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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.
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 (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)
The Christian Embassy is an evangelical organization affiliated with Cru, formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ. Like its parent organization, Christian Embassy describes itself as non-political and interdenominational.
Various other evangelical groups have worldwide networks of campus ministries including the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, World Student Christian Federation, and The Navigators. Often Protestant denominations will also have a related para-church student fellowship ministry or college group directly or indirectly affiliated ...
In 1951, the couple moved into the Bel-Air home of Mears and from there launched Campus Crusade for Christ until their move to their new headquarters at Arrowhead Springs ten years later. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
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 ...
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 ...