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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]
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.
Bill Bright, founder of the Campus Crusade for Christ, spent a lot of his early career in Los Angeles trying to convert Hollywood celebrities, and he aspired to make a compelling film about the life of Christ.
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."
Bill and Vonette Bright in Turku, Finland in 1980. Vonette Zachary Bright (July 2, 1926 – December 23, 2015) was an American author, speaker, and the co-founder of Cru. Bright was born in Coweta, Oklahoma, and graduated with a B. A. degree in Home Economics and a minor in Chemistry from Texas Women's University in 1948.
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 ...
Two dozen law firms sent an open letter to top law schools over concerns about rising anti-Semitism on college campuses.
It was founded in 2002 by Bill Bright, the late founder and chairman of Campus Crusade for Christ, and James O. Davis, founder of Cutting Edge International. Over the next decade [ when? ] GPN hopes to help five million churches to be planted and, in their own words, "win 1 billion people to Christ worldwide".