Bright was born in Coweta Oklahoma
and graduated from Northeastern State University. He moved to Los Angeles and
founded a company called Bright’s California Confections. It was while attending a Presbyterian church that he became
saved and took graduate classes in theology, although he never obtained a
degree. It was while he was attending Fuller that he felt called to share his
faith with other students.
It was a domestic disturbance that
led Bill and his wife Vonnette to write a covenant to God that they were slaves
to Christ. This attitude in their lives was what
led them to found the Campus Crusade for Christ. The foundation has been a huge
success. It operates in 190 countries utilizing 27,000 full-time, and 225,000
trained volunteers. He chaired the National Year of the Bible in 1983 and won
the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, a cash prize which he donated to
charity.
Bill wrote more than 100 books and
booklets and thousands of articles and pamphlets. He produced a film in 1979
called, “The Jesus Film.” While a financial failure, it was a very accurate
portrayal of the life of Jesus. It is estimated that 139 million people have
come to know Christ because of his Campus Crusade and his film. Bill has talked
to audiences of more than one million people.
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It is also available to order now or shortly from anywhere that sells books. It is a creative nonfiction collection of biographies of Martin Luther, Francis of Assisi, John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, and Thomas Becket. Come, tame a wolf, flee from the wrath of the king, feel the horror of impending doom on a ship, and the uncertainty of one’s own salvation with these great heroes of the faith. I have excepts of the book on my website williamdeanhamilton.net
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