Evangelical group sets sights on secular Portland, planned sights on kids as old as Five.

[SexualShark]

[quote]They've banded together in recent weeks to warn parents about the Child Evangelism Fellowship's Good News Club, buying a full-page ad in the local alternative weekly to highlight the group's tactics.

"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 takes issue with the group's message and the way it's delivering it.

CEF says Protect Portland Children is a shadow group run by atheists who seek to dismantle Christian outreach. The group said its methods are above reproach.

"Children are easy to manipulate, we all know that," said CEF's vice president Moises Esteves. "We don't use any of the schemes and high-pressure tactics that we're accused of. Nothing could be further from the truth."

Esteves' group decided to hold its annual summer mission program in Portland because of the area's irreligious leanings.

Trying to reach young people in Oregon presents the group with two strongly secular demographics.

Gallup polls in 2008 and 2012 have consistently indicated that Oregon is among the least religious states in the country, with one of the fewest populations identifying themselves as "very religious."[/quote]

[url]http://news.msn.com/us/evangelical-group-sets-sights-on-secular-portland[/url]

[Sigfrial]

Religious sects and organizations that particularly target children make me really uncomfortable.

If you get the chance, watch the documentary "Jesus Camp". It's legitimately creepy some of the things they tell these kids and convince them of.

[asteroidrules]

Misread that as Poland for a second.

Either way, kind of a dirty tactic to be targeting children in public places.