History of Campus Crusade for Christ

Campus Crusade for Christ International was founded in 1951 by Bill and Vonette Bright on the UCLA campus. Shortly after starting the first campus movement Dr. Bright wrote The Four Spiritual Laws, now known as one of the most influential pieces of Christian literature ever written. Campus Crusade for Christ Internaional is served by more than 27,000 full-time staff and 225,000 trained volunteers in 191 countries around the world. Campus Crusade for Christ’s campus ministry is active on more than 1,090 campuses across the United States.

Campus Crusade for Christ at Arizona State began on the Arizona State University campus in 1956. Under Elmer Lapin, the ministry at ASU grew large in both numbers and in impact on, not only Arizona State, but the world. Crusade at ASU became a sending school, seeing hundreds of students over the years go into full-time Christian ministry. Over the next 25 plus years, ASU Crusade saw the ministry have some ups and downs as they struggled to adapt to the changing culture on the college campus.

Jack Perrine was appointed to the Campus Director position in August 2005. Since then, Jack and Teresa have led the movement at ASU, and have seen the ministry continue to expand and make a greater impact on the campus and surrounding community.

Statement of Faith

The sole basis of our beliefs is the Bible, God’s infallible written Word, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. We believe that it was uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, and that it was written without error (inerrant) in the original manuscripts. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters on which it speaks. We accept those areas of doctrinal teaching on which, historically, there has been general agreement among all true Christians. Because of the specialized calling of our movement, we desire to allow for freedom of conviction on other doctrinal matters, provided that any interpretation is based upon the Bible alone, and that no such interpretation shall become an issue which hinders the ministry to which God has called us.