WHAT WE BELIEVE
Transforming college students to transform the world.
CCO CORE VALUES
All things belong to God.
Jesus changes people's lives.
We love college students.
We embrace God's multi-ethnic Kingdom.
Faithfulness is pursued together.
We celebrate life.
We believe in one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Because of a profound love for creation, God has initiated a plan of redemption and accomplished it on behalf of the people of God in the realm of temporal history. The zenith of this redemption is located in the historical incarnation of God in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. We confess Jesus to be the Christ of the Old Testament prophecy, being at the same time fully God and fully human. Jesus, through His atoning death and bodily resurrection, has provided the meritorious basis of our justification, which we receive by faith alone.
The risen and ascended Christ has sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in the hearts of believers, affecting their regeneration and operating in their sanctification. The same Holy Spirit has been given to the people of God to empower them for the service of bearing witness to the Kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit brings God’s people together to form a corporate community of believers. We believe that Christ has established a visible church which is called to live in the power of the Holy Spirit under the regulation of the authority of the Holy Scripture, exercising discipline, administering the sacraments, and preaching the Gospel of Christ.
We support the work of Christian organizations and institutions that confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
We believe that the Bible in its entirety is divine revelation, and we submit to the authority of Holy Scripture, acknowledging it to be inspired by and to carry the full weight of God’s authority. We believe that Jesus Christ is Lord of all things and thus we are committed to the implementation of the social and cultural implications of God’s commandments and grace for the transformation of society and the well-being of people. We believe our faith should be visible in concrete forms and models of personal and social behavior. We seek to be faithful disciples of Christ, enduring in love and obedience until He comes again to consummate His kingdom.
The CCO loves college students and works to create spaces to join with students in experiencing all of our lives being caught up in the vision of God making all things new.
We believe that humans are created by God to be in community with one another and with creation itself. We know that sin has disrupted our ability to relate to one another and to belong. But the story of redemption is that God does not allow this disruption to stand. God’s work to renew all of creation is clearly seen in God becoming incarnate in the life and work of Jesus.
Through Jesus, humans can be transformed and join in this grand story of God making a kingdom that is full of people—their varied cultures, ethnicities, abilities, and cultural riches being joined together to enjoy and fill this creation in the presence of God.
The biblical narrative of Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration shapes and informs the CCO’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Belonging.
The CCO is a member of the EveryCampus movement.
EveryCampus is a coalition of organizations like the CCO with a common goal: to mobilize prayer and start Gospel movements on campuses across the country. A longing for revival.
In May of 2017, the CCO hosted leaders from collegiate ministries across the country in Pittsburgh, PA. Leaders from Cru and InterVarsity USA began discussing what it would mean to combine efforts to establish Gospel communities on every campus in the United States. The EveryCampus movement was born.
It’s hard not to connect the dots with The EveryCampus movement and the CCO. What started as a small coalition of organizations has turned into a movement to reach every campus in America with the Gospel of Jesus Christ with more than 250 partnering organizations.
Currently, more than half of our nation’s college campuses do not have a known community of Christians sharing the hope of Jesus. But we believe prayer changes students, campuses, and cultures.
It all goes back to prayer. Will you commit to praying for students, colleges, and universities?
Will you join the movement? Visit everycampus.com!