Mike and Betty Morris - Founders
Mike and Betty are seeking to serve the Lord through the ministry of Childrens Evangelistic Ministries, Inc., which they founded in 2004. They had served with Child Evangelism Fellowship® Inc. (CEF) for 20 years in many areas of ministry. During this time they were involved in teaching children's Bible clubs, teacher training of youth and adults in how to evangelize children, and shared the Gospel "face to face" at fairs and festivals. During the time they were involved in CEF, Mike and Betty took several weeks of Children's Ministries Institute® training.
Mike and Betty have three sons: Josh is now out of the Navy after serving six years, most of the time running the nuclear reactor on a sub based in the Pacific. He is working on a double major in business and finance at Pittsburg State University; Tim recently graduated with a master degree in business from Pitt State and is presently working at a bank in KC, MO. Joel is being home schooled and is in his senior year. He plans to attend Pitt State, also, and intends to work on a Business double major in finance and economics. Betty is now a parttime secretary at Calvary Baptist Church. She is also Mike's secretary and enjoys being able to be more active in the ministry. While she does not enjoy doing a lot of traveling, she enjoys being able to occassionally travel with Mike. She is also taking a course in writing children's literature.
Mike accepted Christ at the age of 33 and has felt the Lord's call on his life ever since. Betty accepted Christ at the age of 11. She was one of the "original bus children" of Calvary Baptist Church in Nevada, and understands the importance of God's children reaching out to the lost children in their area. All three of Mike & Betty's sons accepted the Lord as Savior by the age of four.
In 1998 Mike introduced the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International to the concept of using the Wordless Book in sharing the Gospel. They in turn adapted it to the Wordless Walking Stick (a yardstick with the colored beads of gold, black, red, white, and green) as a tool to share the Gospel at farm shows. They gave a walking stick to each one who heard the Gospel presentation at their booths. Since 1998 they have given away over 1.4 million walking sticks all over the United States and some parts of the world.
Recently Mike attended an evangelism conference and heard a story about a fisherman in England. The fisherman saw an excursion boat going up a river at night. The boat started sinking, and many people were lost and drowned. The fisherman on the bank took his rowboat out and went to rescue the folks in the river. His rowboat was soon filled and as he began to row away he was heard groaning, "Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God! I wish I had a bigger boat!" This is the way Mike & Betty feel. Their prayer is that with this evangelistic ministry they are building a much bigger boat to reach the lost children of the world.
Our original burden and thought in the founding of CEMI was to produce some type of children's evangelistic film. However, the Lord has redirected and the success of the "Energia" ball of many colors has reached in to115 countries through missionaries and children's workers with the results of thousands being brought to Christ using the Energia evangelism tools. Please check out the testimonies at our "info center" for stories from around the world.
If you would like more information, or to have Mike & Betty come and share with you, your church, or other concerned individuals you know, please email us and let us know. Our email address is cemi@inetvisions.net.
Sincerely in Christ,
Mike and Betty
