About Us
Glorifying God by building laborers on the college campus for the lost world
In the fall of 2010, Campus Outreach Washington, DC started its mission to establish a ministry on college campuses centered on sharing their beliefs and helping others grow in their faith. Starting at The George Washington University, the growing staff team began ministries at Georgetown University, and later on would grow to other campuses around the nation’s capital.
CODC sees the college campuses in Washington DC as a great mission field where we share the message of Jesus Christ. Through activities like evangelism and discipleship, our staff passionately engage with students and help them strengthen their relationship with Christ. Our hope is that students leave college with a strong faith in Christ and the skills to be active participants in spreading the Gospel for the glory of God, becoming devoted laborers for the betterment of people around the world.
How We Do It
EVANGELIZE
We start by sharing the Gospel with college students in hopes that they will turn and trust in Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
EQUIP
We then help equip students to teach and disciple other students in the way that was modeled previously for them.
ESTABLISH
We then help the students become established in their walks with God by encouraging church membership and helping them build a strong foundation of prayer, Bible study, fellowship, and evangelism.
EXPORT
Ultimately we aim to send students out into the world to apply what they have learned in college, wherever God calls them to be.
What Makes Us Different
DISCIPLESHIP
We seek to train students in the context of relationships. Rather than relying on a program or Bible-study curriculum, we emphasize the importance of life-on-life relationships (one individual sharing their life with another). We focus primarily on discipling new and young believers and training them to do the same with their fellow college students. We have a high value for ministry training.
STRATEGY
We focus on campuses that have a need for campus ministry resources. Some universities may have a significant number of evangelical organizations on campus, while other schools may not have been focused on by these ministries. The schools we choose tend to have significantly fewer religious organizations, proving to be an effective way to reach students with the Gospel.
EVANGELISM
Campus Outreach has a strong commitment to sharing the Gospel with unbelieving students on each campus. We believe that this commanded and modeled throughout Scripture. We look at texts like Romans 10:13-15 and 2 Timothy 4:2 as the scriptural basis for sharing our faith with unbelieving students on the campus.
CHURCH
Campus Outreach also believes in a strong relationship with the church. Unlike most campus ministries, we are not a para-church organization. Though we are not connected to one particular denomination, each regional ministry is under the authority and leadership of a local church body, which provides a crucial source of accountability, leadership and resources.
Our Church
Each Campus Outreach is under the authority and supervision of a regional church. Campus Outreach is not a para-church organization, but rather a ministry of the church sent to the college campus. Campus Outreach partners with churches that are healthy, Bible believing, evangelical, and Gospel preaching. These regional churches provide a crucial source of accountability and leadership for the region’s effective existence. Campus Outreach DC resides under the authority of Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC), while maintaining an interdenominational profile on the campus. This unique relationship with the church gives CODC the freedom to minister to all students directly and to wholeheartedly support the work with other churches that are committed to the essentials of the Christian faith.