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Our “Tour” of Cru’s International Headquarters

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Join us on a “tour” of Campus Crusade for Christ’s International headquarters.  God has blessed us with beautiful buildings and grounds as well as wonderful people to minister with. We hope these photos will encourage you to consider visiting if you make a trip to Orlando sometime.

The best way for us to show you Lake Hart is to send you over to a captioned slideshow. We have photos of the grounds; the JESUS Film Tour; the prayer rooms; the memorial wall and garden honoring Dr. Bright; and more. Continue reading “Our “Tour” of Cru’s International Headquarters”

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Redeeming Online Conversations

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If you checked the top trends on nibbo.com for several days now, you’d see a LOT of activity on the internet about Manti Te’o and Lance Armstrong.  The conversations usually aren’t edifying; a lot of negative and trashy comments are circulating about Manti Te’o in particular.

I alerted 160+ Cru bloggers a few days ago that it’s a good time to use these trending topics to draw some people to a godly perspective.  I suggested they could post about lies and truth and the sin nature of man or something along those lines.  I’ve read some great posts from them and thought I’d share these blog posts with you Continue reading “Redeeming Online Conversations”

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Over Half a Million Came to Christ in 2012

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Many of you reading this post have partnered with us in ministry. We’re so grateful for you! (More than 200,000 people give financially every month to Cru staff like Mike and me and, of course, hundreds of thousands more pray faithfully for Cru staff and their ministries.)

Your ministry with us

Together with you, we have Continue reading “Over Half a Million Came to Christ in 2012”

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Mattie: A Student’s Changed Life

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 Mattie’s Story

In high school Mattie was involved with drinking and drugs. Raised in an agnostic Muslim home, she hated herself for her rebellious lifestyle, especially when her mother died of cancer in Mattie’s senior year.

Mattie started attending church with some friends and gave her life to Christ that same year, but she still struggled. Mattie explains:

“My relationship with my boyfriend eventually ended…. My entire sense of worth came from him… so at that point my only option was to turn back to God.  I had to figure out God’s love for me as well as how to love him back.  But I didn’t know where to start.”

Mattie joined a Bible study with Cru at Boston University in her freshman year.  This past spring break she attended our Big Break Conference in Panama City, Florida. While there Mattie heard a speaker describe God’s love: “He spoke of Jesus [washing] his followers’ feet. That picture made so much sense to me…They didn’t deserve this or earn it.  Rather, this was how much he loved them.”

“We woke up the next morning, and went to talk with people on the beach. … I saw a girl [who] was hopelessly drunk and … had cuts on her hands, sand all over her face, and vomit streaked throughout her hair. Her name was Sydney. Continue reading “Mattie: A Student’s Changed Life”

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Social Media and Cru

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“We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we DO it.”

~ Erik Qualman

Social Media for Non Profits Conference

Sus was excited to attend her first (non-Crusade) conference in Austin this past month, the Social Media for NonProfits conference. She gained a lot of ideas that she can share with our staff.

Two others from Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) attended: Paul from Bridges International, which reaches international students on campuses, and Donna from Here’s Life Inner City in Los Angeles. We all agreed that the conference gave us a lot of ideas and tools to help connect with the people we minister to. Continue reading “Social Media and Cru”

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eQuipping for eMinistry Hits 60,000 Mark!

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I was surprised as I wrote another post for eQuipping for eMinistry this morning. . .  In three years of writing, the blog has reached 60,000 hits!

I write in a way that I hope is understandable to the non-techie, and I include tips, stories, encouragement, and how-tos for anyone interested in using technology for ministry, either to enhance what they’re already doing or to try a whole new idea.

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