Cru agrees with Charles

By Samantha Fisher

Staff Writer

Salisbury University’s Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) held its "I Agree With Charles" campaign on April 1, 2009, in the Nanticoke room of the Guerrerri Center. Those in attendance included different faiths and denominations, so much so that the audience outgrew the seating, and some were forced to stand in the back. Roughly 250 people attended.

There stood Charles Butcher, the student whose name was plastered all over Salisbury’s campus. The international business major gave his testimony on his conversion from Atheism to Christianity. In his testimony, he spoke of his "strong Atheist" background because of how he was raised by his father. Throughout his life he would get into arguments with different people over what he believed.

He then went to speak of how he went into a relationship with a Christian woman, and eventually went to church "to impress her." This was his first Christian influence that he had until he ran, literally, into a friend who invited him to Cru. After this, he went to a Bible study called G.I.G (Guys/Girls Investigating God). Despite all of this, he continued arguing with people and especially his girlfriend over his beliefs until she broke up with him.

The break-up ultimately led to his investigation of Christianity, Butcher said. He could not fathom or grasp what would lead someone to break up over something like faith, he said. After various readings and conversations with others, he converted to Christianity on December 12, 2007.

One of the reasons that he encouraged the conversion was that "it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, God will love you." He also said that "if you believe, it’s like God stabs you in your heart with a smiley face, like a tattoo."

The campaign sparked interest across campus and many other student clubs got involved.

"A lot of non-Cru members were in attendance which was really great," said Cru member Addie Kauzlarich. "It also brought out a lot of other campus ministeries like FCA [Federation of Christian Athletes] and Wesley Foundation," she added.

Whichever view one chooses is entirely up to them, but the fact remains that the "I Agree With Charles" campaign was a success when it came to inspiring the campus to discuss their beliefs.

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