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This summer mission changed the way I live life and look at people! For almost 3 weeks this June, 30 college students, church Fellows, and Cru staff lived, worked, played, and worshipped in Kansas City– giving campus ministry students a taste of their future context for ministry and building a campus to church movements bridge […]

I Had Concepts, Now I Have Pathways This is Cru’s vision. It’s what we are trusting God to do by the power of His Holy Spirit as we make Jesus known, multiply the Church, and serve the city. Some have said that the early Church was a movement that over time became an organization and in

Connecting People to Jesus Taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit is one of the greatest privileges a believer experiences. Cru Church Movements helps believers connect people to Jesus through meaningful, conversational evangelism that is wise, gracious, open, clear, and helps leaders develop comprehensive gospel engagement plans. We invite you to

Mobilizing Missional Leaders When churches partner with a vision to see every man, woman, and child in their city know and experience the love of Jesus, it’s a beautiful thing. Last weekend, 9 churches under the banner Bridge Builders partnered with Church Movements staff to host The Changing Face of Evangelism & the Wellbeing of the City workshop– a seminar

What are we trusting God for in 2021? When we think about our current reality—160 million Americans self-identify as post-Christian, only 2% of millennials possess a Biblical worldview, the US is the 4th largest unchurched nation in the world – we must ask ourselves, “What should we be investing in?”   Church Movements focuses on: connecting those far from God to

CM2 Bridge Initiative – Campus Movements to Church Movements “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”   Recently, Church Movements convened a 2-day investigative summit to see what God might do to intentionally establish a partnership that welcomes “Sent Graduates” (from campus movements) into city after city

Catching up with Church Movements! God has provided laborers and great partners. We now have 83 staff serving in 37 cities and over 350 partners nationwide. Our capacity to serve, coach, and innovate has grown exponentially. Despite COVID19, we were able to pivot and accelerate our training events online. In the spring alone, we trained over 400

God is on the Move! …so that Christians can see the real Jesus! In the past two months, Church Movements has had the privilege of training 401 pastors, lay people, church planters, and mission leaders at online and in-person training events. Almost 50% of those trained in Sent 6:7 are pursuing new inroads to ministry in cities all

EXPONENTIAL 2020 Before Covid-19, Church Movements had the privilege of hosting many trainings at Exponential 2020. We saw God move in extraordinary ways at Exponential – a gathering for fellow-pastors, missional leaders and church-planters. Some of our favorite highlights include: Hosting our training “The Changing Face of Evangelism and the Well-Being of the City” for about 100 leaders. Hosting 75 at our luncheon – and having Dr. Steve

HEAR FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS When Nehemiah heard about the sorrowful situation in Jerusalem, he was burdened, sought God and responded.  He responded not only with his emotions, but with his will in strategic, sacrificial action. Today, we need such a response.  America is very lost. Over 160 million are post-truth non-believers. People suffer from