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How to Know God

Do you ever wonder what Christians believe? Who Jesus is, what he did and why it matters? Get answers to these questions and more.

Spiritual Growth

Take the next step in your faith journey with resources on prayer, devotionals and other tools for personal and spiritual growth.

Life & Relationships

Explore resources to help you live out your life and relationships in a way that honors God.

Bible Studies

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Share the Gospel

Learn to develop your skills, desire and ability to join others on their spiritual journeys and take them closer to Jesus.

Help Others Grow

Help others in their faith journey through discipleship and mentoring.

Leadership Training

Develop your leadership skills and learn how to launch a ministry wherever you are.

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Browse videos designed to help you grow spiritually, share your faith, and lead others well.

Language Resources

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Quizzes & Assessments

Have some fun taking various quizzes and assessments to learn about yourself and others.

Campus

Helping students know Jesus, grow in their faith and go to the world to tell others.

City

Reflecting Jesus together for the good of the city.

Inner City

Partnering with urban churches to meet physical and spiritual needs.

Athletes

Striving to see Christ-followers on every team, in every sport and in every nation.

Families

Equipping families with practical approaches to parenting and marriage.

High School

Reaching students and faculty in middle and high school.

Military

Bringing hope and resources to military families worldwide.

Locate Cru Near You

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Mission Trips

Volunteer abroad this year on a short term global missions trip offered by one of the best, most-reliable Christian missions organizations in the world.

1-Year Full-Time Internships

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Careers

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Go International

Live in another country building relationships and ministries with eternal impact.

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Events

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Explore Your Interests

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What We Do

How we seek to journey together with everyone towards a relationship with Jesus.

Donor Relations

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Our Leadership

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Cru Partnerships

When the global church comes together then powerful things can happen.

Storylines

Showing God in action in and through His people.

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Your Calling Has Always Been Partnership

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.

Partnership

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.”

Since 1951, Cru has helped individuals who grapple with integrating faith into daily life by offering practical steps and community support. As a result, countless people in over 190 countries have been empowered to move from passive belief to active faith.