My experience from working with Campus Crusade for Christ has helped me to take the theories out of the classroom, and see them come to life through my leaderhship positions. Not only was I able to complete the Leadership Practicum and apply the relational leadership model, I was also given the opportunity to consult this organization through my Consulting & Auditing course in 2007.

Here is an excerpt from my consulting project:

Project Proposal
As a student who has been involved with Campus Crusade for Christ for over three years, I have grown to love this organization. I have recently had the chance to work with one of our partner ministries in Uppsala, Sweden, and I finally caught the vision of Campus Crusade. I want to become a part of this organization and help reach college students for Christ.
    Although I have grown to love this organization, I can’t ignore the negative elements that are impacting the local ministry at Middle Tennessee State University. According to William R. Cupach and Brian H. Spitzberg (1994), authors of The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication, “Simple dichotomy into ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ is ultimately misleading and both elements, however labeled, are conjoint parts of the relationship” (1994, p.4). I can try and ignore the negative elements in Campus Crusade, but reality is that the positive elements cannot be separated from the negative elements.
    Since the switch to catalytic ministry at Middle Tennessee State University, students have lost the vision and structure of the organization. As an Organizational Communication major at Middle Tennessee State University, and a student who has been on the leadership team in Campus Crusade for two years, I would like to propose a change in three areas: 1) Subcultures 2) Staff Assumptions and 3) Financial Support.
Subcultures.
Campus Crusade does a very good job at using a team-based approach to leadership. But, within the organization there are subcultures that tend to separate the group: incoming freshmen, student participants not in leadership, student leaders, and full-time staff members. According to J.S. Ott (1989), “All institutions of any size have subcultures, pockets in which the organizational culture varies to some degree from the culture in other pockets and from the dominant culture.” It is not unusual to have subcultures within an organization. The question is how are we going to use subcultures to effectively communicate the vision of Campus Crusade at MTSU?

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