The recent de-recognition of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship by the massive California State University system is another escalation in a long simmering conflict.
Often with considerable hyperbole, evangelicals have long complained of mistreatment at the hands of university administrators and professors. Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, referred to UCLA as the â??little red school houseâ? at the outset of his ministry, which began at that institution. Despite such rhetoric (which resembled William F. Buckleyâ??s complaints about Yale University), evangelical ministries found a ready and receptive marketplace in the 1950s. California universities hosted â??Religious Emphasisâ? weeks and evangelical organizations brought speakers from Billy Graham to Wilbur Smith to campus.
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