CO Vision Statement
Glorifying God by Building Laborers on the Campus for the Lost World...
Glorifying God
The ultimate purpose of God and of all His creation is to bring attention to God or to glorify Him (Is 43, Ps 33, Ps 115, Rom 1 & 8, Eph 1, Rev 5) forever. Because there is nothing and no one more valuable or important than God himself, CO exists that He may receive continually what He deserves or is due to Him… praise, honor, and glory from us as we find our joy in Him. We, like many throughout history, desire to spread a passion for the glory of God throughout the world. It is our desire that His identity, reputation, and fame be proclaimed to all people, in all places, by all appropriate means, as urgently as possible.
By Building Laborers
Jesus Christ once said, as he observed a large crowd of people, “The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few.” (Mt. 9:33-36) That profound statement has rung true throughout human history and could certainly be applied to our world in the 21st century. Today, there is surely no shortage of needs, problems, and opportunities awaiting the approach of an equipped leader (Eph 4:11-16, Mt 4:19) to make a difference. It is the desire of Campus Outreach to work hand in hand with colleges/universities, churches, families, and individuals to produce these Kingdom leaders/laborers for which there is such a desperate need.
On The Campus
CO believes that the University/College/Varsity campus is one of the most strategic mission fields/fields-of-ministry available in the world. Beyond the movement of the sovereign God through His Holy Spirit, there are at least 4 factors we see at play to make varsity students so strategic. Student Population Density on the campus is amazing and unlike many other places in the world. Student Availability on the campus is amazing and unlike virtually any other place in the world. Student Openness to ideas and hunger for knowledge is generally unprecedented elsewhere in the world. Student Potential for future impact on/in the world is incredibly high when compared to any other people demographic in the rest of the world’s population. It is the combination or cumulative effect of these dynamics that seems to have come together in tangible ways to lead us to the conclusion that the University campus is the most strategic place for CO to impact the world for Christ…
For the Lost World
The goal of CO is that we would influence the world for Christ…that we might be part of fulfilling the Great Commission (Mt 28:18-20). CO desires to be a part of the expansive enterprise of the Gospel of the kingdom or the gospel of the Glory of God that is being lived and preached and spread around the world to every people, tribe and tongue (Mt 24, Mk 13, Rev 5). More specifically, we desire that trained graduates would provide leadership for the kingdom of God in every sphere of influence imaginable on every continent around the world. It is the aim of Campus Outreach that these leaders would be mobilized from the campus to have a gospel-centered impact on those around them as they live the rest of their lives in the church, as a part of business, medicine, the community, the family, politics, education, missions, etc…
