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Assemblies of God kids’ program drops ‘crusade’ label

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The Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade (BGMC) will now be called the Boys and Girls Missionary Challenge.
According to the Assemblies of God website “…the word crusade is hard for kids to understand. They don’t know what crusade means. We’ve also found that use of the word crusade has become offensive to some people.”

BGMC raises funds for missionaries around the world. To read more, click here.

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2 Responses to “Assemblies of God kids’ program drops ‘crusade’ label”

  1. Caleb Powers Says:
    March 27th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    When Billy Graham was out there crusading around, I bet the kids knew what “crusade” meant. I know I did . . .

  2. Assemblies of God kids’ program drops ‘crusade’ label | VC Program Says:
    March 27th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

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