A FOX News- worthy Name Change!

Yes, there was a NAME CHANGE!
Before you believe any news stations, please feel free to CALL or EMAIL us. We would love to answer and listen to ANY of your concerns over the name change. For now, we wanted to personally address and explain the issue for those of you who may have questions.

- Jersey Metro Staff

This is a letter sent to the students and alumni of our ministry in New Jersey. I'm sure you've heard of the name change of our organization to "Cru" . Read below to find out when, why and how we came about this process.

Jersey News Update

            Writing from our national staff conference in Colorado. Staff are meeting with the Lord and I pray you are as well.

Sixty years ago, when God told our founder, Bill Bright, to call the ministry "Campus Crusade for Christ," God also impressed on him that the name would need to eventually change. Starting early 2012, our named will be "cru". Thankfully, we've been using this name in New Jersey for some time already, so there isn't much need for a huge adjustment.

For the last TWO years, Campus Crusade for Christ leaders have been praying wholeheartedly and fervently about the Lord's will for the name change. They prayerfully selected 30 people to do the core research, conducting surveys with thousands of staff, non-staff, supporters and non-Christians.

"Cru" was actually NOT in the original pool of thousands of names up for selection. God later dropped it in! And after more prayer, MORE PRAYER and MORE PRAYER, the Lord affirmed that the new brand for the organization should be "cru," confirming it with all the research and supplication pointing to "cru" as the best title. If you read here, you will see that our commitment to Jesus Christ has not changed. In fact, below the logo is written:

A caring community passionate about connecting people to Jesus Christ. In his interview with Fox News, Steve Sellers restates our mission to spread the Gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ!

Click here to see Steve Sellers, Vice President of the Americas, explain on FOX news. 

So why the change?
Many of you might be concerned that because "Christ" is no longer in the name, that our mission has been skewed and tainted. We can assure you: JESUS IS STILL AT THE VERY CENTER OF OUR MISSION.

1. "Christ" in our name was not removed because the leadership saw his title, Messiah, as a problem, but because the Holy Spirit moved the leadership to change the name completely.
2. "Campus" was more of an issue because under the CCC umbrella are over 40 non-campus related ministries, like The JESUS Film, which has been shown over SIX BILLION times, bringing in a plentiful harvest of souls for CHRIST.
3. And also, "Crusade" has been a rather offensive title, barring staff and students from ever entering into Christ-centered conversations with people, especially Muslims. 

I'll also say this: there have been plenty of wonderful ministries that boldly proclaim THE NAME of JESUS without his name being in their title: The Billy Graham Crusades, Touch Ministries (Charles Stanley), Acquire the Fire, Navigators, Focus on the Family, etc.

And on the flip side, many false ministries have "Jesus" or "Christ" in their title but their mission/theology is skewed: The Jesus Seminar, The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints, The Jesus Only Movement, etc.

TRUST...

CCC's mission and theology has always been, is and will always be The Great Commission: preaching the gospel of Christ, seeing lives transformed by the Holy Spirit and bringing in glory to God. Even though our brand has changed, OUR MISSION HAS NOT. In fact, the cross in the logo represents going out into the four corners of the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ and bringing the body of Christ to unity in Him! The openness of this cross represents our position in recognizing the need for all our partners, churches, students & volunteers who help us fulfill this great commission. (aka - we know it's not just us working to fulfill this commission) Click here to see more videos from our leadership.

We're thrilled to see how broken and careful CCC leadership was in hearing where the Lord was leading with the name change. We're super excited to see how God will use the transformation. 

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Questions? Comments? Concerns?
We understand that many of you may still have concerns. We ask only that you pray. Ask God for the right scope of CCC leadership. Trust Christ is moving. Also, please try not to assume the worst of this organization that has proclaimed the gospel of Jesus Christ faithfully for 60 years!

Use THIS LINK for more information, videos, FAQs. And feel free to CALL US.