Is Your Child Being
Targeted by Christians?
“I can go into a playground of kids that don’t know anything about Christianity, lead them to the Lord in a matter of just no time at all and just moments later they can be seeing visions and hearing the voice of God, because they’re so open.
They are so useable to Christianity.”
Becky Fischer, Youth Minister whose summer camp (Kids on Fire) was closed because of controversial treatment of children. Fischer heads Kids In Ministry International, a recruitment and training facility for children. Also see Jesus Camp.
Distributed by Saint Birgitta (saintbirgitta.com)
Christian groups and individuals have taken it upon themselves to have explicit conversations with children about

- Sex, oral and anal sex, and abstinence
- Abortion
- Homosexuality
- Punishment and being tortured
- Girls’ clothing (The group targeting girls in schools calls themselves the “Secret Keeper Girls”)
- Hate-group recruitment
What can you do?


Occasionally visit your child’s school when classes let out to find out if Christian groups are approaching children. Groups are not allowed to overtly recruit children during school hours, but are not monitored after school has ended. Groups such as Child Evengelism Fellowship, which targets elementary school students, hold meetings in public schools.

Check school backpacks and Halloween bags for threatening bible brochures.

Check school lockers and books for offensive material and invitations. Most public schools become Christian churches on the weekend and members hide printed material to be found by children.

Make sure your child knows to never enter a church by themselves. Children are often lured in with promises of snacks, stories, games or threats of “eternal condemnation.”

If your child spends time with a Christian family, make sure the parents are aware of your views on corporal punishment, and discussions about mature topics.

Ask for details about school field trips. Schools such as Ouachita Parish Public School uses field trips to take children to "Just for Jesus" Christian rallies.

Remind children about safety around strangers and adults

Internet Evangelism

Don’t allow children to fill out online profiles or give personal information on websites.

If your child’s teacher has a website, make sure any links are for academic purposes only. Some teachers are using links to send children to
proselytizing websites, such as Mel Downs at Irasburg Village School, Vermont, who disguises links to connect students to evangelist websites.

Because of the enormous pressure put on
children to give their email addresses to these groups, consider having children give a decoy email address that you monitor or one that is entirely fictitious. Report any inappropriate
messages immediately.

"Harvesting Children"

Most adults have had the aggravating
experience of being accosted by evangelists, either at their own front door or in public. What is “aggravation” for adults can be full-blown intimidation for a child.

Some Christians groups have encouraged
children to pressure their peers into attending events and meetings, such as the After School Good News Club. Meetings are often lead by teachers and administrators from the school. Children attend training camps to learn how to recruit, or “harvest,” peers.

Many of these groups openly discuss
harrassing other student groups and disrupting Nonchristian events. Many perform baptisms in school swimming pools and attend
dangerous exorcisms.

4392 Priests

In 2004 the John Jay Report,
commissioned by The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding allegations of sexual abuse by the Catholic church, named 4392 priests against whom 10,667 people had reported plausible allegations of childhood sexual abuse. These numbers do not include the current Baptist sex-crime crisis, nor other Christian denominations.


In recent years thousands of victims of organizational sexual abuse by Christians have come forward, making churches and religious schools some of the most
dangerous places a child could be. Due to the nature of the crime, children and adults may have difficulty communicating with parents or authorities about an incident. Please see the list of information and resources on the back panel of this brochure for tips on signs to look for if you believe your child has been victimized, and where to go for help.

For more information and resources:

Main Organizations and Resources Page

Bishop Accountability.org

Stop Baptist Predators.org

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) www.snapnetwork.org

Stop It Now! Sexual Abuse Prevention www.stopitnow.com 1-888-PREVENT

National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC)

National Center for Missing & Expoited Children www.cybertipline.com

Safe Passage Foundation
wwww.safepassagefoundation.org

US Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website www.nsopr.gov
Card produced by Custom Tract Source which refers children to www.thegoodpersontest.net, a website devoted to convincing children that they are criminals
“Have you ever lied? Have you always obeyed your parents? The Bible says if you hate someone, it's just like committing murder. Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? Can you see the Ten Commandments are like a mirror, they show us how bad we are, and how we need to be clean before the Day of Judgment. That is the Day when God will
punish people who have broken the Ten Commandments...”
One of many alarming instructional books in circulation on how to coerce children. Community
awareness of child preditors is the first step in keeping kids safe.
Above: Ten Strategies to Practically and Legally Evangelize Your School distributed by Pacific Justice Institute
Above: False, hateful and policitally motivated material distribubed by OptionLine Crisis Pregnancy Centers