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How to Mentor Like a Marine

The purpose of all training is to develop forces that can win in combat. However, training should not stop with the commencement of war. This was a basic instruction I

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Acts 17

Many of our neighbors in the inner city, in my mind, are sort of like an unreached people group. At least in our neighborhood it’s like that. They’ve had no

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When Love Comes Full Circle

You may recall Jimmy’s powerful story as it’s one of our favorites here at the inner-city ministry of Cru®! It’s also recently taken another turn worth telling about… Nearly a

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Fruit That Multiplies

The Agape Center, host of the local S.A.Y. Yes!® Center for Youth Development is a community staple in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. With the start of a new school