Welcome to Campus Crusade for Christ

Fact Sheet

Campus Crusade for Christ is part of a family of ministries under the leadership of Campus Crusade for Christ International, headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Founded: 1951 (Bill and Vonette Bright)

Number of Campuses: 1,096

Number of students involved: 44,000

Number of students hearing the gospel each year: 8 million

Number of students becoming Christians last year: 7,939

Number of campus ministry full-time staff: 1,700


Additional Notes:

  • Steve Douglass is the president of Campus Crusade for Christ International.

  • Mark Gauthier is the national director for the campus ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ in the United States.

  • www.EveryStudent.com (a site designed to help students know who God is and what it would be like to know God) has an average of 12,000 unique visitors per month. In 2002, over 2,600 students accepted Christ through the website.

  • Big Break takes place each March in Panama City Beach. In 2002, there were more than 3,200 students participating.

  • www.godsquad.com - Our online coach for student leaders has more than 660 registered users and averages 800 repeat unique visitors a month.

  • More than 13,000 students participated in Christmas and Winter conferences last year. Each conference (ten locations nationally) offers students dynamic speakers, powerful worship music and community outreach opportunities.

  • 750,000 Freshman Survival Kits have been distributed. Each FSK contains a Bible, an alternative Christian music CD, video clips with subjects ranging from sex and relationships to interviews with famous athletic figures; a book, such as Josh McDowell's More than A Carpenter; and a website promotional toy.

  • Darrell Scott, father of slain Columbine student Rachel Joy Scott, has partnered with Campus Crusade to take Rachel's story of love for God and others to college students around the country. Darrell has spoken on 12 campuses to more than 13,000 students with 902 students indicating decisions to accept Christ.

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