Basics: How Can I Get Involved Financially?

One of the distinguishing features of Campus Crusade for Christ International is that there is no central fund for its over 25,000 staff members. We believe that God has called us to partner (prayerfully and financially) with others in our communities so that spiritual movements can be built everywhere. Everyone who works for CCCI, from the CEO to the short-term students on summer projects, raises support for what they do.

That means that I am responsible for raising a team of individuals and churches who are committed to giving financial support during my STINT in Sweden. Everything, including related ministry expenses, administrative costs, and my need-based monthly living salary is paid for through the contributions of this team. I cannot report to my assignment August 1 until my team is complete.

I've stepped out in faith to give my next 15 months to full-time missionary activity. Would you consider joining with me to reach this generation of students in Sweden?

There are several ways to give. All contributions are income tax deductible.

Here’s how to join my financial support team:

Giving Regularly By Direct Deposit
This is the preferred way of ongoing giving. When you join the Direct Giving Plan, your gift will be transferred directly each month from your bank account or credit card to Campus Crusade for Christ. A record of each gift will appear on your bank statement. This ensures that we get all gifts, and it saves you the time and postage each month!


Online Setup for Direct Giving:
click here or see the sidebar, under "Online Funding Resources"

Analog Setup for Direct Giving:
Print out this form. Fill out the form and sign it (leave the Donor # blank).
*Be sure to put my account number, 0606254, on line A. under "Please divide my gift in this way:"*
Make a check out to "Campus Crusade for Christ"
Send form and check to:
Campus Crusade for Christ
ATTN: Direct Giving Plan
100 Lake Hart Drive, Dept. 2400
Orlando, FL 32832


Giving a Special Gift Online:
You can give a credit card or bank account draft gift right now, here or through the sidebar.

Giving a Special Gift By Mail:
Make check payable to "Campus Crusade for Christ"
Include a separate note that reads: 'To Maleah Pusz, Staff #: 0606254'
Send check and note to:
Campus Crusade for Christ
ATTN: Contributions
PO Box 628222
Orlando, FL 32862

Giving By Phone:
To make a one-time contribution by credit card, call 1-888-CRUSADE (option 1)

Basics: What is a STINT?

STINT stands for Short-Term International Team.

The vision of Campus Crusade for Christ International is to reach out to the 60 million college students worldwide. That's a pretty lofty goal, I think. Luckily, it's not a one-person job.


What does a STINT team do, exactly?

STINT teams sign on and commit to living full-time in a culture for one year (with the possibility of extending their term to two years). This allows us to build relationships with the locals and really establish a spiritual community. We partner with national ministries to build cultural bridges. Living transparent lives on and around college campuses, we believe, is the key to authentic communities of faith and spiritual development. Doubts, fears, and questions abound in the collegiate sphere. While no one claims to have all the answers, we believe that sharing our lives, our experiences, and the hope and grace that comes from discovering God is a vital part in shaping the next generation of world leaders. Conversations, debates, discussions--our charge is to engage the culture and inspire people to consider the irresistible love of Jesus and become transformed through knowing him in word and also in action.


What's the purpose in doing a STINT?

Campus Crusade for Christ International has a multi-tiered approach to missions on a global scale. Starting from the belief that no one will ever be as effective to reach a national (in my case, a Swede) as another national (again, a Swede), we have a mindset of working ourselves out of jobs!

Step One: Very, very short five-to-seven week trips ("Summer Projects") that happen both stateside in the U.S. and abroad. Undergraduates are led by full-time staff members; these are often pioneering missions for longer work. These are short blasts of collecting information, sharing personal experiences, and developing one's own ability to communicate the message of Christ.

Step Two: STINT teams continue the relationships begun with Summer Projects. Because we're available for much longer, we are able to really invest in the existing faith community and in deepening campus involvement.

Step Three: International Campus Staff commit to giving 3-5 years to the vision of a particular country and raising leaders from within that country to oversee the activities there.

Step Four: We hand over the reigns of ministry to National Staff.

Step Five: The country will partner with ministries in other countries to send their own students to reach others on college campuses worldwide.


So, in short, when you are partnering with a STINTer (like me, for example), you're actually involved in a HUGE mission in a very important way. You'll be partnering to change an entire country, one small step at a time. That's pretty exciting, don't you think? Especially for churches or families or people with mortgages or people with full-time jobs or people with other callings, giving support to a step in the process is world-changing in a tangible way. Sweet.

Origins: Where I'm Coming From

The Bible fascinates me. I love the story of God and people--and the way that even when all seems lost, there is still space for love, for hope, for grace. It's captivating in a divinely brilliant way.

My whole life falls into this story about how God pursues people with reckless abandon, loving them far beyond the limits of human comprehension, and seeks to restore them to a real, meaningful life. In the context of community and scholarship, God has been richly revealed to me in the way of doubts, reasons, faith, and wisdom.

For now, there are a few verses from the prophet Isaiah that capture what change I hope to participate in during this year of growth and love, a time of flood to a place of drought:

When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the LORD will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and in the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 41.17-18, ESV

Now my vocation--my calling--is to share this personal experience of lifechange, to share how God has provided for my own deepest thirsts with others. With college students in Sweden, specifically, but we'll get to that story shortly.