears a clear presentation of the Gospel, both in large groups and even one-on-one!

Mark 16:15, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature."

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Just recently at the CEF of IL Fall Event, we shared a ministry report that included not only about our CEF summer ministry, including our overnight camp ministry at Camp Good News and backyard 5-Day Clubs, but also our CEF mission trip to Uganda in East Central Africa, where in three weeks time, over 11,000 people were ministered to with the Gospel!

Praise the LORD for the open doors for ministry that He has done!

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Psalm 40 is a testimony, not only of David in the Bible, but also a testimony of God's people reminding us of not only what the Lord has done for us in the past, but how we can deepen our trust in the LORD, especiallly in times of trouble.

Why? Because Psalm 40 is not only David's testimony or our testimony as God's people yet today, it is Christ's testimony.

Psalm 40 points us directly to Christ to remind us that God is the God who came near to deliver His people from their greatest need, which points us to our salvation that is found only in Christ.

Because Christ, the Eternal Son of God, came from heaven to earth all the way to the cross to deliver His people from their greatest problem, there is no trouble that the LORD is not able to come near and help and deliver His people this day now!

Psalm 40 is a beautiful intertwined testimony reminding us that God is the God who came and who still comes near to His people yet today!

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Right way or wrong way, how do we know? The Bible, God's Word, "Tells me so!"

Psalm 1 is a wisdom Psalm that marks out for us clearly that there is a right and there is a wrong, but there is only one way to the blessed life.

In six short verses, Psalm 1, describes for us a beautiful picture of the blessed man's life that is depicted not as chaff that is dead, worthless and directionless, but rather as a fruitful growing tree.

We, as God's people, are to bring forth fruit all of our days, as we are daily nourished in our relationship with the LORD by being rooted and grounded in God's Word.

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The closing chapter of Nehemiah ends on an odd note where Nehemiah, the governor of the land, engages in the ministry of confrontation all for God and the good of the people.

Nehemiah encounters three difficult situations as a leader where he needed to respond by either cleaning house, establishing right practices, or engaging in the ministry of confrontation through increased, progressive discipline.

However, the end of the chapter closes as it began with a prayer of Nehemiah to be remembered by God for good. Yet it seems that no matter how much Nehemiah worked and tried, he was unable to secure the people's obedience before Holy God.

But even here, Nehemiah's apparent leadership failure in securing the people's obedience points us not backwards, but forwards to the 'Greater Nehemiah' who was yet to come, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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