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Three Decades Later: Penn State

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When church historians write about the events which swept across college campuses in the 70’s, they will talk about the unique movement of God which not only captured the hearts of thousands of students, but also launched hundreds into missions. It was in this spiritual atmosphere we gave our lives to Jesus. While at Penn State, Mike saw how God raised up young laborers for His Harvest which continues more than three decades later.

During Mike’s senior year (1979), nearly 1,000 students were active in Penn State’s Campus Crusade ministry with over 800 in small discipleship groups.  A large number of these committed their lives to impacting the world for Christ. Continue reading “Three Decades Later: Penn State”

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We’re Looking forward to Staff Training

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The U. S. Staff Conference is always challenging, refreshing, inspirational, and just plain fun for us.

Two years ago, we watched this video highlighting events of sixty years of ministry for Campus Crusade for Christ, International. You may recognize some of these people and conferences, like EXPLO ’72. Continue reading “We’re Looking forward to Staff Training”

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Equipping Student Leaders around the World

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Dr. Bill Bright in his early years of ministry at UCLA.

“Win the campus today, win the world tomorrow.”

 ~ Dr. Bill Bright

Campus Crusade for Christ’s continued emphasis has always been to reach students on all the world’s campuses, especially since these young men and women become tomorrow’s leaders. Initially, every local campus ministry, now called Cru, was lead by our staff and their student-disciples; however, our limited number of staff can’t possibly reach all the world’s universities.

Ann C., who tracks our global ministries, explains: “In 2011, [we reported] 1,742 Student Population Centers with a Cru presence globally. (Cru counts SPC’s because there isn’t always a physical campus, or large universities can have multiple campuses.)”

We continue to train and equip student leaders to be lifelong laborers and to reach their campuses Continue reading “Equipping Student Leaders around the World”

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Jenn’s Graduation Weekend

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Jenn graduated this month from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. She majored in English and German and minored in creative writing and history.

We were delighted that Ben, Bonnie, and Patrick were able to join us for Jenn’s graduation, too. Continue reading “Jenn’s Graduation Weekend”

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Jenn Graduates with Honors

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Jenn graduated magna cum laude this month from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. We were all together for her graduation ceremonies and are so proud of her. She majored in English and German with minors in creative writing and history. She was on the Dean’s List all four years and was part of the Honors Program. Continue reading “Jenn Graduates with Honors”