{"id":1795,"date":"2020-09-19T08:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2020-09-19T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T12:47:00","slug":"crus-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/?p=1795","title":{"rendered":"Cru’s New President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Today the Board of Directors announced that\u00a0Steve\u00a0Sellers\u00a0has been selected as the next president of Cru \/ Campus Crusade for Christ International\u00ae<\/sup>. He will step into the role in early October.

As part of the selection process, the Cru board conducted a six-month review of current global realities and the organization\u2019s needs and priorities in the coming years.In his comments to the media, Chairman of the Board, Barry Cannada explained that \u201cthe next president of Cru faces a unique combination of challenges both in the U.S. and around the world.\u201c

Steve\u00a0Sellers\u00a0demonstrates a deep and humble dependence on God along with a track record of building a broad coalition of leaders. Therefore we are confident that he will lead our global ministry solidly into the future.\u201d

Sellers\u00a0currently serves as Executive Vice President and U.S. National Director of Cru. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina. He then went on to earn his Master of Arts in Biblical studies from the International School of Theology.<\/td><\/tr>
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Today the Board of Directors announced that Steve Sellers has been selected as the next president of Cru \/ Campus Crusade for Christ International\u00ae<\/sup>. He will step into the role in early October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the selection process, the Cru board conducted a six-month review of current global realities and the organization\u2019s needs and priorities in the coming years.In his comments to the media, Chairman of the Board, Barry Cannada explained that \u201cthe next president of Cru faces a unique combination of challenges both in the U.S. and around the world.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Sellers demonstrates a deep and humble dependence on God along with a track record of building a broad coalition of leaders. Therefore we are confident that he will lead our global ministry solidly into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sellers currently serves as Executive Vice President and U.S. National Director of Cru. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina. He then went on to earn his Master of Arts in Biblical studies from the International School of Theology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over several decades with the ministry, Steve has served in a variety of capacities, including National Director of U.S. Campus Ministry and Vice President of Global Campus Ministry. He and his wife Christy have four married children and live in Orlando, Florida, where Cru is headquartered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we partner with you, we want to affirm that Cru is committed to the calling of helping to fulfill the\u00a0Great Commission<\/a>.<\/em>In recent comments,\u00a0Steve\u00a0stated, \u201cI am grateful to follow in the footsteps of Bill Bright and\u00a0Steve\u00a0Douglass to help bring the good news of God\u2019s love and forgiveness to the world. In the midst of the physical, emotional and spiritual needs in every nation of the world, we believe that mankind\u2019s ultimate need is to encounter the person of Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for being a valued partner, friend and co-laborer for the gospel of Christ.\u00a0<\/em>This selection process was grounded in prayer.\u00a0We covet your prayers as we move forward in this transition. We are so grateful for you and the eternal impact your prayers and generosity are making on the world. We excitedly look forward to many more years of connecting people to Jesus Christ with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today the Board of Directors announced that\u00a0Steve\u00a0Sellers\u00a0has been selected as the next president of Cru \/ Campus Crusade for Christ International\u00ae. He will step into the role in early October. As part of the selection process, the Cru board conducted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-from-the-clarks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1797,"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795\/revisions\/1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steveclark.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}