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Student Chapter Charter
Cru, a California nonprofit corporation with its principal offices in Orlando, Florida, issues this Charter
to the Cru Chapter at Clarion University of PA on Friday, August 26, 2016. The Chapter’s leadership
has agreed to the requirements as stated below and is committed to upholding—in word and deed—the
distinctives of Cru.
Article I: Our Organization
Cru was founded in 1951 as a campus ministry by Bill and Vonette Bright (called Campus Crusade for
Christ). Today, the ministry of Cru touches people in 191 countries around the World. Today, the
campus ministry of Cru is a network of vibrant, growing movements on campuses in the United States
and beyond.
Article II: Our Statement of Faith
The Statement of Faith is the doctrinal foundation of our organization.
The Statement of Faith for this organization may be found at http://www.cru.org/about-us/statement-offaith/index.htm. It is also included as Appendix I to this Charter.
Article III: Our Mission
Our purpose is to help launch and build movements of spiritual multiplication on college campuses so
that everyone will know someone who truly follows Jesus Christ. Our specific mission is to turn lost
students into Christ centered laborers. Our spiritual mandate is found in Matthew 28:18-20. Our goal is
to see as many students go from a place of unbelief to a place of belief in God. We want to see students
embrace the purpose, love and forgiveness that God offers them in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Each student chapter of the Campus Ministry seeks to build movements of people who are transformed
by Jesus Christ. The student-led movements seek to introduce students to Christ, help them to grow in
faith, encourage them to passionately live life in a manner consistent with belief in the God of the Bible,
and inspire commitment to advancing the purposes of God in the world.
We believe that the middle school, high school and university years are a formative period in a person’s
life. During that time, students establish beliefs and patterns that will affect lifelong decisions and
relationships.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
We believe that a relationship with God through Jesus Christ provides the hope and purpose in life that
people are seeking. Middle school, high school and college students often find themselves in an
environment that is tearing away at their moral and spiritual stability. They can feel trapped by the
pressures of academic life and the deep need to be accepted by their peers. All of this can add up to a
school career filled with anxiety, superficial relationships and fear of the future.
We believe that being a Christian is not about practicing a religion or fulfilling a duty. Being a Christian
is about having a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Article IV: Our Ministry
The following words form the foundation for our actions and activities:
A. Win: We seek to introduce students to the person of Jesus and what it means to have a personal
relationship with Him.
B. Build: We seek to equip and develop involved students to grow in their faith and joyfully live it
out on their campuses.
C. Send: We equip involved students each year to share their faith and disciple others on campus, in
the community and around the world.
Article V: Our Chapters
A. Chapter Requirements:
a. Any 3 or more student members who are fee paying students at a college or university
may form a student chapter.
b. Chapter leadership must ensure that the Chapter remains in full compliance with the
message and mission of Cru. The Chapter must retain our spiritual status as a
nondenominational Christian ministry. Leadership must be familiar with Cru’s Statement
of Faith. In order to maintain Chartered status as a Chapter of Cru, the leadership must
agree to the standards and requirements listed in Article V, section B.
c. Membership in each chapter is open to individuals, regardless of their background or
beliefs. As an organization, we do not restrict membership based upon race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, medical condition, ancestry,
marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship or veteran status.
B. Each Chapter’s leadership must affirm and agree to the following:
a. We will seek to remain in full compliance with the message and mission of Cru. We will
submit to the guidance and direction of the Regional and National leaders of Cru.
b. We commit to uphold the distinctives of Cru. As a Chapter of Cru, we understand that
we represent this organization. As a Chapter of Cru, we agree to follow and comply with
the policies and procedures established by Cru for its student ministries. We
acknowledge that the failure to uphold these standards may result in the revocation of
Chapter status.
c. We commit to lead the Chapter so as to carry out the mission and purposes of Cru, as
stated in Article II and Article III.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
d. We confirm that we have each met the requirements for leadership enumerated in our
Chapter Constitution.
C. Each Chapter is connected to the support system of this international ministry, and may seek
assistance and counsel from the organization.
D. Cru encourages leaders to live in a way that honors Jesus Christ and reflects the teaching of
Christian Scripture. This lifestyle is rooted in the gospel of Christ and expresses itself in love for
God and for one’s neighbor. It is a life of faith, hope, love, as well as purity, service, and
sacrifice. We encourage student leaders, in humility and love, to follow the example of Jesus
Christ in placing the interests of others above their own interests. We encourage honesty and
integrity in business and personal dealings. We encourage leaders to remain sexually
pure. Finally, we encourage leaders to honor Christ with their minds by applying themselves to
their studies.
Article VI: Financial Responsibility
Cru holds to high standards of financial integrity. We seek to build confidence in all of our dealings,
and strive to honor the Lord in all of our financial activity.
Accordingly, each Chapter must comply with the financial standards established by the RSO policies at
the school where it is organized. The Chapter must also agree to comply with financial policies
established by Cru. If there is a conflict between Cru policies and the RSO policies, the RSO policies
will control the club, but the leaders agree to discuss any conflicting provisions with Cru. If the school
RSO policies violate Cru standards and cannot be reconciled, Cru will decline to charter the club.
A Chapter shall not seek to open an independent bank account, unless it is under the authority and
control of the school where it is organized, in order to manage funds granted to it by the school.
Article VII: License
In exchange for the agreement of chapter leadership to uphold the distinctive of this organization, Cru
licenses the student group at Clarion University of PA the use of the name, “Cru,” as well as use of the
logo and materials listed and described in Appendix II to this Charter.
Article VIII: Revocation
We reserve the right to revoke the Charter of a particular chapter for the failure of the chapter leadership
to subscribe to or act in accordance with the standards set forth in this Charter and the National
Constitution of the Campus Ministry.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
APPENDIX I—STATEMENT OF FAITH
Copyright © 2012, Cru
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.
1. There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each of whom possesses
equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.
2. Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His
virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.
3. He lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying
divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
4. He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died.
5. He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He, the only mediator between
God and man, continually makes intercession for His own.
6. Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God; thus, he was alienated from his Creator.
That historic fall brought all mankind under divine condemnation.
7. Man's nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please God. Every man is in need of regeneration and renewal
by the Holy Spirit.
8. The salvation of man is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the work, in whole or in part, of human works or
goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their
salvation, and thereby justified them in His sight.
9. It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which
they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit, but is produced by the
witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written word.
10. The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to men. He
convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual
birth and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power and control are appropriated in the believer's life by
faith.
11. Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will
bear fruit to the glory of God.
12. Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of all men, living and dead, who have been joined
to Him through saving faith.
13. God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in ordinances, for edification
through the Scriptures and for mutual encouragement.
14. At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal, conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the
resurrection of his body to everlasting glory and blessing.
15. At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal, conscious separation from the Lord and awaits the
resurrection of his body to everlasting judgment and condemnation.
16. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth - personally, visibly and bodily - to consummate history and the eternal plan of
God.
17. The Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to disciple men of
every nation. The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly and personal ambitions be subordinated
to a total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave Himself for us."
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
APPENDIX II—Licensed Materials
As a new or existing Chartered group, you should be aware of the following resources that you are permitted to
use. These and other resources are best understood and used with the direction of a Cru staff coach. To get a staff
coach, contact the GodSquad Web master at http://crupressgreen.com/godsquad/ or at
http://cruhighschool.com/coaching for middle schools and high schools. Godsquad is the most extensive webbased resource for student groups, and is specially designed to help start-up groups, providing ideas and resources
that can be used on your campus.
The following websites may be used by Chartered student groups:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
http://crupressgreen.com/
http://cruhighschool.com/
http://cru.com/
http://wearethelab.com/
http://Startingwithgod.com
Ethnic Student Ministries websites:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
First Nations: http://www.nationsmovement.com/
Asian Americans: http://www.epicmovement.com/
Latinos: http://destinomovement.com/
South Asians: http://designmovement.org
African‐Americans: http://www.impactmovement.com/
The following logos may be used (along with other authorized variations):
This is the official Cru logo and the Cru logo with the accompanying statement. There are specific rules
concerning color and word use.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
The following logos may be used if you are part of the contextualized ministry represented:
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
Cru, a California nonprofit corporation with its principal offices in Orlando, Florida, issues this Charter
to the Cru Chapter at Clarion University of PA on Friday, August 26, 2016. The Chapter’s leadership
has agreed to the requirements as stated below and is committed to upholding—in word and deed—the
distinctives of Cru.
Article I: Our Organization
Cru was founded in 1951 as a campus ministry by Bill and Vonette Bright (called Campus Crusade for
Christ). Today, the ministry of Cru touches people in 191 countries around the World. Today, the
campus ministry of Cru is a network of vibrant, growing movements on campuses in the United States
and beyond.
Article II: Our Statement of Faith
The Statement of Faith is the doctrinal foundation of our organization.
The Statement of Faith for this organization may be found at http://www.cru.org/about-us/statement-offaith/index.htm. It is also included as Appendix I to this Charter.
Article III: Our Mission
Our purpose is to help launch and build movements of spiritual multiplication on college campuses so
that everyone will know someone who truly follows Jesus Christ. Our specific mission is to turn lost
students into Christ centered laborers. Our spiritual mandate is found in Matthew 28:18-20. Our goal is
to see as many students go from a place of unbelief to a place of belief in God. We want to see students
embrace the purpose, love and forgiveness that God offers them in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Each student chapter of the Campus Ministry seeks to build movements of people who are transformed
by Jesus Christ. The student-led movements seek to introduce students to Christ, help them to grow in
faith, encourage them to passionately live life in a manner consistent with belief in the God of the Bible,
and inspire commitment to advancing the purposes of God in the world.
We believe that the middle school, high school and university years are a formative period in a person’s
life. During that time, students establish beliefs and patterns that will affect lifelong decisions and
relationships.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
We believe that a relationship with God through Jesus Christ provides the hope and purpose in life that
people are seeking. Middle school, high school and college students often find themselves in an
environment that is tearing away at their moral and spiritual stability. They can feel trapped by the
pressures of academic life and the deep need to be accepted by their peers. All of this can add up to a
school career filled with anxiety, superficial relationships and fear of the future.
We believe that being a Christian is not about practicing a religion or fulfilling a duty. Being a Christian
is about having a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Article IV: Our Ministry
The following words form the foundation for our actions and activities:
A. Win: We seek to introduce students to the person of Jesus and what it means to have a personal
relationship with Him.
B. Build: We seek to equip and develop involved students to grow in their faith and joyfully live it
out on their campuses.
C. Send: We equip involved students each year to share their faith and disciple others on campus, in
the community and around the world.
Article V: Our Chapters
A. Chapter Requirements:
a. Any 3 or more student members who are fee paying students at a college or university
may form a student chapter.
b. Chapter leadership must ensure that the Chapter remains in full compliance with the
message and mission of Cru. The Chapter must retain our spiritual status as a
nondenominational Christian ministry. Leadership must be familiar with Cru’s Statement
of Faith. In order to maintain Chartered status as a Chapter of Cru, the leadership must
agree to the standards and requirements listed in Article V, section B.
c. Membership in each chapter is open to individuals, regardless of their background or
beliefs. As an organization, we do not restrict membership based upon race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, medical condition, ancestry,
marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship or veteran status.
B. Each Chapter’s leadership must affirm and agree to the following:
a. We will seek to remain in full compliance with the message and mission of Cru. We will
submit to the guidance and direction of the Regional and National leaders of Cru.
b. We commit to uphold the distinctives of Cru. As a Chapter of Cru, we understand that
we represent this organization. As a Chapter of Cru, we agree to follow and comply with
the policies and procedures established by Cru for its student ministries. We
acknowledge that the failure to uphold these standards may result in the revocation of
Chapter status.
c. We commit to lead the Chapter so as to carry out the mission and purposes of Cru, as
stated in Article II and Article III.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
d. We confirm that we have each met the requirements for leadership enumerated in our
Chapter Constitution.
C. Each Chapter is connected to the support system of this international ministry, and may seek
assistance and counsel from the organization.
D. Cru encourages leaders to live in a way that honors Jesus Christ and reflects the teaching of
Christian Scripture. This lifestyle is rooted in the gospel of Christ and expresses itself in love for
God and for one’s neighbor. It is a life of faith, hope, love, as well as purity, service, and
sacrifice. We encourage student leaders, in humility and love, to follow the example of Jesus
Christ in placing the interests of others above their own interests. We encourage honesty and
integrity in business and personal dealings. We encourage leaders to remain sexually
pure. Finally, we encourage leaders to honor Christ with their minds by applying themselves to
their studies.
Article VI: Financial Responsibility
Cru holds to high standards of financial integrity. We seek to build confidence in all of our dealings,
and strive to honor the Lord in all of our financial activity.
Accordingly, each Chapter must comply with the financial standards established by the RSO policies at
the school where it is organized. The Chapter must also agree to comply with financial policies
established by Cru. If there is a conflict between Cru policies and the RSO policies, the RSO policies
will control the club, but the leaders agree to discuss any conflicting provisions with Cru. If the school
RSO policies violate Cru standards and cannot be reconciled, Cru will decline to charter the club.
A Chapter shall not seek to open an independent bank account, unless it is under the authority and
control of the school where it is organized, in order to manage funds granted to it by the school.
Article VII: License
In exchange for the agreement of chapter leadership to uphold the distinctive of this organization, Cru
licenses the student group at Clarion University of PA the use of the name, “Cru,” as well as use of the
logo and materials listed and described in Appendix II to this Charter.
Article VIII: Revocation
We reserve the right to revoke the Charter of a particular chapter for the failure of the chapter leadership
to subscribe to or act in accordance with the standards set forth in this Charter and the National
Constitution of the Campus Ministry.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
APPENDIX I—STATEMENT OF FAITH
Copyright © 2012, Cru
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.
1. There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each of whom possesses
equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.
2. Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His
virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.
3. He lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying
divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
4. He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died.
5. He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He, the only mediator between
God and man, continually makes intercession for His own.
6. Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God; thus, he was alienated from his Creator.
That historic fall brought all mankind under divine condemnation.
7. Man's nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please God. Every man is in need of regeneration and renewal
by the Holy Spirit.
8. The salvation of man is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the work, in whole or in part, of human works or
goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their
salvation, and thereby justified them in His sight.
9. It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which
they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit, but is produced by the
witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God in His written word.
10. The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to men. He
convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual
birth and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power and control are appropriated in the believer's life by
faith.
11. Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will
bear fruit to the glory of God.
12. Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of all men, living and dead, who have been joined
to Him through saving faith.
13. God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in ordinances, for edification
through the Scriptures and for mutual encouragement.
14. At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal, conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the
resurrection of his body to everlasting glory and blessing.
15. At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal, conscious separation from the Lord and awaits the
resurrection of his body to everlasting judgment and condemnation.
16. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth - personally, visibly and bodily - to consummate history and the eternal plan of
God.
17. The Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to disciple men of
every nation. The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly and personal ambitions be subordinated
to a total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave Himself for us."
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
APPENDIX II—Licensed Materials
As a new or existing Chartered group, you should be aware of the following resources that you are permitted to
use. These and other resources are best understood and used with the direction of a Cru staff coach. To get a staff
coach, contact the GodSquad Web master at http://crupressgreen.com/godsquad/ or at
http://cruhighschool.com/coaching for middle schools and high schools. Godsquad is the most extensive webbased resource for student groups, and is specially designed to help start-up groups, providing ideas and resources
that can be used on your campus.
The following websites may be used by Chartered student groups:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
http://crupressgreen.com/
http://cruhighschool.com/
http://cru.com/
http://wearethelab.com/
http://Startingwithgod.com
Ethnic Student Ministries websites:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
First Nations: http://www.nationsmovement.com/
Asian Americans: http://www.epicmovement.com/
Latinos: http://destinomovement.com/
South Asians: http://designmovement.org
African‐Americans: http://www.impactmovement.com/
The following logos may be used (along with other authorized variations):
This is the official Cru logo and the Cru logo with the accompanying statement. There are specific rules
concerning color and word use.
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
The following logos may be used if you are part of the contextualized ministry represented:
Campus Ministry Charter - 05/2014
Media of