Week 6

“Campus Crusade for Christ International Overview.” Demossnewspond.com. 18 Feb 2009 .

This page provides a brief history and background of Campus Crusade for Christ International.  Bill Bright and his wife Jill founded CCCI, at UCLA in 1951.  The president of CCCI is Steve Douglass who was appointed by Bill Bright as his successor.  CCCI’s mission seeks “to help people truly follow Jesus Christ” (par. 5).  CCCI has ministries that reach out to students, athletes, business leaders, and pastors (par. 8).  In addition more than 25,000 staff members serve the organization in 191 countries.

I plan to use this information to show how big Campus Crusade for Christ is.  I hope providing the data from this source to my readers will demonstrate how important sharing the gospel of Christ is to this subculture.  I know that sharing the gospel is apart of their practice.

Wheeler, Jennifer. “Campus Crusade for Christ strives for respectful dialogue.” Daily Illini 17 Feb. 2009: 1-1. 18 Feb. 2009 . 

            This article is about Cru putting on meetings with other organizations such as, the Muslim Students Association, Atheists, and Freethinkers to come together and discuss their organizations ideals.  The organizations draw up five questions each to pose on one another in order to “form relationships with each other” and “learn more about each other,” as Cru member, Steve Elworth, said.  There is an understanding that “hostile situations may occur” but that is a risk they are willing to take in order to talk to one another (par. 12 & 13).

            I want to use this source in my mini-ethnography because I want to reiterate from my “Explain Your Positions, Please?” paper, that Cru welcomes all types of people.  I think this article represents the behavior of Cru members very well.