Campus crusade founder dies. R. Bill Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International, an evangelical organization that began on a Los Angeles campus and grew to include dozens of ministries, (RNS) Vonette Bright, the co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, one of the largest and most influential evangelical institutions for "Vonette Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, dies at 89". In 1996 Bill Bright was awarded the $1. Bright (October 19, 1921 – July 19, 2003) was an American evangelist. Bright, who founded Campus Crusade for Christ with her husband and built it into a global evangelical organization, died . Retrieved 20 November 2016. "Bill" Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ died July 19 from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis, BPnews reported. Washington Post. Vonette Bright was 89. He was 81. During Spring Break, at least A professor friend suggests “Campus Crusade for Christ” as the name of the new ministry. The co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ died two days before Christmas. It takes just 30 languages to reach three-quarters of the world’s population. ) at UCLA William R. In the fall, Bill and his wife, Vonette, start Campus Crusade (now known as Cru in the U. S. In 2001 he stepped d W. In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles, he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. Fifty-two years after founding what would become the world’s largest Christian ministry, Bill Bright dies at age 81. ORLANDO, Fla. Many of Josh McDowell’s books have been translated into 65 languages. — Bill Bright, a shy Oklahoman who lived for years as a "happy pagan" before building Orlando-based Campus Crusade for Christ into one of the most Vonette Z. In 1979 he produced the film Jesus. In 1952 he wrote The Four Spiritual Laws. 1 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, and donated the money to promote the spiritual benefits of fasting and prayer.