Category: Ministry

Have you ever had a “coach?” The knowledgeable person at the gym who tells you to lift more weights is good, but the coach I am talking about does more listening than talking. This coach asks you questions about your work or life situation and then helps you formulate a plan to get to the…

In July 2024, David Robbins became the 4th president of Campus Crusade for Christ International since the ministry started in 1951. David (he likes people to call him by his first name) brings experience, energy and enthusiasm to the role. He has served with the ministry for 24 years. Before taking this role, David served…

Leading With Information (LWI) provides advanced training and coaching to help National Leaders to advance their ministries through entering ministry data and studying the results. We call them “Deep Dives.” The first Deep Dive was in the Latin America & Caribbean region in 2018. The second one started in the Africa Region in late 2022.…

These are the “3 LWI Questions” we want ministry leaders to ask themselves when they look at their reports. What is God doing that we can celebrate? What observations or concerns do we have? What action can we take? At our retreat, I wrote the LWICFE song and sang about the “3 LWI Questions” in…

How much work is left to reach the unreached people groups around the world?  Scott on our team compiled a graph based on data from the Joshua Project (https://joshuaproject.net/) that gives you an idea. The red dots represent the least reached. Matthew 28:19 provides the context when Jesus says “Go therefore and make disciples of…

Good information will help you make better ministry decisions.  But how do you start the process? Our team, Leading With Information Center for Excellence (LWICFE), provides training to help National leaders advance their ministries. We start with a “Deep Dive”, a training process that helps teams enter data as well as interpret the results. In…

In November 2021 I joined a new team called “Leading With Information Center for Excellence” (usually shortened to just “LWI”). It is part of Global Operations & Fund Capacity, so I report to the same global vice-president, and still work some with my old team. Our purpose is to work with ministry leaders in other…

Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) has restructured the global leadership in order to be more effective in ministry. The number of Global Vice Presidents (VPs) and “Area Leaders” has been reduced. In fact, the Area Leader position, who served between the Vice President and the Country leader, has been eliminated. The intent is to…

In January 2020, Steve Douglass announced he was stepping down from being the President of Campus Crusade for Christ International (called Cru in the United States). Steve and Judy still plan to serve in other areas of the ministry. The board of directors started a search for a successor. Steve Sellers accepted the position of…