After Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, Lifelines™, Cru®’s outdoor adventure ministry, unexpectedly shifted from explorations in nature to humanitarian aid trips. Amy and Ryan Geist and their neighbors experienced God’s provision and answered prayers.

Unto®'s agriculture workshops teach organic and sustainable farming practices while highlighting God’s role in making things grow.

Jen Vanover found herself on a fast track to burnout. Invited to join a virtual group with Faith and Law Around the Globe® (FLAG, a Cru® ministry), she met Christian lawyers in Jacksonville, Florida, who showed her a different way to live.

The 2024 Summer Games in Paris brought a timely opportunity for volunteers and staff members with Athletes in Action®, the sports ministry of Cru®, to mentor athletes, coaches and officials. AIA® volunteer and athlete David Cheromei helps Kenyan athletes follow Christ while the world looks on.

Desperate to turn back the tide of anxiety, depression and suicide among her friends and family, Rose Baijense embarks on a two-week journey to learn oral Bible stories with five other college students at StoryRunners®’ Orlando Summer Mission.

World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, brought opportunities for people to demonstrate God’s character and provide encouragement through Jesus Film Project® resources.

With the high turnout of their Taste of Tampa welcome event, Cru® staff members and student leaders at the University of South Florida expected to see more than 25 students visit the Cru weekly meetings. Though God didn’t move in the way they’d hoped, student leader Lia Compton leads with faith that God will work on her campus through her everyday interactions.

Through the 2023 San Diego Summer Mission, God changed the lives of college students and the people they met around the city.

God is reaching and equipping thousands of people around the world through Guatemalan Athletes in Action® staff member Cristobal Chamale and his ministry to elite athletes, their families, and their fans.

Hospitality, as Jesus modeled it, happens through interconnected and interdependent communities of people. Melody, serving with a Cru® ministry called Neighbor Bible Studies 2GO, seeks ways to invite and connect others in her community in an interesting way: asking for help for herself and finding ways for her neighbors to serve each other.

Lisa Brockman trained to become a spiritual director so she could help others understand their spiritual journey.

In a society that embraces “doing it all” and “knowing it all” as accomplishments, we find it difficult to live within our finiteness. But our lives are full of limitations — a built-in aspect of God’s design, as creator of time and space. By embracing these limitations rather than working against them, we grow in our understanding of God’s power and presence in our lives.

Melody Copenny, editor-in-chief of Cru Storylines®, shares a New Year’s greeting and important update.

How God is moving in the hearts of college students on campuses in New Zealand, Australia and Fiji.

A spring break trip to Ecuador brought student athletes from the University of Iowa and Marquette University to local homes instead of tourist sites. Through a partnership with Athletes in Action® and Filter of Hope, college students left their normal routines to meet people’s physical need for clean water and start spiritual conversations.

Many tribal people groups around the world are oral rather than literary cultures, requiring pastors to be creative in planting churches in these communities. In Africa, two Cru® ministries equip pastors and church members to share Bible stories with people who won’t read a Bible but are hungry to hear the good news about Jesus.

The Athletes in Action® Sports Performance Center helps athletes build physical and spiritual strength with the help of Jeff Friday, a former NFL strength coach.

When you find ways to be grateful in the midst of chronic illness, you can strengthen your faith and improve your mental health.

One statement Taurus James made as a teenager labeled him a troublemaker and set him on a course for cultivating deep biases of hate. But God can redeem people’s pasts and bring them to a place of service using their experiences.

Melody Copenny, editor-in-chief of Cru Storylines®, shares a special message with readers.

Friendships form in San Francisco as part-time Cru® staff member Hope Curran Lundblad uses art to give away God’s love.

The pandemic has led Americans to rethink work. A God-centered view of work gives us the refreshment we need.

In trying to disprove the Bible, atheist college student Josh Quiros is surprised by an unexpected result.

When the pandemic hit New York City in 2020, Marilette Sanchez experienced a jarring mental health crisis. Now she candidly shares her story of chaos and God’s faithfulness through it all, in hopes of encouraging fellow sufferers and those whose loved ones struggle with mental health.

After the pandemic and a drought devastated Bakersfield, California’s workforce, God used churches like tiny Centro Cristiano Agape to meet huge needs.