More than a dozen Christian campus groups have renewed a vow to work cooperatively rather than competitively while trying to reach college students. Other ministries that have signed the Chicago Agreement include… Campus Outreach… Fellowship of Christian Athletes…and Reformed University Fellowship…

With national organizations such as InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Campus Crusade for Christ, and The Navigators each on many of the same college campuses, the groups decided to shake hands and commit to “unity in mission.”

“…We want to prevent competition from getting out of hand and damaging Christian witness on campus. After all, we serve the same God, even if our organizational objectives are not necessarily the same,” InterVarsity spokesman Gordon Govier told The Christian Post Wednesday.

Leaders of InterVarsity, CCC and Navigators co-sponsored a meeting last October in Chicago to renew a commitment that was initially made 40 years ago. At that time, conflicts developed between local chapters of the Christian groups when more than one of them started on the same campus…

As a practical means of settling those conflicts, local leaders from the three aforementioned ministries, along with Young Life, created the Trail West Agreement in 1971…

Most of the principles are preserved in a modified and updated version of the agreement. Much like the older document, the “Chicago Agreement” includes such points as: “We will speak well of and refrain from criticism of each other’s ministries and members” and “We commit to addressing problems on a local, regional or national level by humbly communicating with our counterparts, seeking the Lord together to resolve the issues.”

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