Campus Crusade for Christ Changes Its Name

Wayne Besen July 21, 2011

Campus Crusade for Christ has decided to make a major change — its name.

In early 2012, reports the Internet website The Blaze, the multi-faceted para-church group will officially drop the name it has held for 60 years, replacing it with a three-letter word — “Cru.”

The reason for the change is that “crusade” has negative connotations. However, isn’t “Cru” pretty close to crusade? And, doesn’t it sound like a gang name — Bloods, Crips, Cru! This heinous organization can change its label and logo, but it still remains one of the most anti-gay outfits around. College students — beware of this slippery bunch that will try to re-CRU-t you. (Yeah I misspelled the word so it would fit my purposes.)

If you have had an experience with Campus Crusade — please share it in the comments section. Propagandists be warned, we will delete your nonsense.

About the Author

Wayne Besen is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003). In 2010, Besen was awarded the “Visionary Award” at the Out Music Awards for organizing the American Prayer Hour, an event which shined a spotlight on the role American evangelicals played in the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

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