Category: Ministry

How well did that outreach go? Did our new ministry strategy work? In order to answer these questions, we ask our staff and volunteers to record information on how many attended the event, where and when it happened, and what kind of interest was shown toward evangelism and discipleship. In the past our ministry teams…

Operations is like the movie where the spy is preparing to go on a mission, and the screen pans quickly through the small army of busy people giving him instructions and tools. In addition to his stunning tuxedo and white teeth, the spy is effective because of the support and tools that he gets from…

George and Lisset Phillips are Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) missionaries in Santiago, Chile. George is the national director of Campus ministries, and Lisset serves in human resources for the national office. They have a daughter Brianna and just had another daughter Matilda on November 5. On a windy autumn night last April, a fire…

I posted in May about a farmer in IL who was hoping for a good harvest. His field corn had just sprouted. I stayed with him again 2 weeks ago. Now he is harvesting what looks to be a record-breaking yield of corn. Here I am at the same field. Holly and I presented our ministry on…

All Cru staff are required to take basic Bible classes to help them in their ministries. In June and July, I took 4 weeks of classes where we studied how to interpret and communicate the Bible to a group of people.  Every day we started in a lecture hall with over 100 students then moved…

I am staying with some of our farmer friends in central Illinois. They planted the last 2 weeks in dry conditions. Last night it rained. This morning I could sense their excitement and relief when they saw the green rows of little corn leaves pushing through the soil. I know they will be more excited…

The 2014 Winter games have already begun. We cannot all be athletes competing for our country. There are ways we can participate in winning the spiritual battles though. The Cru website lists 4 ways you can help advance the kingdom through your prayers and sharing specially-designed Olympics ministry materials. http://www.cru.org/ministries-and-locations/ministries/athletes-in-action/change-lives-sochi-olympics.htm  

You remember the story in Luke 5:1-11 where Jesus tells his new disciples to put the nets out one more time to catch fish. Peter and James and John, who had been up all night with nothing to show for it, obeyed and hauled a tremendous catch into their boats. What if instead of 2…

I just found this video on YouTube. Real stories of college students told in a simple way.