CEF OF OHIO
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Meet The State Director
My family has grown up in CEF. I praise the Lord that I grew up in a home in which my parents believed that children could come to a saving knowledge of Jesus. It was after nightly devotions at the age of 6 that I invited Jesus into my life. From there I have always had a heart for God, but I also had my plans. It was not till I was 20 that I said yes to the call to missions, that the Lord had been nudging me towards for years. At the age of 20, I served in Ohio as a summer missionary in the Findlay area. By that fall I was on staff and became the Acting Local Director as the Local Director in the Findlay area had moved on to State Ministry. For 25 years my wonderful wife Audrey and our amazing children Brayden, Bethany, Isaiah, Jonah, Skylar, & Selah have served in the Findlay area. In November of 2024 I received the call to the State level. This is a new and exciting challenge. My wife Audrey and I are excited to see what God has in store and to share what we have learned over the last 25 years of ministry. God has great ministry ahead for Ohio and we have an amazing team. We look forward to serving the local Church and growing the Kingdom one child at a time. Psalm 16:11 “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: In thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
Mike Todd Interim State Director of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Ohio
Meet our
Staff Members
Kathy Horner
Child Evangelism Fellowship® Director of Education for Ohio and as an adjunct Leadership Training Instructor for the CEF® Children’s Ministry Institute®.
Kathy graduated from Licensed Practical Nursing School in 1970. She and her husband Mark started in CEF in 1978 by hosting a 5-Day Club®. After sensing the need for reaching the children in their neighborhood they both began to serve in various volunteer positions in CEF. Kathy came on staff as local director of the Greater Akron Chapter of Ohio in 1990 and served 14 years as local director and director of Camp Good News®.
With her husband’s call to serve full time in CEF, they were both able to attend the first summer modules offered by the CEF Children’s Ministry Institute in 1998 and graduated in 2000. She and her husband piloted the very first JYC® clubs in Ohio and attended the JYC Instructor’s Course held in New Mexico in 2002. Kathy went on to receive her certification as an Instructor of Teachers and Leadership Training Instructor to train Instructors for Level 1 and 2, through the CMI.
Some of Kathy’s responsibilities are to coordinate and conduct the Ohio Annual Curriculum Workshop that prepares staff and teachers for the Good News Club Program. She also coordinates and directs Christian Youth in Action® (CYIATM )to prepare teens and adults for the 5-Day Club® Summer outreach. During the year she will plan and conduct various trainings such as Teaching Children Effectively® (TCE) and the IOT, Instructor of Teachers course, and Super Seminar training courses for churches desiring to train their children’s workers.
During her spare time, she enjoys her family and church activities. She and her husband have celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2020 and have four children, a wonderful daughter and son in law and nine beautiful grandchildren.
Melissa Latchlaw
Office Manager for Child Evangelism Fellowship of Ohio
Melissa Latchaw joined the state office as Office Manager in September 2024.
She was introduced to Christ at the age of four when her mom, trained by CEF of Colorado, used the Wordless Book to lead her to the Lord. Melissa’s first experience serving with CEF was in high school, teaching at a Good News Club in California and attending CYIA. In 2010, her family, the Hubbard’s, became missionaries with CEF.
Melissa and Kyle married 12 years ago and joined CEF of Ohio, where Kyle served as local director starting in 2013 and as State Director in 2021-2024. They are blessed with five wonderful children.
Melissa loves her new support role, helping those in the field as they reach children for Christ.