[Fighting Irish]

I remember as a new christian listening to Bill on the radio back in the early 80's.

Great man of God!

God bless you, Bill (as I'm sure Heaven is logged on to FR now)!

[tame]

I thank God for Bill Bright. Well done, good and faithful servant. Now he rejoices in Paradise.

[txzman]

Great man - did so many things for others throughout his life. The impact he made will reverberate for generations.

[RnMomof7]

FYI


Manifest Sons lost their father

[wallcrawlr]

William R. "Bill" Bright, Founder of World's Largest Christian Ministry Dies

ORLANDO, Fla., July 19, 2003 —William R. “Bill” Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, the world’s largest Christian ministry, died today from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis. He was 81.

Fueled by his passion to present the love and claims of Jesus Christ to "every living person on earth," Dr. Bright spent more than five decades building and leading the Orlando, Florida-based Campus Crusade for Christ.


As the world’s largest Christian ministry, Campus Crusade for Christ
serves people in 191 countries through a staff of 26,000 full-time
employees and more than 225,000 trained volunteers working in some
60 niche ministries and projects ranging from military ministry to inner
city ministry.

Bright was so motivated by what is known as the Great Commission,
Christ’s command to carry the gospel throughout the world, that in 1956
he wrote a booklet titled The Four Spiritual Laws, which has been printed
in some 200 languages and distributed to more than 2.5 billion people,
making it the most widely disseminated religious booklet in history.

In 1979, Bright commissioned the JESUS film, a feature-length
documentary on the life of Christ, which has since been viewed by more
than 5.1 billion people in 234 countries and has become the most widely viewed, as well as most widely translated, film in history (786 languages).

In 1996 Bright was presented with the prestigious Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, worth more than $1 million. The Templeton Prize is
the world's largest financial annual award. Bright donated all of his prize
money to causes promoting the spiritual benefits of fasting and prayer.

“He has carried a burden on his heart as few men that I’ve ever known.
A burden for the evangelization of the world,” said Rev. Billy Graham, a
long-time friend of the Brights. “He is a man whose sincerity and integrity
and devotion to our Lord have been an inspiration and a blessing to me
ever since the early days of my ministry.”

Bright’s work through Campus Crusade for Christ will continue under the leadership of Steve Douglass, a long-time associate whom Dr. Bright
tapped in 2001 as his successor. “Not only have I lost a dear and
lifelong friend in Bill Bright, but the world has lost one of its greatest visionaries and faithful servants of Jesus Christ,” said Douglass.

Bill Bright is survived by his wife Vonette, who assisted him in founding Campus Crusade for Christ; a sister Florence Skinner; a brother Forest Bright; his son Zachary, who is pastor of Divine Savior Presbyterian Church in California; son Brad, who is on staff with Campus Crusade; and four grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the Brights have requested that friends honor Bill’s memory through the William R. Bright Legacy Trust to further the work to which he gave his life. William R. Bright Legacy Trust (account #2747894), 100 Lake Hart Drive, Orlando, FL 32832.

[DeweyCA]

I became a Christian through CCC at the U of MN. God used the people of that organization to change my life, adn I finally joined thier staff for 8 years. I heard Bill Bright talk at our yearly staff conferences. Most of my friends were not impressed with his talks, except when he started to talk about the Lord and his relationship with him. Then I just sat in wonder. His relationship with God was so much more real than mine. He made some mistakes (few), but he was a godly man. If I could be 1/50th of a spiritual man that he was, I would be satisfied.

[No Fool]

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[af_vet_1981]

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

[Brad’s Gramma]

News like this is so bitter sweet, isn't it? We need to pray for his family and friends. He's going to be missed by MANY.

[cake_crumb]

A great loss to us, but a great day for Bill Bright.

He will be missed.

[lodwick]

RIP Bill, and thanks for all that you did here. See'ya.

[freeangel]

May God bless him and his family

[Mr. Silverback]

Bill is safely home now. Praying for his wife and others left behind.

[Cindy]

We will miss him.

[.30Carbine]

A while back I listened with great respect to Bill Bright on Focus on the Family radio discussing his Race to Heaven. Awesome broadcast.

Today Focus will broadcast a tribute In Memory of Bill Bright.

Dennis Rainy, of Family Life Today, part of Campus Crusade for Christ, will also share his thoughts with radio listeners all this week on the famous evangelist.

When I first heard of Dr. Bright he was teaching about fasting; the last I heard from him was his teaching on expressing Jesus-joy in the face of death. Both teachings, IMO, are about dying to self and living to God, and for the faithful Christian, there is no greater freedom.

[1stFreedom]

God rest his soul. Hopefully, he would have found his way to Christ's church, the Catholic Church.

[anncoulteriscool]

I knew he was ill so this was not surprising news but sad nevertheless. The saw him speak in KC83 (CCC christmas confernece in 1983) and also the same conference in chicago in 1982 then he came to Ohio State's campus in the spring on 1983 and spoke to our group. Even though I might disagree with him on some things he was a great man of God. RIP.