Eric and Kaitlyn Hupf Cru is a caring community passionate about connecting people to Jesus Christ

We are Eric and Kaitlyn Hupf!

We've been on-staff with Cru for about five years, and we are currently serving on-campus in Michigan's UP.

We met in college where we were both student leaders in Cru. Afterwards, God led both of us to join Cru Staff together.

Our Vision

We want to train and equip college students to do more with their faith. We hope to do this by involving them in Christian community and sending them out to be sharers of the gospel.

In doing this, we hope to reach the over 200 million college students of the world — each student on every campus — and raise up the next generation of missionaries.

Our Scope

We currently serve in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with Cru — Campus Crusade for Christ's campus ministry — and our home base is Marquette, MI.

Currently, we have active movements at Michigan Tech (Eric and Kaitlyn's alma maters) and Northern Michigan University. Unfortunately, despite our efforts, the rest of the colleges and universities in our scope have no active movement:

  • Gogebic Community College
  • Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC)
  • Bay College
  • Bay Mills Community College
  • Lake Superior State University (LSSU)
  • Northwestern Michigan College (NMC)
  • North Central Michigan College (NCMC)

With your prayer support, we hope to one day reach all of these campuses.

Our Family

Our family grew from being the two of us, to a family of three — Elliana was born in November 2023.

During this period of transition, Eric is stepping back from campus to prioritize connecting with friends and ministry partners. He hopes to:

  • spread the gospel
  • encourage believers
  • raise additional funds to cover new expenses

Your Part

We love connecting with new people, whether they be friends of ours or your own friends. As we said earlier, our current goals are to share the gospel, encourage believers, and raise additional funds to cover new expenses.

Once we raise the additional funds and prayer support we need for this next stage of life, we will return to working on-campus, training and equipping the next generation of missionaries.

We would love to talk more about your part in what God is doing here. So the question becomes — will you join us?

Please use the button below if you want to see our give page (where donations are made) or if you want to receive regular updates on our ministry.

And if you haven't already, shoot us a message so we can talk more in-depth!