What does it take to begin a relationship with God? Do you need to devote yourself to unselfish religious deeds? Must you become a better person so that God will accept you? Learn how you can know God personally.
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Everyone has their own spiritual journey with the Lord. How can we help you move forward in yours today? Take the next step in your faith journey with devotionals and other resources for spiritual growth.
If you were created for community, why can relationships — family, dating, co-workers, neighbors — be so hard? Explore resources to help you live out your life and relationships in a way that honors God.
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Sharing your faith is one of our most important callings as followers of Christ. Learn to develop your skills, desire and ability to join others on their spiritual journeys and take them closer to Jesus.
Help others in their faith journey through discipleship and mentoring.
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Advancing the Great Commission using digital tools.
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What we believe about the gospel and our call to serve every nation.
When the global church comes together then powerful things can happen.
Leading from values so others will walk passionately with God to grow and bear fruit.
Learn about Cru's global leadership team.
From the very beginning, God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit worked together.
From the first chapter of God’s Word we see work of togetherness being used to build creation. The Bible even closes its pages with the Trinity still working together: the Father preparing the everlasting kingdom, the Holy Spirit calling the Son to come back, and the Son getting ready to be united with His Bride.
God’s heart is for His children to be one and to serve His purpose together as one. God is not just commanding us to work together, but has demonstrated the principle and the power of togetherness.
Working together brings strength, divine blessings, victory, effectiveness as a witness of Jesus and increased fruitfulness – and God receives glory.
But often we don’t work in a coordinated way. We stray from maximizing our efforts and minimizing duplication.
Learning to partner, to co-labor with your brothers and sisters in Christ, helps us to learn and grow toward the unity and intentional collaboration that glorify God.
This challenge is not meant to be put on the to-do list that you get to next year. No, this is a calling for this very moment. It’s a calling for right now.
Why? The best and the right time for any believer to fulfill the purpose of God is while we are alive. Once we are gone, we can’t collaborate.
“Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
If the favorable time is now, then we must use it now. If the day of salvation is now, then we must preach the gospel now. If we want the world to believe that the Father sent Jesus to this world, then we must be committed to love and work with one another (see John 17:20-23).
Is there something stopping you from partnering now? From talking with your neighbor, a fellow ministry or a fellow co-laborer?
This year, God has given Cru an enormous vision, “Movements everywhere so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus.”
We can't do this alone. There is no way we will achieve that goal within the walls of this organization without linking arms with those who have been given a similar mission.
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Bekele Shanko serves as the chairman of GACX (Global Alliance for Church Multiplication) and the vice president for Global Church Movements for Cru.
“God has called the Global Church Movements, a ministry division of Cru, to work together with churches and mission agencies. We are working as a catalyst for planting 5 million additional churches and missional communities around the world – one for every 1,000 people in every village, high-rise apartment and digital community. Such a goal can only be accomplished through intentional collaboration in the Body of Christ.”
If we are sincere about taking the gospel to the world, it means we need to do some things differently and we cannot do it alone. It’s going to take partners, affiliates, volunteers – even “competing ministries.”
No person or organization is self-sufficient. Cru Brazil understands this and is partnering with VOCARE to reach a new generation of spiritual leaders.
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