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SENDING LABORERSTOGETHER

CRU PARTNERSHIP HANDBOOK


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- CRU PARTNERSHIP HANDBOOK -

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God is moving today in

remarkable ways. The church

in China has grown to one

hundred times its size sixty

years ago. Many nonChris

tians in the Middle East are

seeing dreams o Jesus and

responding to the gospel.

What is more, ministries areincreasingly working together

to ulll the Great Commission.

We know that pleases God.

Trusting God to reach and

raise up indigenous leaders is

crucial or the churches and

mission organizations engaging

in the redemptive work o

Christ globally. Whether the

ocus is planting churches,

digging clean water wells, or

conronting human tracking,

leaders are required or these

eorts to be sustainable. We

believe many o these uture

leaders are on the universitycampuses o the world.

God has given us strategies,

training and materials to win,

build and send university

students. We have ministries in

almost ,000 student popula

tion centers in dierent

countries. But still there are

many uture leaders who have

never heard a clear, relevant

presentation o the gospel.

I you would like to c

to help solve that pr

lets talk. This bookle

vides a starting poin

conversation. It eat

summer mission pro

opportunities to he

mobilize people into

It also provides som

to questions you mi

about partnering wi

We believe that som

college student in thwill hear the gospel

touch with someon

living it out. I you w

together toward tha

lets pursue it.

Yours in Christ,

Steve DouglassPresident

WELCOME

Campus Crusade or Chr


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JOSHIt was amazing to see the hunger o Ivorian

Christians studying the Bible with us. We

would sit sometimes or several hours ollowing

and training believers to be active and bold in their aith.

rough these times o discipleship training, I learned a lot

d am excited to go back to school this all and apply what

arned about teaching scripture. I was also able to become

re grounded apologetically when talking to Muslims. Theyed tough questions and at times I was unprepared to answer

h deep questions: however, I was able to soak up and learn

m other believers around me and through Gods word.

h, Cote dIvoire Summer Project

ECKYile I initially went into the project ocused on playing

h Arican babies and just loving on them, God really

nistered to me through campus outreach. He completely

nged my perspective about evangelism and gave me a new

se o urgency or His message. What God really taught

ough campus ministry was how vital it is to depend on the

powerment o His Spirit, daily. I couldnt have gone out

d shared the gospel without being lled with the spirit.

excited to bring this mindset back to school and seed touch broken lives.

cky, Botswana Summer Project

STAGE ONE:SUMMER PROJECT

In one to eight weeks,

visiting teams o Christian

students are able to create

relationships, share the gospel,

and disciple young believers on

international campuses where

the gospel has never traveled.

They leave behind the seed o

what will become a growing

ministry on that campus.

STAGE TWO:STINT

How does this planted

mustard seed become a

growing movement? Short

term International (STINT)

missionaries were sent to

invest one or two years

cultivating what was sown over

the summer. They also provide

leadership, teaching, and

urther evangelism so that by

the time they leave, a healthy

maturing ministry is in place.

STAGE THREE:INTERNATIONALCAMPUS STAFF

Like the ministries planted

by the apostle Paul, these

movements oten lack

maturity o years, needleadership continuity,

and require someone to

make gospel inroads on

campuses elsewhere. Filling

this Timothy role are

missionaries who will dig in

and invest three to ve years,

or longer, in the culture.

STAGE FOUR:NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

In this stage o ministry, the

leadership on the campusand in the country is properly

passed on to nationals; to

those believers now mature

enough to lead the ministry intheir own country.

STAGE FIVE:PARTNERING NAT

At this stage two ve

things happen. First

nation becomes a p

in missions, sending

own students to mi

other nations. Conc

U.S. students are no

partner with new ca

other countries.

OD AT WORKFROM SHORT-TERM MISSIONS

TO SENDING NATIONS


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La Plata, Argentina

Buenos Aires, Argentina

New

Gaborone, Botswana

San Jose, Costa Rica

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Guayaquil, Ecuador

San Salvador, El Salvador

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Berlin, Germany

Kumasi, Ghana

London, Great Britain

Athens, Greece

Ioannina, Greece

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Osaka, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Moscow, Russia

Dakar, Senegal

Novi Sad, Serbia

Kosice, SlovakiaLjubljana, Slovenia

Capetown, South Arica

Pretoria, South Arica

Port Elizabeth, South Arica

Durban, South Arica

Uppsala, Sweden

Montevideo, Uruguay

Valencia, Venezuela

Rijeka, Croatia

Merida, Venezuela

Maracaibo, Venezuela

Sarajevo, Bosnia

Prague, Czech Rep.

Melbourne, A

EAST ASIA

CENTRAL ASIA

SOUTH ASIA

NORTH AFRICA &MIDDLE EAST

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# o locationsSecure Areas

There are over 00- week Cru summerproject opportunitiesin the U.S.

For more ino on exactlocations, please visitgosummerproject.com

FRANCE:Paris

RennesMontpellier

ToulouseLyon

ITALY:RomeBologna

FlorenceSalerno

Tilburg, Netherlands

GO THEREFORE AND MADISCIPLES OF ALL NATIO

MOBILIZATION LOCATIOWhile this map represents the locations to whiU.S. Campus Ministry is currently mobilizing, presently involved in ministry in 191 countrieengaged on university campuses in 115 counmuch o which is being led by national leaders.


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plant and grow movements

t bring the reality o Jesus

every student and every

ulty member will require

adical level o cooperation

hin the movement o

mpus Crusade or Christ,well as the greater body o

rist. As leaders in the United

tes Campus Ministry, we

rk in overlapping spheres o

ponsibility, infuence, and

pe, but with a common

and mission. All o this

essitates having agreed

on principles or working

ether and partnering. These

nciples are presented in

er to lay a oundation. Our

pe is that we will be able to

d on them and capture this

ment in history when God

given us so much, and yet,

re are so many who remain

ouched and unreached.

RELATIONSHIPS FIRST

The bedrock to eective

partnering is trusting

relationships built between

leaders over time. Trust

grows and understanding

increases as relationships arebuilt. This will take time and

money, but an investment

made in relationship builds the

oundation o trust necessary

to weather the storms o

problems and conusion

when they come. The ease or

inability to address partnership

problems is directly relatedto the quality o relationships

between leaders. Mistakes

will be made and problems

will come up, but always

there must be a commitment

to ull disclosure, not silent

toleration. Relationship

First means building trust,

communicating ully, and

honoring one another at all

times, privately and in public.

PARTNERING AS PEERS

Every leader comes to the

table as a peer and as an adult,

not oneup, or onedown. We

all view one another both in

need and with something to

oer. It is not healthy to onlysend or only receive. Learning

to humbly receive and

generously give is or growth

and maturity or each person

and each ministry. Every plan

should include ways in which

partners both give and receive

in the mission.

SHARED RESPONSIBILITYNo single entity has all the

necessary resources, but when

we work together we can

help ulll our global mission.

Shared responsibility opens

access or collaboration in

leadership expertise and

knowledge, and allows us

to learn o opportunities to

contribute that go beyond just

people and money. There is an

open handed spirit that says

to other leaders, We need

you, we cant do this alone, and

dont want to do this alone.

We arm a commitment to

strong mutual, urgent, and

specic goals and partners

should strive to that end.

MUTUAL STEWARDSHIPWe share stewardship or the

students and aculty o the

world. We are not the solestewards. Partnership means

moving rom:

Sole stewards to mutual

or shared stewardship

Personal responsibility

to shared responsibility

Autonomous working

to collaborative working

Isolated to connected

Mine to ours

Single to multiple

Independent to partnered

Insulated to communal

VALUE CONTEXTUALINSIGHTSThe strength o a global

organization grows in its

ability to regularly bring

together contextual insights,

organizational expertise,

skillsets, etc. This promotes

a great exchange o ideas and

best practices, allowing us

to truly be a ministry always

learning better ways to reach

the lost and build multiplying

disciples. This ripple eect

will be increasing the campus

ministry global eectiveness

because o regularly

embracing/implementing

contextual insights. We

approach partnering as

humble learners.

ONE VOICE-ONE PLAN

There will be conusion unless

there is a rm commitment

by the partnering leaders tospeak with a united voice.

Without this, rustration

will result or the teams and

trust will erode betweenleaders. Building bridges

o understanding between

potential partnering leaders is

an essential responsibility and

skill or the ministry leadership.

I understanding is built

between leaders, th

Lord calls orth labo

provides nancial re

they can move eec

toward the objectiv

CRU PRINCIPLES OF PARTNERSHIP


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In recent years, our com

mitment to the global

ulllment o the Great

Commission has led us to

an accelerated blending o

the compassionate words

and works o the gospel oJesus Christ. Fol

lowing the Asian tsunami in 200, Cru Global

Missions sent 200 students to team up with

200 Thai Cru students to work alongside

Thai villagers rebuilding their homes. AterKatrina devastated the Gul Coast in 200,

we mobilized thousands o students to help

clean up and gut homes. In the atermath o

the Haiti earthquake, Cru teams have been

mobilized to provide relie and expand ongoing development work on the outskirts o

PortauPrince.

can truly help advance Christs

redemptive kingdom in these

needy parts o our world. That

is why were committed to

blending gospel proclamation

to university students with

social justice eorts.

We believe that the Scriptures

teach us to proclaim the great

ness o God, the excellencies

o His character, His saving

power or all peoples, and to

care or the widow, orphan,reugee, and poor. Can we join

hands in partnership or the

sake o lost students and or

those most vulnerable on

our planet?

Currently, Cru Global Mis

sions teams are connecting

campus ministry eorts with

work in the slums o Rio de

Janeiro, anti childtracking

in the Dominican Republic,

community development work

in Haiti, HIV/AIDs homes in

South Arica, medical clinics in

Ghana, treeplanting projects

in Ethiopia, and orphan care

in 200 locations around the

world. In the U.S., Cru studentspartner with local churches to

serve the poor in our own cit

ies. But as important as all o

these humanitarian eorts are,

most leaders involved in global

missions agree that a critical

need is or God to raise up

indigenous leaders gripped

by the love o Christ who

THE GOSPEL IN ACTION

NATIONAL PARTNERS

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSIONTHE CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS

NEHEMIAH VISION MINISTRIESCOMPASSION INTERNATIONALFEEDING CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

HERES LIFE INNER CITYGLOBAL AID NETWORK

THE IMPACT MOVEMENT

CRU COMMITTED

TO COMBININGTHE PASSIONATE

PROCLAMATION OFTHE GOSPEL WITHTHE COMPASSIONATE

DEMONSTRATIONOF GOSPEL LOVE.


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ether it is a vision trip, a

rtterm mission o 20

eks, a semester o studyoad, or a 2 year STINT

r midterm mission),

ry Cru stateside and

bal mission is designedaccomplish a number o

portant outcomes.

ry team is led by Cru sta,

dent leaders, or volunteers

o have participated in

ning developed over 0

rs o engaging in missions.

r summer mission and

ject training alls into

r broad categories:

Love the Lord

Love your team

Learn a new world

Launch movements

ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE

OUTCOMES EVERY TEAM WILL INTENTIONALLY PURSUE:

BENEFITS FROM PARTICIPATING INA CRU STATESIDE OR GLOBAL MISSION

DEVELOP A HEART FOR, AND TO PRAY FOR THE LOST

DEVELOP A DAILY, CONSISTENT

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD

LEARN HOW TO SHARE HIS/ HER FAITH STORY

LEARN THE PRACTICE OF THE SPIRIT-FILLED

LIFE AND HOW TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS

LEARN GODS HEART FOR DIVERSE

PEOPLE GROUPS AND THEIR CULTURE

COMPLETE A PERSONAL AND

MINISTRY DEVELOPMENT PLAN

LEARN HOW TO SHARE THE GOSPEL

IN A CULTURALLY RELEVANT WAY

LEARN SERVANT-LEADERSHIP AND ADAPTABILITY TO

BECOME AN EFFECTIVE CROSS-CULTURAL LABORER

At Grace Bible Church, we

have enjoyed the wonderul

privilege o partnering with

Cru or over ten years. Over

that time, weve sent hundreds

o students within our church

across the globe with the

gospel o Jesus Christ. We

have been able to cultivatepartnerships within key areas

o the world that not only

The International Mobilization

oce aims to oer a quality

shortterm missions program

where students will grow

in their aith in Christ and

cultivate a deep love oothers inspired by a greater

understanding o Gods

kingdom mission. Through

partnering with Cru, APUstudents get quality training

on crosscultural evangelism,

and the opportunity to work

alongside and be m

by seasoned missio

oneld. Cru oers

selection o country

ministry opportunit

all o our mission paand is helping APU

vision o doubling t

students we send o

this year. APU is honblessed to partner w

respected and God

organization.

Kellie Smith

IN MY EXPERIENCE

build student move

but eed into and st

indigenous churche

Crus strategy or re

world through next

leaders aligns beaut

our mission and vis

they provide the str

stang, resources, experience to help u

church ulll that vis

Jamey Bryant

As part o the Cente

Student Action at Az


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ROJECT SET-UP &TUDENT SELECTION

We have developed a

ummer Project Tool that

ontains all projects and

udent applications in a

ecure location.

OOL HIGHLIGHTS:

uickly and easilyommunicate with stand students.

ownload reports onpplication openingsnd project details.

asytouse applicantvaluation tool

avigation tutorial availableo learn how to use the tool

AMPLE FEATURESVAILABLE FORACH PROJECT:

ersonalize projectormation with

raphics, websites, etc.

ownload student inoto a spreadsheet

nter statistics orour project

CUSTOMIZABLEAPPLICATION

We get that one size doesnt

t all. This application tool

enables you to create a

customized application or

your specic group.TOOL HIGHLIGHTS:Multiple templates tochoose rom or your typeand length o projectOption to addcustomizable questionsShows students academic,social, spiritual history, aswell as their experiences anddesire to serve the Lord.

FUND RAISING

The Ministry Partner

Development Tool

increases student ownership

o the supportraising

process and boosts

their motivation by:Allowing students to seedonor contact inormationand the amount eachperson donates. This helpsencourage students as theysee progress.Walking students step bystep through the process to

Namestorm..WriteMailCall..Remind

Increasing accountability toreach their goal

Aiding communicationbetween the directorsand students about theirsupport progress

Donation processing, budgettools and other operationalsupport systems

SUMMERPROJECT WEBSITE

The GoSummerproject.com

website is the public ace o

summer mission projects.

TOOL HIGHLIGHTS:Housing the 200+ projectsoered each year with easyto navigate pages and searcheaturesLinks to Facebook andTwitter (also a Facebookan page which aids incommunication)Instant updates romministries and directorsthrough the SP ToolHighlights student storiesrom project experiences.

Attractive graphics, videosand other elements students

can downloadA decisionmaking toolcalled the Lets Go! Guideis available in print andor downloading

TOOLS & RESOURCES


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sole basis o our belies is the Bible, Gods inallible written

d, the books o the Old and New Testaments. We believe

t was uniquely, verbally and ully inspired by the Holy Spirit

that it was written without error (inerrant) in the original

uscripts. It is the supreme and nal authority in all matters onh it speaks.

ccept those areas o d octrinal teaching on which, historically,

e has been general agreement among all true Christians.

use o the specialized calling o our movement, we desireow or reedom o conviction on other doctrinal matters,

ded that any interpretation is based upon t he Bible alone,

hat no such interpretation shall become an issue whichers the ministry to which God has called us.

e is one true God, eternally existing in three persons

er, Son, and Holy Spirit each o whom possesses equally all

ttributes o Deity and the characteristics o personality.

s Christ is God, the living Word, who became fesh through

miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birt h.

ce, He is perect Deity and true humanity united in one

on orever.

ved a sinless lie and voluntarily atoned or the sins o men by

g on the cross as their substitute, thus satisying divine justice

accomplishing salvation or all who trust in Him alone.

ose rom the dead in the same body, though gloried, in

h He lived and died.

scended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right handod the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and

continually makes intercession or His own.

was originally created in the image o God. He sinned by

beying God; thus, he was alienated rom his Creator. That

ric all brought all mankind under divine condemnation.

s nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please

Every man is in need o regeneration and renewal by theSpirit.

salvation o man is wholly a work o Gods ree grace and is

he work, in whole or in part, o human works or goodness

ligious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to thoseput their aith in Christ alone or their salvation, and thereby

ed them in His sight.

It is the privilege o all who are bor n again o the Spirit to be

assured o their salvation rom the very moment in which they

trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any

kind o human merit, but is produced by the witness o the Holy

Spirit, who conrms in the believer the testimony o God in Hiswritten word.

The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and gloriy

Christ and to apply the saving work o Christ to men. He convicts

and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new lie to them, continuallyindwells them rom the moment o spiritual bir th and seals them

until the day o redemption. His ullness, power and control are

appropriated in the believers lie by aith.Every believer is called to live so in the power o the indwelling

Spirit that he will not ulll the lust o the fesh but will bear ruit

to the glory o God.

Jesus Christ is the Head o the Church, His Body, which iscomposed o all men, living and dead, who have been joined to

Him through saving aith.

God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly orworship, or participation in ordinances, or edication through

the Scriptures and or mutual encouragement.

At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal,

conscious ellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection ohis body to everlasting glory and blessing.

At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into

eternal, conscious separation rom the Lord and awaitsthe resurrection o his body to everlasting judgment and

condemnation.

Jesus Christ will come again to the earth personally, visibly and

bodily to consummate history and the eternal plan o God.

The Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the

Gospel throughout the world and to disciple men o every nation.

The ulllment o that Great Commission requires that all worldlyand personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment

to Him who loved us and gave Himsel or us.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

We stand at a unique time in history. The kingdom ois advancing at an unprecedented speed and is reach

into some o the most dicult regions o the world.

Most experts on missions agree that the ulllment o

Great Commission is within reach in our generation. A

while individual churches and mission organizations a

accomplishing incredible things it seems that nishi

task will require a collaborative eort involving the en

body o Christ. This small booklet is our way o exten

hand with an invitation to partnership.

While the ocus o this booklet has been domestic an

missions, the possibilities or partnership are enormo

They include reaching and mobilizing high school stu

business men and women, and university aculty as

strategies that can target urban centers, ethnic group

church planting.

So where do we go rom here? Let me suggest that w

commit to just two things: First, to genuinely seek to

ully understand the mission, vision, expertise, and re

that each o us bring to the table. And then, to pray. T

that God would show us the ways in which He would

us work together with a willingness to respond as He

Thank you or your prayerul consideration o partne

For the advance o His kingdom,

Mike WhippleGlobal Missions National Director :: Strategic Alliances

WHATS NEXT?


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Cru

National Campus Ofce

00 Lake Hart DriveOrlando, Florida 282

For general summer project

inormation please email

[email protected]

and we will be able to help you.

For international partnerships,

please contact:

Mike Whipple

[email protected]

419-376-3645

CONTACT

CRU SUMMERPROJECT LEADERSHIP

Dan Allan(US Summer Projects)

Candice Siewert

(Global Missions Summer Projects)

Christie Smith

Mike Crandall

Scott Crocker

KEITH BUBALO

Executive Director o

Global Missions

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