Rich and Ruthie Wiewiora

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ABOUT US

For more than 46 years we have been in full-time service with Cru® (as Campus Crusade for Christ® is known in the U.S.). And 16 of those years have included ministry overseas. Together with others, we help people get to know Jesus, to love and follow Him, and we encourage and equip them to be a light for Jesus to others, through word and action.

For example, Polish students we helped to train and mentor (back in the 1980s) have been taking the initiative to meet the physical and spiritual needs of Ukrainian refugees who have fled the Russian military attacks — both those refugees who have come into Poland and those people who remain in Ukraine. 

Wherever we have served, we have seen God at work in people's lives — on the college campus, in the community, and in our local church.

Being involved in a local church is important to us, and we've done just that wherever we have lived.

 

SMALL GROUPS IMPORTANT

We very much like to be involved in and lead small groups. For example, this year Ruthie is in a women's prayer group on Mondays, a women's Bible study on Wednesday mornings, and a women's Bible study group two Thursdays a month. Plus, she serves as a small group leader for a Tuesday morning women's Bible study and teaches a Bible study on Thursday evenings. Rich is in a men's group via Zoom on Tuesday mornings and leads a study/discussion group on Wednesday evenings. In addition, we are in a group with other married couples that gets together twice a month.

 

MISSIONARY OUTREACH USING COMMUNICATIONS

Since Fall 2000, Rich has served as a copy editor for Cru, helping to maintain the high standards of written communications at our world headquarters and for the various ministry branches located around the globe.

Whether online or in print, Cru helps to proclaim what God is doing in people's lives. We also help to encourage and equip multitudes.

Similar to mentoring someone in person, we let people see and hear examples of God's work in people's lives, offer resources in how to share the good news of Jesus with others, help them grow in their life with Christ through our articles, and audio and video pieces, and assist them in connecting with other Christians where they live.


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If you would like to contact either of us, Rich is at rich.wiewiora@cru.org, Ruthie is at roberta.wiewiora@cru.org.

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 A LITTLE MORE ABOUT US

We were married in 1979, when leaves glowed with autumn colors. We have two adult sons, Joseph and Christopher.

Rich has an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago; Ruthie has an undergraduate degree from Marshall University in West Virginia and a master's degree in theological studies from Asbury Theological Seminary.

Here are some highlights from the past 40-plus years of service with Cru:

* The first few years, we ministered to students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It included reaching out to international students in creative ways.

* From 1980 to 1996, we lived and worked behind the "Iron Curtain" in Poland, in Eastern Europe. Along with other Cru missionaries, we helped to establish the Cru ministry there and build up local leadership, and then we ultimately allowed the nationals to take charge of the ministry.

While in Poland, besides ministering to students and lay people, Rich edited Cru evangelistic and Christian growth materials in Polish, and trained student song leaders for gatherings. Ruthie conducted English-language Bible studies for Polish students, and for South Korean, Japanese, and other international women.

In 1985, we helped found the Warsaw International Church, the second such English-speaking Protestant church in the Soviet-controlled Bloc at that time.

* Over the years, we have done several short-term overseas mission trips — they included Ruthie being involved in outreach in the Philippines, while Rich did outreach among international travelers in southern Spain.

* Since 1996, we have been living and working in Orlando, Florida. Ruthie is a Cru discipleship specialist, serving among various people in the community and local church. Rich's primary ministry is as a copy editor for written communications at Cru's world headquarters. He also takes time to minister in the community and local church. 

* We have been involved locally with Walk to Emmaus (a Christian renewal ministry that helps develop servant leaders for local churches) and have done some jail ministry.

Website: http://www.storylines.cru.org

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