Campus for Christ Switzerland
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| legal form | society |
| founding | 1973 |
| Seat | Zurich , Switzerland |
| management | Andreas Boppart |
| Number of employees | about 150 |
| Branch | Mission Society |
| Website | www.cfc.ch |
Campus Crusade for Christ Switzerland is a non-denominational, non-denominational mission and training movement evangelical embossed with around twenty in evangelism , adult education, diakonia and mission work branches operating. The work works with all churches such as the Reformed Church , Roman Catholic Church and various free churches .
organization
The mission organization , established as an association based in Zurich , employs around 110 full and part-time employees in Switzerland and supports around 800 local employees abroad. The main location is in the Zurich-West district . The work, which is largely financed by private donations, is a member of the code of honor of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance and undertakes to provide open information about the use of the donated funds.
The international work of Campus for Christ Switzerland is involved under the name Agape international in around sixty development and aid projects , mainly in Asia, South America and Africa.
Campus for Christ Switzerland is managed by an eight-person management board, which has been headed by Andreas Boppart since November 2013 . Before that, from 1983 to 2013 Hanspeter Nüesch was a long-standing and formative head of mission.
aims
According to the website, Campus for Christ was founded to help fulfill the missionary mandate of Jesus Christ in a holistic and socially relevant way. The work wants to achieve this by motivating churches and organizations to live and pass on evangelism and discipleship . The motto is: God's love in motion.
history
Founded in the USA in 1951 by Bill and Vonette Bright , Campus for Christ began its work in Switzerland in 1973. Ben and Barbara Jakob directed the plant for the first 10 years. In 1983 the management passed to the mission leader Hanspeter Nüesch and his wife Vreni, who had previously been involved in the student work of Campus for Christ Switzerland.
As a result of the missionary “Action New Life”, thousands of people in Switzerland should have come to the Christian faith from 1979 onwards. From 1985 the EXPLO conferences, which took place at irregular intervals, supplemented the activities. Up to more than 10,000 people took part in these large-scale events, which lasted several days, on topics of the Christian faith.
A total of eight Explo Congresses have taken place so far:
- Explo '85 in Basel: "So that the world becomes different"
- Explo '88 in Basel: "Prayer changes the world"
- Explo '91 in Lausanne: "Meeting Christ - Serving Our Neighbor"
- Explo '97 in Basel: "Vision, Passion, Mission"
- Explo '00 in Lausanne: "Live God's Love - Give God's Love"
- Explo '04 in Basel: "Forward together"
- Explo '15 in Lucerne: "Fresh Faith"
- Explo '17 in Lucerne: "new territory"
The Explo '15 conference brought a total of 6500 Christians of various stripes to the Lucerne Exhibition Center. In addition to the two regional churches (Reformed 16%, Roman Catholic 5%), a wide variety of Protestant free churches were represented with participants and a total of 120 exhibitors.
In the further development, new areas of work were added, for example for athletes , musicians , women or married couples and families. From 1991 the plant started operating with Agape internationally, also abroad.
In the 2000s, Campus für Christus was increasingly active in the two areas of youth and online offers and launched events and websites such as www.gottkennen.ch or www.mystory.me that deal with the Christian faith, among other things .
Branches of work
The organization is also active in French-speaking Switzerland under the name Campus pour Christ with an office in Lausanne and maintains a work for Italian Switzerland (Campus per Cristo) from its main location in Zurich . In German-speaking Switzerland , the plant is divided into around 20 branches.
The branches of work are:
- Alphalive course : a basic course for people who are interested in the Christian faith
- Athletes in Action: Organizer of sports camps and provider of pastoral care for athletes , including at the Olympic Games
- Campus live: Student work from Campus for Christ, offers personal coaching and courses in learning and working methodology
- Crescendo: Music and artist work with the aim of drawing people away from the Church to the Christian faith through culture
- FamilyLife: Provider of courses for marriage preparation, marriage planning and education
- Women's breakfast: breakfast meeting with presentations for women
- Living in Freedom: Courses for churches and groups on topics such as God's ideas for people or discipleship
Publications
The organization publishes the thematic magazine “Magazin Amen” (formerly Christian Witness) four times a year , which is devoted to practical issues of faith.
Various leaders of Campus für Christus Schweiz have published books in recent years, including “Ruth and Billy Graham : A Married Couple Changes the World” by Hanspeter Nüesch, “Faith with Heart - Life with Meaning” by Peter Höhn. or "Full in the pear" by Andreas Boppart.
In addition, the work holds the license rights to distribute the Jesus film in Switzerland.
International networking
The organization is an independent, legally independent part of the international movement Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) and Agape Europe .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait of Campus for Christ Switzerland ( memento of October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 30, 2013.
- ↑ Campus for Christ Switzerland website , accessed December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Phone book entry from Campus für Christus Schweiz , accessed on July 11, 2013.
- ^ Signatory of the Code of Honor of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance , accessed on July 11, 2013.
- ↑ Brief portrait of Agape international , accessed on January 1, 2018.
- ↑ Areas of application of Agape international on the "International" tab , accessed on January 1, 2018.
- ↑ Management of Campus for Christ Switzerland ( Memento of October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 17, 2013.
- ↑ Report on the change of head on livenet.ch , accessed on July 5, 2013.
- ↑ Vision and mission statement of Campus for Christ ( memento of October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2016.
- ^ History of Campus for Christ Switzerland ( Memento of May 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 27, 2013.
- ^ Report on the exploit on livenet.ch , accessed on July 11, 2013.
- ↑ Official website of the Explo 15
- ↑ Internet presence of the Internet area of Campus for Christ Switzerland ( Memento of May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 11, 2013.
- ↑ Work branches of Campus für Christus Schweiz ( memento of February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 3, 2013.
- ↑ Website of the Christian Witness ( Memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 29, 2013.
- ^ Book Description of the publishing house SCM Hänssler , accessed on July 11, 2013.
- ↑ Book Description of the publishing house SCM Brockhaus , accessed on July 11, 2013.
- ↑ Book Description of the publisher Gerth Medien , accessed on July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Public screening of the JESUS film ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF; 60 kB), cfc.ch, accessed on July 11, 2013.
- ↑ Country organizations of Agape Europe ( Memento of June 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 11, 2013.