From Cambridge to the World: 125 Years Of Student Witness

by Oliver R. Barclay

The small group of Christian students active in Cambridge in the 1820s hardly expected their work to have remarkable effects. Yet out of 'the Jesus Lane lot', as they were nicknamed, grew the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU), whose influence has been world-wide.
Oliver Barclay and Bob Horn tell the story of the CICCU to mark its 125th anniversary. The life and times of this Christian Union are interwoven with evangelical Christianity and some of its most significant figures. The story points above all to God, who gives the vision and the strength to pursue it.

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Brendan Low · Rating 5 out of 5]

Detailing the history of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU), this book tracks the challenges the members of CICCU faced throughout time in the form of the high church anti-evangelical stance, theological spiritualism, spiritualism, hyper-Calvinism, hyper-charismatics, and a host of disappointments in general including dwindling membership to about 20 members, where CICCU almost became extinct! There is then the journey of recovery, with weekly CU groups, apologetics talks, college prayer, college evangelistic events, a firm doctrinal statement, and many other measures that remain present today, which I am blessed to be able to see as a CICCU member myself. Through it all, CICCU held uncompromisingly to God's word, and I hope to be able to live up to that legacy.

[Benedict Tan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating. This book is certainly for any college or university Christian group who are faithful to the Bible and want to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people around them.

The authors traces the history of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU) through its beginnings till the year 2002. What we read is then an unfolding tale of men (and later women) who stood firmly for and on the truth of the gospel - the atoning blood of Jesus bought our salvation from the curse of sin.

It is a book that tells of God's faithfulness to His Word and His children who remain faithful to Him through thick and thin. By no means were these young men who stood for the gospel in Cambridge perfect or without fault. They certainly made mistakes and were greeted with constant challenge and adversity. Yet like Luther, their lives proclaimed that 'my conscience is tied to the Word of God. Here I stand, I can do no other. So God help me.'

In our age of illusion and lies where the power of the simple of gospel of Christ is denied, this book serves as a challenge and encouragement to stand for truth.