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Portland parents fight Christian 'extremist' club trying to 'harvest' kids at public parks (Click here to read more)

By Travis Gettys
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:36 EDT
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An evangelical group has launched a campaign to convert children to Christianity at public spaces and schools in Oregon.
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Parents concerned about the group's intentions have launched their own campaign to warn about the Child Evangelism Fellowship's Good News Club and its tactics, reported the Associated Press.
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"They pretend to be a mainstream Christian Bible study when in fact they're a very old school fundamentalist sect," said Kaye Schmitt, an organizer with Protect Portland Children, which has taken out a full-page ad about the campaign in a local alternative weekly.
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The group's website claims most people become Christians between ages 4 and 14 years old, so they target children with the message that all people are sinful and that only Christian faith will save them from hell.
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"The most spiritually productive harvest field anywhere is among the children," the group says on its website.
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But a spokesman for the religious group said it hoped only to reach young people at parks, apartment pools, and other gathering spots to educate them about Christianity.
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