While Carrie and I have been in Colorado these past few weeks we have been talking about a lot of things that deal with leadership of teams and being reminded about the things that identify Campus Crusade for Christ as different and distinct from other ministries that cover similar areas. Last week we talked about the Campus Crusade for Christ statement of faith that identifies the beliefs that we’re willing to take a stand on. As we talked about it I thought it would be fun to think through the 17 points of it and share the reasons why we choose these hills to metaphorically die on – we are not willing to give them up.
When Carrie and I came on staff in 2003 we both had signed a copy of this committing to uphold these beliefs and to say that wa can agree to them without any hesitation. These are not things that we hold our financial partners to, and they’re not things that we require of non-leader students in our movements; if someone is thinking about leading in an official way – volunteer, student leader, intern, staff, etc. it would be necessary for them to agree to these points in a way that at least they would committ to not teach anything that disagrees with these points.
So, as I go into this series I want to let you all know that I actually am excited about thinking through this because as missionaries it empowers what we do, it defines who we are as a staff team and it defines what we teach students.
This series may take a while to get through, but I want to make sure that you continue to understand and get even deeper what we do and the ways we do it.
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