Partner Your Church With PREP4Kids
"PREP4Kids has given our church a consistent means of sharing the good news of Jesus
with a wide cross section of children, children from strong Christian families to families with no spiritual emphasis."
"Released-time Bible Instruction is an effective faith-based solution to serious social problems.
Its success should encourage religious organizations to roll up their sleeves and get involved
and should encourage government to see those religious organizations for the invaluable partners that they are."
(Chuck Colson, Founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries)
Why Get Involved
1. Our program expands your congregation’s connection to the community as well as the platforms for them to utilize their gifts and callings.
2. Our program expands a church culture into the multiple cultures and ethnicities characterizing our public schools.
3. Our program is life-changing because it is . . .
4. Learn more about our effective ministry model: Open Door: Released-time Education
- On average, 50% of PREP4Kids students come from families who do not attend church.
- Nearly 85% of Christians decide to follow Christ before the age of 14.
2. Our program expands a church culture into the multiple cultures and ethnicities characterizing our public schools.
3. Our program is life-changing because it is . . .
- Church-centered: We respect the priority that God designated in the institution of the local church, and our model relies on local churches to open their facilities for class sites, to encourage parishioners to volunteer in our classes, and to receive our students’ family referrals when they arise.
- Scripture-centered: Our focus is teaching the Scripture, but service opportunities are a natural result of the relationships that develop with schools, students, and families.
- Gospel-centered: Systematically teaching from Genesis to Revelation supports a more comprehensive understanding of salvation and discipleship decisions.
- Mentoring-centered: Spiritually-mature volunteers, consistently loving and teaching children, provide stability and direction like only life-on-life, year-after-year investment can.
- Proven: Released-time Religious Education has endured for over 100 years through repeated U.S. Supreme Court provision and protection, with our Greater Portland program serving families for 35 years now.
4. Learn more about our effective ministry model: Open Door: Released-time Education
How To Get Involved
- Start A Class: If you are located near a public school, contact us about operating a Bible class. You find a team and we provide the training, the Bibles, the curriculum, the support!
- Refer: Find parishioners who are seeking Gospel-centered ways to volunteer and establish relationships in their community.
- Contact us: Request flyers, posters, or DVD’s for use in informing your families about Oregon’s parent’s rights law ORS 339.420 and our available classes.
- Request: Ask a PREP staff person to briefly present PREP to your congregation within a church service or other context.
- Meet: Schedule a meeting with a PREP4Kids staff person to learn more.
- Pray: Keep informed and pray. Request our quarterly Newsletter and monthly Prayer Calendar.
- Give: Invest financially in our ministry.