ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 23, 2015 — Vonette Zachary Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ (now known as Cru in the U.S.), the world’s largest Christian ministry, died today due to complications from acute leukemia. She was 89.

Fueled by a desire to help others meet Christ and learn to follow him, Vonette and her late husband Dr. William “Bill” R. Bright spent more than half a century leading and building Campus Crusade for Christ to its current size of more than 25,000 staff members and 300,000 volunteers working in 173 countries.

In 1951, the Brights launched Campus Crusade for Christ at UCLA with the goal to “win the campus today, win the world tomorrow.” Though the Campus Ministry is still the largest branch of Campus Crusade, it is joined by other ministries like Athletes in Action, The JESUS Film Project, The Josh McDowell Ministry and FamilyLife.

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