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“Helping others grow in their faith has been immensely fulfilling…”

Spring is in the Air Around our People and Culture team, Spring means applications!  Soon-to-be-graduates are responding to God’s call to invest their first, or second, year in vocational ministry, as Cru interns.  “Working for Cru, sharing the Gospel and … Continue reading

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“I Felt Lost and at a Crossroads”

I(Scott) received this text message from Jasen last week, “Hey Scott, I know it has been a while, but I have made my final decision to go on a summer missions trip this Summer.” Jasen is a Sophomore at the … Continue reading

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400 Leaders and 900 Students Gather

Summer Mission Leader Training January 11-14 Scott attended Summer Mission Team Leaders Training.  We’ve attended before, Scott led the training last year, and this year he was there to figure out ways to make it even better. Scott interviewing new … Continue reading

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The Kingdom of Heaven

This month we want to give you a little look into the fruit of Scott’s seminary studies.  If you’ll remember back to last year, Scott began part-time (one day per week) study toward a MA in Theological Studies.  What follows … Continue reading

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Poised for Greater Impact

“Yes, yes, and yes!” was the response of Cru’s Campus Ministry Executive Director.  He had just heard Scott and his team present their proposal for the restructuring of Cru’s mission trip program, and was responding to their requests to begin … Continue reading

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2018 National Summer Missions Report

Each year, Cru’s Campus Ministry publishes a report with the results of our Summer Missions sending across the nation.  This year’s report is 33 pages long, and has a lot of in-house lingo.  But we will just post a quick … Continue reading

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State of the World Christian Movement

It’s not too often that we get to hear a status update on the global Christian Church.  But this one from Cru’s President, Steve Douglass, left my (Scott) jaw hanging open!  He gave this short message in June, to Cru’s … Continue reading

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Overseas Summer Mission

One of the things God impressed upon us again in Asia, is that he wants us to trust him for supernatural things; to take “kingdom” risks. We were blessed to co-lead a mature team of college students from Arizona universities. … Continue reading

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Our Summer Mission Team

We can’t leave out the team we led when talking about our Summer Mission.  Our team was one of our favorite parts!  It was comprised of 6 students from Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Arizona (U of … Continue reading

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More Students on Mission

     You’ve probably noticed over the years, how much we talk about “Summer Missions” in our prayer letters. It may seem like much of what we do is all about “Summer Missions.” Well, that’s actually true! For 10 years, … Continue reading

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