The Cambridge Seven

WHO

• Charles Thomas Studd• Montagu Harry Proctor Beauchamp• Stanley P. Smith• Arthur T. Polhill-Turner• Dixon Edward Hoste• Cecil H. Polhill-Turner• William Wharton Cassels

INFO

• The Cambridge Seven were seven students from Cambridge University, who in 1885, decided to become missionaries in China

• Influenced by Hudson Taylor’s Work• Preached in England and Scotland • Book: "The Evangelisation of the World“

INFO

• The Cambridge Seven" revealed God's power through their lives of fellowship, lives of prayer, and lives of devotion to their first love Jesus Christ. Their beautiful lives were a blessing to the whole world. May God raise up men such as these from the campuses of America in our generation.

Charles Studd• Crickter and Missionary• C.T. Studd (1860-1931)

was an English missionary who faithfully served His Saviour in China, India, and Africa. His motto was: "If Jesus Christ is God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.

Quote

• Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell

Samuel Mills

“We can do this if we will”

Early Life

• Born in Connecticut in 1783• Grown up in a Christian family• Converted at the age of 17 (1798)– Through The Great Awakening

• Attended Williams College at Boston, Massachusetts

Haystack Movement

• Spent Wednesdays and Saturdays praying with student at the banks of Hoosack River

• Stuck in a thunderstorm in 1806• The awakening of foreign missionaries• Inspired by William Carey’s pamphlet• “We can do this if we will”

Ministry

• Travelled overseas to spread the gospel• Bought bibles to those in need• Did not find a single bible in New Orleans• Created the American Bible Society• Also created a school in for students of all

races

Influence

• People built a Haystack monument in Mission Park in remembrance of the event

• Created different ministry opportunities for people of different origins

• Called the “Father of Foreign Mission in Christian America”

Group 3

Background

• Interdenominational evangelical Christian student-led ministry

• dedicated to establishing witnessing communities on college and university campuses

• Started in University of Cambridge in 1877

• Inter = In between• Varsity = College Student

Background Cont’d

• Movement came to Canada through a man named Howard Guinness in 1928

• Movement came to Canada then to the US in 1937

• In 1941 US branch became an official organization and founding member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Christians

“In response to God’s love, grace and truth:The Purpose of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USAIs to establish and advance at colleges and

universitiesWitnessing communities of student and facultyWho follow Jesus as Savoir and Lord:Growing in love for God,God’s Word,God’s people of every ethnicity and cultureAnd God’s purposes in the world.”

Today…

• 1,000 Staff Serving more than 32,000 student and faculty nation wide

• Produces training material, camps, books, and media tools

• 27% of the students identify themselves as ethnic minorities (ie. Non caucasian)

How they influence the world?

• Establishes and advances witnessing communities of students and faculty

• Minister to students and faculty through small group bible studies, large gatherings on campus, leadership training, thoughtful discipleship and life changing conferences and events

Specialized Area of Ministry

• Black campus ministries (African American)

• Asian American Ministries• Latino Fellowships• Native American Ministries

Evangelism Results

• 2,256 first time professions of faith in Jesus as Saviour and Lord

• 2,684 students attended the 1,208 GIG (Groups Investigating God) during 2008-2009

International Student Ministry

• 100 Staff members work to develop International Witnessing Communities on campus

• 3,607 International students are involved in both undergraduate and graduate fellowships

Urbana• Trienniel student mission convention• Learn about global mission of the church• Up to 20,000 students explore short term and

vocational missions opportunities• More than 300 agencies and schools host

booths where students can ask questions regarding mission projects

• 1st Convention in 1946• Since then 269,000 have attended• In 2009, 7666 attendees committed to serve

short term or long term in cross culture missions

Chinese Christian FellowshipGroup 4

Presentation Agenda

• Background• Ministry• How they influence the world?

CCF Background

• History (timeline)– First national conference at Chungking (1946)– Inter-Varsity China Followed and lasted only for 6 years– Hong Kong Fellowship of Evangelical Students (1961)– Winnipeg CCF

• Significance? (Winter Conference)

– The new developmentThe new developmentThe new development

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Ministry

• Evangelism is the prime• Christian discipleship• Christian norturing

How They Influence The World?

• 3 reasons:– Christian students initiates to witness for Christ– CCF programs are evangelistic by nature– The growth of CCF was a result of personal evangelism