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  Bill Bright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bright held five honorary doctorate degrees: a Doctor of Laws from the Jeonbug National University of Korea, a Doctor of Divinity from John Brown University, a Doctor of Letters from Houghton Seminary, a Doctor of Divinity from the Los Angeles Bible College and Seminary, and a Doctor of Laws from Pepperdine University.
Bright was a co-founder of the Alliance Defense Fund which funds high profile litigation cases on behalf of Christians' First Amendment rights.
Bright was survived by his wife Vonette, sons Zachary and Brad, and four grandchildren.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Bright   (491 words)

  
 The Official Site of Dr. Bill Bright
William R. ("Bill") Bright was born in Coweta, Oklahoma, on Oct. 19, 1921.
While a student, Dr. Bright served as editor of the university yearbook, was student body president, was chosen as a member of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, and was selected by students and faculty as the year's outstanding graduate.
Bright has authored more than 100 books and booklets as well as thousands of articles and pamphlets that have been distributed by the millions in most major languages.
www.billbright.com /whoisbill.htm   (982 words)

  
 Bill Bright Dies
Bright died as the storm peaked at 42 N., for Baal, the bear, and Russia.
Bright was born on the 19th and died on the 19th, where 19 stands for the Tribe of Dan, the judge and symbol of the federal judiciary.
Bright was born and died on the 19th, for the Tribe of Dan, or federal judiciary.
www.biblenews1.com /history3/20030720.htm   (1242 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: The wonderful adventure of Bill Bright
Bright would have been the first one to tell you that it wasn't because of him that this ministry became successful; it was solely because of his constant effort to please his Lord and his endeavor to ensure that the ministry's staff also espouse this core principle of ministry.
Bright, who co-founded Campus Crusade with her husband, sent out an e-mail to supporters, reporting that Dr. Bright's health had taken a notable turn for the worse.
Bright once called life "a wonderful adventure." And what an adventure life truly is when we walk through it holding the hand of the Giver of Life.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33768   (750 words)

  
 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . PROFILE . Bill Bright . August 24, 2001 | PBS
Now, as he nears 80, Bright faces what could be his biggest battle: the struggle against pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal lung disease, and breathes with the aid of an oxygen tube.
BRIGHT (speaking in Rome): And one day, I was driven to my knees in the privacy of my home and in a most sacred moment, I surrendered myself to him.
BRIGHT (historical speech): I've come tonight to ask you if you'd like to be a part, indeed, I've come to challenge you to be part of a world-changing movement.
www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week452/profile.html   (1141 words)

  
 Bill Bright Joins Hands with False Gospels
Bill Bright has been one of the leading organizers of ecumenical crusades such as Key ‘73 and has been involved in the decisions to invite Catholic participation in these conferences.
Bright calls the movie "a triumphal film with a life-changing message which will enrich your life for years to come." He fails to warn the viewers that the Catholics depicted in the movie preached a false sacramental gospel that led people to eternal Hell.
Bill Bright was one of the signers of the unscriptural "Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium" (ECT) statement in March 1994.
www.cephasministry.com /bill_bright.html   (1540 words)

  
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Bright: "I wouldn't say it's a vow of poverty in the sense tha I ended up in some primitive part of the world, in a hut somewhere.
Bright: "I've never required it of anyone, though a good percentage of the people with whom I work have done it on their own initiatives.
Bright: "Well if you're referring to the document that I signed with Chuck Colson and others to embrace our fellow believers in the Roman Catholic tradition, they were the people who wrote me some very uncomplimentary letters.
www.cbn.com /700club/features/billbrightpart1.asp   (1794 words)

  
 Campus Crusade founder Bill Bright dies at 81
ORLANDO (FBW/BP)–William R. "Bill" Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, the world’s largest Christian ministry, died July 19 from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis.
Bright had been a California businessman and self-described "happy pagan" before coming to faith in Christ in 1947, the AP recounted.
Bright told of God giving him the vision for Campus Crusade the day after he and his future wife, Vonette, made a commitment of all their possessions in order to evangelize the world during their lifetimes, according to the AP.
www.floridabaptistwitness.com /1236.article   (1096 words)

  
 Bill Bright
Bill Bright was a member of the Presbyterian Church and at the same time used such Arminian Pelagian methods, is a very interesting note in itsself.
Bill Bright, in announcing his acceptance of the Prize, said he was glad it was not like the other prizes (Nobel, Pulitzer), which are merely secular.
Bill Bright, a man known for his seemingly boundless vision and ideas, is retiring as president of Campus Crusade for Christ International after nearly five decades.
www.gospelgrace.com /falseprophets/billbright/BillBright.html   (4832 words)

  
 PC(USA) - News Release Number 03298 - Memorial service for Bill Bright set for July 30
Bill Bright is survived by his wife, Vonette, who helped found Campus Crusade; a sister, Florence Skinner; a brother, Forest Bright; his son, the Rev. Zachery Bright, pastor of Divine Savior Presbyterian Church in Irwindale, CA; a son, Brad, who is on the Campus Crusade staff; and four grandchildren
Bright, the longtime president of Campus Crusade, was officially succeeded by Steve Douglass, former executive vice president, in 2001.
Bright, the winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1996, was honored in 2001 by prominent evangelical organizations.
www.pcusa.org /pcnews/oldnews/2003/03298.htm   (1097 words)

  
 Kwak.org - KCCC [Dr. Bill Bright]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William R. "Bill" Bright, founder of the world's largest Christian ministry and known around the globe as one of the most vigorous Christian evangelists, died Saturday, July 19, 2003, in Orlando, Florida, from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis, a degenerative disease of the lungs.
In 1951, Bill Bright and his wife Vonette pursued their passion for ministry by starting Campus Crusade for Christ at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Bill Bright is survived by his wife Vonette; his sister Florence Skinner of Coweta, Oklahoma; his brother Forest Bright of Hemet, California; his son Zachary, who is a pastor of Divine Savior Presbyterian Church in California; his son Bradley, who is on staff with Campus Crusade, and four grandchildren.
www.kwak.org /kccc/bill-bright.html   (1527 words)

  
 Bill Bright: 1921 - 2003
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.
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.
Bill Bright spent half a century building and leading Campus Crusade for Christ, the largest Christian ministry in the world.
billbright.ccci.org /public   (492 words)

  
 Bill Bright
Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, was remembered by friends at his memorial service in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, July 30, 2003.
Bright was 81 when he died on July 19 in Orlando, after he had courageously battled a degenerative lung disease and was buried on Tuesday, July 29, in Orlando.
Bill was aware of my early struggles in getting this ministry moving and gave me some important principles as guidance.
across.co.nz /BillBrightTribute.html   (891 words)

  
 PC(USA) - News Release Number 03305 - Bill Bright Remembered for ‘Patterning His Life After Jesus’
Bright, the founder of the large evangelical organization that extended far beyond campuses to a wide array of initiatives for athletes, executives and others, died July 19 at the age of 81 after suffering from pulmonary fibrosis.
Between the singing of Bright’s favorite hymns and the reading of verses from the evangelical leader’s Bible, others recalled him evangelizing taxicab drivers and maids or simply pausing to pray for them in a church hallway or over the telephone.
Bright, a native Oklahoman who once owned a confections business, often spoke of his transition from a “happy pagan” to a “slave of Jesus Christ.” His Campus Crusade organization was long based in California but moved to Orlando in 1991.
www.pcusa.org /pcnews/oldnews/2003/03305.htm   (806 words)

  
 October 19: Birth of Campus Crusade's Bill Bright
Looking at all that Bill Bright has accomplished, it is hard to dispute his assertion that God was the power behind it.
Bill Bright (right) spreads the message of God's love to California students in the 1950s.
Bill was born on this day, October 19, 1921 on a farm five miles from Coweta, Oklahoma (a small town near Tulsa).
chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/10/daily-10-19-2002.shtml   (600 words)

  
 Mr. Revolutionary and Campus Crusade
Each night, in response to an invitation by Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ, almost half of the audience arose from their places to indicate that they were making their first commitment to accept Jesus Christ as Lord.
Bright himself was led to observe that "There is nothing in the history of the church that would even begin to compare with what we have seen this week."
Bright won the $1.1 million notorious Templeton Prize in 1996 and donated it to his Fasting and Prayer ministry.
www.cephasministry.com /bill_bright_and_campus_crusade_for_christ.html   (2832 words)

  
 Campus Crusade's Bill Bright dies - News - Obituary Christian Century - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William R. Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, which grew into one of the world's largest evangelical ministries, reaching well beyond collegiate venues, died July 19 in Orlando, Florida, of complications from pulmonary fibrosis and prostate cancer.
Though Bright took seminary classes at Princeton Theological Seminary and the then-new Fuller Theological Seminary, the layman decided to use his entrepreneural skills, creating dozens of niche ministries from a mountainside headquarters near San Bernardino, California.
Bright's Four Spiritual Laws booklet, criticized roundly by many for presenting Christianity simplistically, was printed more than 2.5 billion times in more than 200 languages.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_16_120/ai_106585673   (462 words)

  
 THE MASTER'S VOICE - DR. BILL BRIGHT
Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, along with his wife Vonette, established one of the most successful evangelistic movements in the world--resulting in more than 4 billion exposures to the Gospel of Jesus Christ since 1951.
Vonette writes, "It appears that what God has prepared for Bill in heaven is about ready for him...yesterday, the doctor told Bill (when Bill asked), that he might live 6 months or less...." Mrs.
Bright asks for prayer, and affirms, "God is in control.
www.ourchurch.com /view/?pageID=145316   (155 words)

  
 The Official Site of Dr. Bill Bright
Bill received an outstanding award on February 18, as he was named to the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Bill is so challenged by books and materials he is writing, communication by telephone with staff and friends, reading, and interests in new projects, that it is easy for him to sit or be propped in bed and not have to move.
Bill and I love you all very much and are deeply grateful for your prayers.
www.billbright.com /press.htm   (868 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - Bill Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ Founder, Dead at 81
Bright is considered a major catalyst for the modern-day resurgence of the disciplines of fasting and prayer in the Christian church.
Bright also co-founded, with Dr. James Davis, the Global Pastors Network, an internet-based training center at www.globalpastorsnetwork.org, designed to equip pastors and ministers worldwide with interactive resources, events and networking opportunities.
Bill Bright is survived by his wife Vonette; his sister Florence Skinner; his brother Forest Bright; his son Zachary, who is pastor of Divine Savior Presbyterian Church in California; son Bradley, who is on staff with Campus Crusade; and four grandchildren.
www.crosswalk.com /faith/1210561.html   (1201 words)

  
 Bill Bright Goes Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WASHINGTON – William R. "Bill" Bright, founder of the world's largest Christian ministry and known around the globe as one of the most remarkable Christian evangelists, died Saturday in Orlando from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis, a degenerative disease of the lungs.
Bright's unique blend of Christian commitment and communications insight is at the heart of his success.
Bill Bright is survived by his wife Vonette; his sister Florence Skinner of Coweta, Okla.; his brother Forest Bright; his son Zachary, who is pastor of Divine Savior Presbyterian Church in California; his son Bradley, who is on staff with Campus Crusade, and four grandchildren.
www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2003/7/21/171917.shtml   (659 words)

  
 Wycliffe - Dr. Bill Bright
Wycliffe extends sympathy to the Bright family and the Campus Crusade family who have worked with and been influenced by Bill Bright.
Bill and his wife Vonette were given the Lifetime Inspiration Award from Religious Heritage of American Foundation.
Bright is survived by his wife Vonette, a sister, a brother, two sons and four grandchildren.
www.wycliffe.org /media/press/DrBright.htm   (326 words)

  
 Bill Bright Author Page
Bill Bright recently passed away but his enduring legacy continues.
From a small beginning in 1951, the organization he began had, in 2002, more than 25,000 full-time staff and over 553,000 trained volunteer staff in 196 countries in areas representing 99.6 percent of the world's population.
We are working with the Bright Media Foundation to continue Dr. Bright's literary legacy.
www.stevelaube.com /authors/billbright.htm   (859 words)

  
 TIME.com: Bill Bright: Twilight of the Evangelist -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bill Bright is a late convert into the exploding field of religious potboilers, but an enthusiastic one.
Bright, an inveterate quantifier, estimates that his great creation, Campus Crusade for Christ, has brought the gospel message to "six billion people" since its founding in 1951.
This is a wonder that Bright is convinced that God ("He hasn't changed"), continues to bestow among communities of "people who trust and obey him." But not, Bright hopes, to him: since it would interrupt his final reunion with the Lord.
www.time.com /time/sampler/article/0,8599,172188,00.html   (939 words)

  
 The Life of Dr. Bill Bright
Born to Mary Lee and Forest Dale Bright, October 19, on their ranch five miles from Coweta, Oklahoma.
In high school Bright excels in academics, student, government, journalism, drama, debate and oratory.
Bill and Vonette sign their "Contract with God, " soon after God gives Bill the vision for a great spiritual movement beginning by reaching the leaders on college campuses of the US and later the world.
www.billbright.com /timeline.htm   (315 words)

  
 Presbyterian Coalition pays tribute to ailing Bill Bright - 10/02/01
Bright, standing beside the tank of oxygen that assists his breathing as he battles chronic pulmonary disease, is the retired leader of Campus Crusade for Christ, the largest campus ministry in the world.
Through his worldwide Campus Crusade ministry, Bright and those who served as missionaries for the organization preached the gospel to billions of people, Eddington said, with millions being saved.
Even so, since April Bright has written four books – he has written 110 in all – and he preached at First Presbyterian on a recent Sunday "with a power that was staggering to all that were here," Eddington said.
www.layman.org /layman/news/news-from-pcusa/coalition-tribute-bright.htm   (368 words)

  
 Christian News - Campus Crusade for Christ Founder Bill Bright Passes at 81 - Christian Review of News and culture at ...
William R. "Bill" Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International, the largest Christian ministry in the world, has passed away at the age of 81.
Bright was an impassioned and dedicated innovator who continuously sought ways to equip Christians with evangelistic tools to carry out the great commission and to communicate the gospel throughout the entire world.
Bill Bright is survived by his wife Vonette, who assisted him in founding Campus Crusade for Christ; his sister Florence Skinner; his brother Forest Bright; his son Zachary, pastor of Divine Savior Presbyterian Church in California; his son Bradley, a member of the Campus Crusade staff; and four grandchildren.
www.praize.com /entertainment/Pages/9980136128361.html   (809 words)

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