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Cru (until 2011 known as Campus Crusade for Christ—informally "Campus Crusade" or simply "Crusade"—or CCC) is an interdenominational Christian parachurch organization. [1] It was founded in 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles by Bill Bright and Vonette Zachary Bright .
William R. Bright (October 19, 1921 – July 19, 2003) was an American evangelist.In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles, he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. [1]
Explo '72 was an evangelistic conference sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ, planned and directed by Paul Eshleman.Explo '72 has been called the most visible event of the 1970s Jesus movement, [1] and came to be associated with the same, even though its primary attendees were not directly involved in that movement.
By the 1960s the writings of Watchman Nee had become popular among evangelicals, [1] [2] [3] including many in Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC). In 1968 Campus Crusade's national field director Jon Braun, who had read Watchman Nee's The Normal Christian Church Life, [4] and all of the regional directors under him left Campus Crusade seeking the ...
The Evangelical Orthodox Church (EOC), founded on January 15, 1979, is an Eastern Protestant Christian denomination established by former leaders of Campus Crusade for Christ, who, reacting against the Jesus People movement, developed their own synthesis of Evangelicalism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Shepherding Movement principles. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Power to Change was founded in 1967 by Josh McDowell as Campus Crusade for Christ Canada. The initial organization was based around a student ministry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Athletes in Action was launched in Canada in 1974 and the Christian Embassy was started in Ottawa in 1985. FamilyLife hosted its first marriage ...
The core of the United States national basketball team that participated at the 1978 FIBA World Championship was composed by players from Athletes in Action. [2] Athletes in Action has also participated at the William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament held in Taiwan which featured both national teams and club sides.
The Jesus Film Project is an organization created in 1981 by Campus Crusade for Christ founder Bill Bright to distribute the 1979 film, Jesus, not only in English, but also in many of the world's languages with the stated goal of reaching "every nation, tribe, people and tongue, helping them see and hear the story of Jesus in a language they can understand."