WHAT IS CRU?
CRU IS THE NAME OF CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL IN THE US. WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT STARTED ON THE CAMPUS OF UCLA IN 1951. THE FOUNDER OF CRU, BILL BRIGHT, REALIZED THAT FROM THE COLLEGE CAMPUS CAME THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN OUR COUNTRY. "IF WE REACH THE CAMPUS TODAY, WE CAN REACH THE WORLD TOMORROW," HE SAID. SINCE ITS FOUNDING, CRU HAS ESTABLISHED A MINISTRY PRESENCE ON 5,300 CAMPUSES ACROSS 193 COUNTRIES, MAKING IT THE LARGEST MISSIONS ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.
OUR VISION
OUR VISION IS TO SEE MOVEMENTS EVERYWHERE SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO TRULY FOLLOWS CHRIST
OUR MISSION
WIN, BUILD, AND SEND LIFE-LONG, CHRIST-CENTERED, MULTIPLYING DISCIPLES
WHERE ARE WE AT IN IOWA?
EASTERN IOWA
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
KIRKWOOD - CEDAR RAPIDS
KIRKWOOD - IOWA CITY
IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
PALMER CHIROPRACTIC
HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CENTRAL IOWA
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
DRAKE UNIVERSITY
DMACC - ANKENY
WESTERN IOWA
IOWA LAKES
IOWA WESTERN CC
OTHER CRU MINISTRIES IN IOWA
ATHLETES IN ACTION
IMPACT
VALOR
FACULTY COMMONS
GREEK LIFE
Don't see your campus on here? Are you interested in seeing a Cru movement on your campus? Connect with us!
get involved in a local church
Here are a few churches our students and staff currently attend in the Iowa City area. Do you want to check one of them out with our students? Contact us and we will connect you with someone.
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
graceb3.org
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH
newliferca.org
PARKVIEW CHURCH
parkviewchurch.org
HARVEST CITY CHURCH
harvest.city
THE RIVER COMMUNITY CHURCH
rivercommunitychurch.org
GOOD NEWS BIBLE CHURCH
goodnewsiowacity.com
ONE ANCIENT HOPE