jaybird0827
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I was wondering what kind of experiences people on this forum have had with Campus Crusade for Christ or their staff.
I was a member of their staff for a period of roughly 3 years back in the mid-70's. My background at the time was mainline Presbyterian and I was also very much a Dispensational.
There were a lot of things that eventually drove me out of there, but the clincher was this. My team had to take a course within what they call Institute of Biblical Studies (IBS). The course was in Basic Bible Study Methods. The "sample book" to be studied happened to be Paul's epistle to the Romans.
I was not long into the study when I became aware that I was uncomfortable with their stock methods such as "The Four Spiritual Laws", "The Van Dusen Letter", "The Spirit-filled Life", "Carnal Christians", et al. I suspected that their idea of "carnality" was in error as the study progressed through Romans 7.
By the time we got to Romans 9 I couldn't handle it anymore. What they taught about "successful witnessing" and their methods being "proven effective" was not squaring with Scripture. The workarounds no longer made sense. They were just as expert at explaining Scripture away as the mainline liberals had been previously.
Note, right after I left they started working on "The Jesus Video".
It would be another 4 years before I found out what path I had begun as a result of having gone through that study. That is another long story.
Thoughts? Stories?
I was a member of their staff for a period of roughly 3 years back in the mid-70's. My background at the time was mainline Presbyterian and I was also very much a Dispensational.
There were a lot of things that eventually drove me out of there, but the clincher was this. My team had to take a course within what they call Institute of Biblical Studies (IBS). The course was in Basic Bible Study Methods. The "sample book" to be studied happened to be Paul's epistle to the Romans.
I was not long into the study when I became aware that I was uncomfortable with their stock methods such as "The Four Spiritual Laws", "The Van Dusen Letter", "The Spirit-filled Life", "Carnal Christians", et al. I suspected that their idea of "carnality" was in error as the study progressed through Romans 7.
By the time we got to Romans 9 I couldn't handle it anymore. What they taught about "successful witnessing" and their methods being "proven effective" was not squaring with Scripture. The workarounds no longer made sense. They were just as expert at explaining Scripture away as the mainline liberals had been previously.
Note, right after I left they started working on "The Jesus Video".
It would be another 4 years before I found out what path I had begun as a result of having gone through that study. That is another long story.
Thoughts? Stories?