Vonette Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ co-founder, dies at 89
She was not on the list.
Vonette Bright, who with her husband co-founded Campus
Crusade for Christ, has died of complications from leukemia in Orlando. She was
89.
A spokeswoman for the organization, Alison Geist, confirmed
the death Tuesday.
Bright and her husband, Bill Bright, helped build the
ministry into a worldwide evangelical force with a presence in 173 countries
and 25,000 staffers.
The Brights launched Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951 at
UCLA, and the ministry soon spread to other university campuses. The ministry
has spread beyond university students and now has ministries for athletes,
families and does film production.
In the late 1980s, Vonette Bright helped petition Congress
to declare a permanent National Day of Prayer. She served for almost a decade
as chairwoman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force.
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