Walking by Faith

This is Jeffrey, Ben, me and Tony. We are the Campus Outreach staff for South Alabama!

This is the Brazil team a couple of weeks ago at Beach Project the night they put on a presentation about their summer called a vision rally. It was encouraging to see and hear about the things they learned in another culuture as well as hear stories about lives they were able to impact. Here are some personal videos that they showed us...please watch them. These are individual lives in another country that God working in and using you as a part of that impact! This is Raphael, Gabi, and Carol. Rapheal and Gabi are now following Jesus and Carol is still thinking about what truth really is.

Raphael


Gabi


Carol

Ok so I'm so close! I'm at 92%! Move-in day on campus is on August 15th(when I'm hoping to start meeting students). I have $245 a month to raise before then. It is a short amount of time left and I must admit I'm a little stressed about it BUT if there is one thing that I've learned throughout this process it's that God is BIG and he can do anything! Please pray that I will meet the few people that I need to give monthly and partner with me as well to have all budget needs met so that I can get on campus full time next week! If you are interested in talking with me about this opportunity to be a part of the ministry please call me at 251-604-8044 or e-mail at hbanning@campusoutreach.org. Thanks!
~Holly

I heard some newcomers to the site might be interested in what exactly it is we do with Campus Outreach and why.....here is our info!

OUR VISION

The vision of Campus Outreach is "Glorifying God by Building Laborers on the Campus for the Lost World." We seek to build laborers with a commitment to the Great Commission through evangelism and discipleship. We are passionately reaching students with the gospel and training them to become mature followers of Christ. Our desire is then to see students leave college fully equipped to labor in the harvest field for the glory of God.

Building Laborers
The need of the hour for the church is trained followers of Jesus Christ. Our desire is not to babysit students but to work to help grow them up to mature disciples. Matthew 9:36-38 says, "The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. Pray that the Lord of the harvest would send out workers into the fields." We believe God has called Campus Outreach to raise up men and women from the college campus and train them to be effective workers that will labor in the various fields of today’s world.


On the Campus
The college campus is a strategic mission field. College students are at the crossroads of life, making lifetime decisions and moving out to influence the world.



For the Lost World
These same college students who are trained on campuses eventually become men and women in the workplace, the home, our schools and many other avenues of life. Upon graduation they have the potential to affect the lost world with the gospel and to train others to labor for Christ.



"...He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd... the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few..."




The Overwhelming Need
There are approximately 2,600 colleges in the United States without an evangelical campus ministry.

The Indisputable Command
From Genesis to Revelation, God's shows His desire and command to bring the lost into a personal relationship with Himself. It is our joy to obey His Great Commission.

The Window of Opportunity
For many college students this is a critical time of life, and decisions made while in school can affect a student's life forever. Leaders built on the campus can have an impact on their generation for a lifetime.

Discipleship
Discipleship has always been the very heartbeat of the ministry philosophy. Just as Christ chose twelve men who turned the world upside down, we believe that investing in a few faithful individuals can impact hundreds or even thousands of lives.

Our Strategy
Reach college students with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Build college students into mature disciples of Christ.

Equip college students to be laborers for Christ.

Mobilize graduates into their spheres of influence throughout the world.


"Campus Outreach not only affected my college life, but the training I received through this ministry continues to affect my life every day. No matter where I go or what I do, I want to impact the world for Christ, and Campus Outreach has equipped me to do that." - Kevin Steedley, Campus Outreach Alumnus


So what exactly will I be doing at South Alabama? Well everything listed above to the best of my ability and only by God's grace and power seeing students come to know and grow in Christ. If I'm focusing on evangelism this might mean you can find me in the dorms, cafeteria, or soriority house making friends and getting to know girls in the hopes I can also share the love of Christ with them. I will be helping other Christian students to do this as well as we teach students how to study the word and share the gospel. We also focus heavily on discipleship looking to Jesus's ministry and how he had life on life training with his disciples. We have bible studies on campus and are hoping to do as it says in...

2 Timothy 2:2
"and the things you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust these things to faithful men who will be able to teach others."

I can't wait to get started please pray for our ministry at South Alabama!

BRAZIL SHIRT GIRLS

Ok so we were missing the "L" for awhile so we played a game!










There it is!