Mimi, a regular attender at our Good News Club, stood at the front holding the visual for the next song.
She asked if she could say something. 'When I first started coming to the club, I thought that every time I did something wrong, Jesus had to die again. Now I know that's not true.' Mimi, who was eight years old at the time, smiled at the group; she was beginning to understand the teaching that she heard each week. Before this, she had never heard the gospel explained to her and had never been to a Sunday School.
Mimi is just one of thousands of children and teenagers who have no contact with the church or Christians. Some of them may have a Bible in their homes but they probably never read it. In most of our schools, the Christian faith is poorly explained and the gospel never mentioned. The majority of children and teenagers in Britain are completely ignorant of Christian truth.
