Our team spent part of last month reviewing what God has accomplished in our arena last year. We have much to be grateful for. I want to share some highlights with you, since you played a part in all of this. Here are some of the numbers we found.

6,000,000 Visitors — Six million visitors from around the world visited our main website, Cru.org. We continually add new articles and update existing articles. The top five countries represented by people viewing the site in 2024 were the U.S., India, the Philippines, Nigeria, and Egypt. People from around the world, including those “closed” to the gospel, come to grow closer to Jesus.

65,000 Newsletter Subscribers — Each month, we provided discipleship and evangelism resources, including Cru Storylines articles, to 65,000 Cru newsletter email subscribers.

13,680 Christmas Subscriptions — We created a seven-day Christmas devotional series to help people connect with Jesus through Scripture, thoughtful reflections, and guided prayer.

11,600 Holy Week Subscriptions — Our 8-day Holy Week devotional series on YouVersion discussed the events leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection and the significance for us today.

10,750 Easter Subscriptions — The Truth and Reflection Guide we developed helped people learn more about Jesus and the significance of Easter and what it means for those who choose to follow Him.

9,600 Evangelism Series Subscriptions — We created an email and text series to help people learn how to share the gospel and their testimonies effectively. People are hearing the Good News.

6 Cru Storylines Articles — For Cru Storylines^® we told six feature stories of God at work around the world. (Three are shown at right.) They were from California, Florida, Guatemala and Portugal. Anne Marie had a hand in all three Florida stories — two were based on ideas she suggested when she was on the writers team and she edited the third. I edited the article from California and was project manager for all six articles.

As you think of us this month, please pray for people to continue to meet Jesus through our pages and through those we train online. And please keep praying for Anne Marie’s health. Her autoimmune disease appears to be in remission, but she needs to keep taking medication to keep it in that state. Thanks so for much your prayers and generosity.  

Sincerely in Christ — Mark