CEF Specialized Book Ministry

The Ministry is part of the International Ministries department of Child Evangelism Fellowship® Inc. and aims to assist children’s evangelists worldwide to teach God’s Word. We desire to help and encourage those whose goal is to evangelise children.

Dr Sam Doherty, an experienced teacher and children’s worker for over 57 years, has written a series of devotional and training books. Sam was used of God to start the ministry of CEF in his native Ireland in 1950, and after 14 years in Ireland he took on new challenges as CEF Regional Director for Europe, which he led for 29 years. His latter years have been devoted to a writing ministry. There are presently 31 titles in English and books have been printed in 53 languages.

Sam retired from Child Evangelism Fellowship in July 2007 leaving a legacy of publications that will serve generations to come. God has uniquely blessed the ministry of Sam and his wife Sadie.

The Book Ministry continues to grow and is under the guidance of a leadership team based in Northern Ireland. Each member of the team has his particular role - Edmond for dispatch, Kenneth for promotion and Terry as administrator.

Each book contains wise and clear counsel for those reaching children today, drawn on the long and wide experience that Sam has had in children’s work. The books are in four groups:

– Books to help the worker in their own spiritual walk.

– Training Manuals to instruct in how best to reach the children.

– Visualized Doctrinal Lessons to give tools for teaching Bible truths to children.

– Many of our books are now available online including Devotional books and Training manuals.

– Visualized Lesson Downloads Some visualized lessons are now available online in PowerPoint format.

The CEF Specialized Book Ministry looks to God to supply the large amounts of finance needed to carry out this important work, and God has been pleased to do this through His people from many countries. Our policy is to print only when finance is available and to distribute to children’s workers free of charge or at a low cost. Many of those who receive the books desire to help further the ministry by sending a donation.

The project list gives details of current publishing programs, and how you can contribute to this work. It is our prayer that those who serve God in reaching children with the truths of the Bible will receive help and encouragement through these publications.