Perspective Cards is Cru's card-based evangelism tool for talking about worldview before sharing the gospel.^1 Barry Warren, a Cru staff member, asked God for a new approach while walking home in Puebla, Mexico. The result is a deck that invites listening instead of a one-way presentation.^2
The physical set has 54 cards.^3 You spread them across five topics — the nature of God, human nature, the meaning and purpose of life, the identity of Jesus, and the source of spiritual truth — and ask the other person to choose the card that best matches what they believe, then explain why.^4 After they have spoken, you can share the Christian view and the good news.^2 A Seeker's Prayer card lets someone who is not ready to commit ask God, if He is real, to help them see the truth.^2 Cru also presents the deck as a mentoring tool to help believers understand what they believe.^3
A free iPhone and Android app reproduces the conversation on a phone.^5 Cru still sells the physical cards and a Spanish edition, and the current physical deck has updated card and box material and enhanced card organization.^4 Cru's training also lists banners as a third format, and its discipleship lessons include how to use the cards.^7 Cru students at Rice University have used the cards and a large banner version for outreach.^8 Cru, formerly Campus Crusade for Christ, is an interdenominational ministry.^9
