{"id":4536,"date":"2011-07-21T04:31:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T08:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2011-07-20T22:52:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T02:52:40","slug":"campus-crusade-for-christ-changing-its-name-to-cru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/campus-crusade-for-christ-changing-its-name-to-cru","title":{"rendered":"Campus Crusade for Christ changes to &#8220;Cru&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campus Crusade for Christ has decided to make a major change. It will drop &#8220;Christ&#8221; from its name. And &#8220;Campus.&#8221; And &#8220;Crusade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In early 2012, reports the Internet website\u00a0<em>The Blaze,<\/em>\u00a0the ministry founded by Bill and Vonette Bright will officially drop the name it has held for 60 years, replacing it with a three-letter word \u2014 \u201cCru.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many within the group are praising the change, some outsiders wonder if the ministry, which seeks to &#8220;build spiritual movements everywhere so everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus Christ,&#8221; is making the wrong decision by removing &#8220;Christ&#8221; from its name.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old ministry announced its new name at a staff conference in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Tuesday, saying the old name had become problematic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been having issues with two words in the name \u2014 campus and crusade,\u201d said Steve Sellers, a vice president who oversees the ministry\u2019s U.S. operations, in an interview.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/07\/campus-crusade-for-christ-changes-its-name-to-cru.html#ixzz1ShjHErVa \" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campus Crusade for Christ has decided to make a major change. 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