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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 ...
However, during the 12th Century converted Jews such as Petrus Alfonsi and Pablo Christiani, well versed in Jewish religion, initiated the Contra Iudaeos (or Adversus Iudaeos) literature either from missionary or polemic reasons. This was both an impetus to and response to Jewish apologetics answering Christians, and more robust polemical ...
Campus Crusade for Christ was founded in 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles by Bill Bright and Vonette Zachary Bright as a ministry for university students. [6] [7] According to historian John G. Turner, Bill Bright and Vonette Zachary Bright were influenced and mentored by Henrietta Mears, the director of Christian Education at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood.
Christian apologetics (Ancient Greek: ἀπολογία, "verbal defense, speech in defense") [1] is a branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity. [2]Christian apologetics have taken many forms over the centuries, starting with Paul the Apostle in the early church and Patristic writers such as Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Justin Martyr and Tertullian, then continuing with writers ...
Campus Crusade for Christ (similar international organisation, principally American) Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF, UK national organisation) Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU) Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (OICCU) Other UK national organisations. Student Christian Movement (SCM, established 1889)
Orr was influential in Campus Crusade for Christ from its founding in 1951, [4] serving as one of the five original board members of the organization. [5] [self-published source?] In 1966 or 1967 Orr became a professor at the School of World Missions, in Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He remained a professor there until 1981 ...
Joslin "Josh" McDowell (born August 17, 1939) is an evangelical Christian apologist and evangelist. [2] He is the author or co-author of over 150 books. In 2006, his book Evidence That Demands a Verdict was ranked 13th in Christianity Today ' s list of most influential evangelical books published after World War II. [3]
For the poor the institution of the crusade was offensive, while in church doctrines it was an act of self-defence. [47] From the 12th century onwards, the crusading movement generated propaganda material to spread the word. A good example was the work of a Dominican friar called Humbert of Romans. In 1268 he gathered the best crusading ...