The Evangelical Church of What’s Happening Now V: CRU (Campus Crusade) Goes Woke

I guess I should have seen it coming, but I didn’t.  The campus ministry in which I was active, InterVarsity went way woke years ago.  But the last group I expected to go woke was Campus Crusade for Christ (now CRU).  Yet it apparently has or is at least running in that direction.

I will leave the unhappy details, particularly the address of Sandra Maria Van Opstal to Jon Harris, Seth Dunn and others.  But this from her address particularly grated on me:

If we want to get this next generation of people who are spiritually hungry, yet disorientated and dissatisfied by what they see in the church, then the church has to change.

In other words, the church should cater to the prevailing sins and disfunctions of the “next generation.”  Ministering to people and coming generations in their brokenness byremaining true to the Faith and godly tradition handed down won’t do. “The church has to change,” particularlly become woke, to cater to “this next generation.”

I don’t call it The Evangelical Church of What’s Happening Now (TECoWHaN) for nothing. 

Looking at the big picture, I think CRU going woke will assist a coming acceleration of rebellion against the “social justice” cabal in Big Evangelicalism.  There are a lot of very conservative Christians who have participated in and supported what was Campus Crusade for Christ.  It, of all organizations, going woke will wake people up.  Conflict over social justice in the Southern Baptist Convention continues.  And two movies focusing the infiltration of social justice ideology into the SBC and Big Eva are coming out, Enemies Within the Church and By What Standard.  Even the trailer for the latter has the SBC stirred up.

As much as I may hope it so, I doubt the social justice cabal and enablers will be ousted from their positions of leadership in Big Eva. They became very entrenched well before most Christians noticed.  But God is stronger, so who knows.

What I do expect is greater and more heated division, with even a split here and there and with enough funds withheld to put a serious hit on church and parachurch budgets.  And, frankly, offerings should be withheld and given to more faithful organizations.  It is a matter of good stewardship.  And, sadly, it takes money to get some to really get the message.

Big Eva will soon find out that “Go woke, go broke” doesn’t apply only to businesses.