John and Ramie Book
 John grew up at Central Peninsula Church after his parents, Norm and Judy Book, became Christians through the ministry of CPC in 1973. John became a Christian at a young age through a “Good News Club” that his mother took him to. However, it was in his high school years that his faith really became his own. John remembers reading Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and becoming convinced that Christianity was in fact true. When it came time to leave home and start his college career at UCLA, John’s brother Norman encouraged him to investigate the different Christian groups on campus and to plug into one. John found Campus Crusade for Christ towards the end of his first week of classes and the ministry quickly became “home.”
After four years of involvement with Campus Crusade at UCLA and several mission trips, John sensed God’s call to join the staff of Campus Crusade. However, before reporting to his first assignment at UC Irvine, he did an eight-month pastoral internship with Mark Mitchell and shepherded the CPC singles group. Mark’s training and the ministry experience he gained while at CPC helped prepare him for ministry at UC Irvine.
Ramie became a Christian at a young age when her mother shared the gospel with her. She grew up attending different churches and moving a lot because of her dad’s job with IBM. Like John, it was in her high school years that she really owned her faith. A woman on staff with the high school ministry of Campus Crusade (Student Venture) began discipling her during her junior year and teaching her to share her faith. Ramie went to college at Cal State Fullerton and was very involved in ministry at the First Evangelical Free Church (EV Free) of Fullerton.
In 2002, John became the Campus Director of Campus Crusade on the UCLA campus (John’s alma-mater and where Bill Bright began the ministry of Campus Crusade in 1951). John leads a team of seven other staff, as they try to fulfill their mission of seeing “lost students become Christ-centered laborers.” The Books are passionate about raising up the next generation of Christian leaders and seeing them impact the world.
The Books have three children: Katie (8), Brennan (6), and Josh (2).
John.Book@UCLAlumni.net
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