The battle is raging for the hearts and minds of our young people. Consider this recent article from the February issue of Religion Dispatches titled ‘Are Atheists the New Campus Crusaders?’
This month at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, a select group of students will show their humanitarian spirit by participating in the Bleedin’ Heathens Blood Drive. On February 12, they will eat cake to celebrate Darwin Day, and earlier this year, they performed “de-baptism” ceremonies to celebrate Blasphemy Day.
Last fall as I was leading a workshop with our new staff, I had them share why they were there, why they were joining Cru. Why they would give up a profitable job in the marketplace to be a missionary, to raise support. As we came to the last person she simply said, I just want to be where the Gospel is not. The room was silent. What she said resonated with all of us. That was really why we were all there.
The Dickens Family 