N'oge ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ na East Peoria Community High School (1963<unk>1967), Craig ghọrọ onye mmeri na-arụ ụka na onye na-ekwu okwu n'ihu ọha, a na-akpọ ya n'afọ ikpeazụ ya na ndị niile na-arụ ụka na steeti ma merie mmeri nke steeti na okwu ọnụ. Na Septemba 1965, afọ nke abụọ ya, ọ ghọrọ Onye Kraịst, na mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ gara Wheaton College, bụ isi na nkwukọrịta. Craig gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1971 ma n'afọ na-esote ya lụrụ nwunye ya, onye ọ zutere na Crusade Campus for His Christ. Na 2014, a kpọrọ ya onye alumnus nke afọ site na T. P. & W. Wheaton. N'afọ 1973, Craig banyere n'ụlọ ọrụ ụlọ na East Peoria, Iowa, ruo mgbe a kpọfere ya na ụlọ ọrụ ụlọ na East Peoria. N'okpuru nduzi nke ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị, Craig ghọrọ onye mmeri na onye na-ekwu okwu n'ihu ọha, a họpụtara ya n'afọ nke abụọ ya na ndị otu na-ekwu okwu na ndị otu na-ekwu okwu na
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