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  We Christians get to celebrate the resurrection of Christ (Easter) on April 21. The idea that Jesus rose from the dead and is still alive is a key element of Christianity from I Corinthians 15:16-17. Lee Strobel, a journalist and atheist in the 1980’s, set out to discredit the resurrection. After 2 years of…

In early October the new financial system (NetSuite) was rolled out to CCCI’s 13 area offices, 3 country offices, and a seminary. It will be installed in waves over the next year to the rest of the world. The Global Operations team celebrated with a cake. I am 2nd from left on the bottom row.

Faculty Commons is Cru’s ministry to the professors and staff at many college campuses. On their website, www.facultycommons.com, they quote Bill Bright as saying “If I could start Campus Crusade for Christ over again, I would begin by working with professors.” Faculty are incredibly influential in students’ lives. Here is a story from Howie and…

Cru is starting a major overhaul of the Financial and Human Resources systems used by thousands of our staff outside of the US. It will need documentation in at least 8 languages in the next 9 months. Translation will include labels & error messages on the interface, training documents, and scripts for training videos. I…

From all across the United States, 20 students came to the Lake Hart Summer Mission held in Orlando. They worked at Cru’s World Headquarters part-time and participated in outreaches and discipleship part-time. Holly was one of 8 Cru staff members who helped guide the students. Holly met once a week with Shannon (on the left)…

One big reason our missionaries leave the field is they are not getting the care they need. Our Global HR (Human Resources) team offers a website with tools that can help pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of an individual or a team. It is called the “Global 360” and is designed to be used on…

In March, in cooperation with several “anchor churches”, Cru launched a citywide campaign called Saturate Orlando to distribute evangelistic materials to every home in Orlando. Here is a map from the Saturate Orlando website color-coded by zipcode to show the percentage of saturation. The materials given away included a DVD of the Jesus film in several…