This document provides an overview of Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) and their goals of reaching college students with the gospel. It discusses how Cru helps students develop a relationship with God through various programs and helps equip them to share their faith and get involved in mission work. It asks the reader to consider partnering with Cru through monthly financial support to help fund their ministry of reaching people for Christ on college campuses worldwide.

1. Our goal: PRAYER
To mobilize a team of ministry partners
To be involved in the Great Commission along with us
Through their prayers and generosity
To see God as our faithful provider for our part in His kingdom work and joyfully seize our unique opportunity to involve
others in His work.
*Trusting God for His provision
Through His people
Giving out of His resources
To accomplish His mission
Your belief systems affect your behavior and responses.
What you believe has more to do with what you have accumulated
more than what God has communicated.
What you believe to be true controls your responses
more than objective truth does
May we speak so effectively that people get our vision and desire to support this!
Giving to God and God giving to us
VERTICAL – NEVER HORIZONTAL
Take our thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ

2. 1 Kings 17:1-16
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives,
whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
Elijah Fed by Ravens 2 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and
hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed
the ravens to supply you with food there.” 5 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the
Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in
the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7 Some time later
the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the LORD came
to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a
widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town
gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a
little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me,
please, a piece of bread.” 12 “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any
bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to
take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” 13 Elijah said to
her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for
me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your
son. 14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and
the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.’” 15 She went away
and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her
family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with
the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.

3. Ben and Lesli Pottorff

6. This month at the University on Illinois Urbana-
Champaign, a select group of students will
show their humanitarian spirit by participating in
the Bleedin’ Heathens Blood Drive. On
February 12, they will eat cake to celebrate
Darwin Day, and earlier this year, the performed
“de-baptism” to celebrate Blasphemy Day.
--RELIGION DISPATCHES, FEBRUARY 2013
“While you are in this class, you will be expected to
be an Agnostic or Atheist. Anyone with sincere
religious beliefs will be expected to take off his
religious hat.”
—PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
“Forget everything you learned about the
New Testament. Jesus was a homosexual
and magician.”
—PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR AT
SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE
“My youngest son is attending the University of
Oklahoma…[He] has been thoroughly brainwashed
by his professors. He has lost his faith in God and
has been taught that truth is relative.”
― LETTER FROM A GRIEVED MOTHER TO CRU
STUDENTS TODAY
FACE MANY
CHALLENGES
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7. Cru
There is tremendous competition
for the minds and hearts of
students.
C O M P E T I T I O N

8. …is bringing students into a
relationship with Himself
BUT
GOD
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9. Present the problem:
This album does a great job showing what we will be doing. 1st part talks about…
The last part goes into how you can partner with us in this ministry!
If family does not have kids going to go into college –
SAY: But before we show you this, think back on your life when you were in college, what were some of experiences you
encountered as you entered into college?
If family does have kids going into college –
As you think about your kids going off to college in a couple of years, what are the concerns you have?
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Move into your gospel testimony and calling to Cru testimony…
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WIN – Give every person a change to hear
BUILD – That every believer is equipped to lead
SEND – That every believer is involved in the harvest
What is the dream for Cru? That we will continue to grow movements everywhere – so that everyone knows someone who
truly follows Jesus.

10. We are trusting God to reach
the 150 million college students
of the world with the message
of Christ. Each student. Every
campus.
EACH
STUDENT
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11. - Every 3 seconds someone hears the gospel
- Every 2 minutes someone comes to Christ
- 82,000 students are ministered to through just the Campus
Ministry
- Over 16,000 students are sharing their faith
BECAUSE
OF
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12. We talk with students about
Christ in many ways.
» Conversations
» Outreaches
» Digital and Social Media
WIN
INTRODUCING
PEOPLE TO JESUS
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13. Our ministry is about
changed lives.
BUILD
C R E A T I N G
L I F E - C H A N G I N G
C O M M U N I T Y
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14. We help students grow in their relationship with
God through:
» Conferences and retreats
» Small groups
» Mentoring relationships
» Learning how to tell others about Christ
C R E A T I N G
L I F E - C H A N G I N G
C O M M U N I T Y
BUILD
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15. » Short-term and long-term
mission trips
» Church leadership
» Ministry in the workplace
» Full-time Christian work
SEND
LIVING LIFE
ON A MISSION
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16. From the university campus a great
missionary force is being raised up and sent
out to reach the world for Christ.
“As the Father has sent me,
I am sending you.”
-- JESUS (JOHN 20:21)
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17. OUR
SPECIFIC
ROLE
As a result of our ministry, our staff
members on the field are empowered and
resourced to reach students for Christ.
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18. OUR PAST
This is the couple who started
Cru on the UCLA campus in
1951 – Bill and Vonette Bright.
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19. Cru

20. OUR PRESENT
» André Kole Ministry
» Athletes in Action
» Christian Embassy D.C.
» Christian Embassy U.N.
» Faculty Commons
» Family Life
» Global Aid Network (GAIN)
» Great Commission Foundation
» Inner City
» The Impact Movement
(A partnering ministry)
» The JESUS Film Project
» Josh McDowell Ministry
» Keynote
» Military Ministry
» New Life Resources
» Story Runners
» Student Ministries
» High School
» University
» Bridges International
» Destino Movement
» Epic Movement
» Nations Movement
» World Headquarters at Lake Hart
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21. OUR PAST,
PRESENT AND
FUTURE
» Cru is the name of Campus Crusade for Christ in
the United States.
» We are a caring community passionate about
connecting people to Jesus Christ.
» Our objective is for every person in the world to
have an opportunity to hear the Gospel.
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22. We invite others to
partner with us to
reach people for
Christ.
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23. Cru has no central funds for
paying salaries and ministry
expenses.
Like many other mission
organizations, Cru depends
upon the consistent financial
support of concerned
individuals and churches.
These contributions are used
to fund the ministries of our
staff members.
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24. We must find a team of
partners who will give $100
monthly or some other amount
to support our ministry.
As soon as this team is
complete, we can turn our full
attention to reaching people for
Christ.
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25. OUR
COMMITMENT
TO MY PARTNERS
» To work diligently to touch the lives of people
for Jesus Christ.
» To regularly let you know how God is
blessing the ministry.
» To be financially faithful with the funds given
for our ministry.
» To share prayer concerns with one another.
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26. T H E
C O M M I T M E N T
Your partnership can make
a difference in reaching
people for Christ.
Would you make a monthly
commitment of $100 or
some other amount?
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27. 1. EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
2. Credit Card (small fee taken out of our account)
3. Personal check
4. Online – give.cru.org
• Credit card (small fee taken out of our account)
• Bank Account and Routing Number
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