Sara Beth Scaife serves as the Team Leader of the James Madison Team. As a missionary, Sara Beth loves to meet with students to study the Bible. As a missionary for over 15 years, she loves the mission of seeing lost students turn into Christ-centered laborers. She and her husband, Kyle, of 13 years, have two young daughters. 

Dan has been serving with Cru in the Shenandoah Valley for 11 years. Dan and his wife Emily are both alumni of JMU and love living in Harrisonburg. Dan is passionate about ministering to men and women from all over the country (and the world!), trusting God to win the lost for Christ, build students up in their faith, and send them out as laborers for the Gospel.  

B* has been serving with Cru in North Africa for 5 years. After attending JMU, R* interned at JMU for one year, then in North Africa for one year, where she met B*. B & R* got married in October of 2024, and are excited to spend the year working with US students at JMU to help win, build, and send laborers into the harvest before returning to North Africa in the summer of 2026.

*Names abbreviated for security purposes

Cole is starting his second year on campus. He and Lucinda are JMU alumni, and they were involved in Cru as students. He is excited to continue investing in the community that he was a part of as a student and to share the love of Jesus with students on campus. 

Meghan is starting her third year on staff with Cru. She spent her first year in North Africa and her second year interning at JMU. She can't wait to return to campus to invest in students!

Nicki is from Chester County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from JMU two years ago. She was active in Cru her whole time at JMU and loved the way the community pushed her to be more like Jesus. She is excited to be back on campus, investing in the students and bringing them the hope of the gospel so they can go and share Jesus’ love with others.  

Darius is a second-year intern at JMU. He loves music, sports, and all kinds of games. He was born in New York but raised in VA and fell in love with the community here in Harrisonburg. He came to Christ when someone faithfully shared the Gospel with him on campus during his freshman year and wants to give everyone the same chance to hear the Good News.