Markii uu arday ka ahaa Dugsiga Sare ee East Peoria (1963<unk>1967), Craig wuxuu noqday tartan tartan iyo aftahan dadweyne, isagoo loo magacaabay kooxda doodda gobolka oo dhan sannaddiisii ugu dambeysay wuxuuna ku guuleystay horyaalka gobolka ee khudbadda. Bishii Sebtember 1965, sannaddiisii labaad, wuxuu u beddelay diinta masiixiga, ka dib markii uu ka qalin jabiyay dugsiga sare, wuxuu dhigtay Kulliyadda Wheaton, isagoo ku bartay isgaarsiinta. Craig wuxuu qalin jabiyay 1971 wuxuuna guursaday sanadka ku xiga guursaday xaaskiisa Jan, oo uu kula kulmay Campus of Crusade for His Christ.
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