“I’m serious folks, I think CCO may be America’s leading college ministry. You’re not going to find students being discipled this way with a distinctively missional Creation-Fall-Redemption-Restoration theology anywhere in the country.”
Dr. Anthony Bradley, Assistant Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, kicked off the opening plenary session for Jubilee 2008 on Friday, February 15th in Pittsburgh.
Shortly after the conference ended, Dr. Bradley wrote an open letter on his blog to those who attended the conference. Here is an excerpt:
To all my new friends at the 2008 Jubilee Conference,
Thank you so much for being a huge blessing to me over the weekend!! Your passion for Christ and the work of Kingdom makes your CCO chapters the model for other campus ministries around America to follow. Someone needs to write a book about what you’re doing. Thanks for the encouraging words after my Friday night talk. It was a pleasure hanging out with all you all between sessions, in the hallways, stair wells, etc. You infused life in me in ways that will take me weeks to unpack…
Jubilee 2008, if I could speak to you guys every weekend for the rest of this year and get more time to hang out and talk to you guys about life “stuff,” I’d die a happy man. Lots of passion and energy! Wonderful.
…Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO)!! Wow, you’re America’s best kept college secret. What you’re doing needs to be regionally multiplied across America, yesterday! The way you all partner with local churches is inspiring and represents mature, Biblical ecclesiology. I’m indebted and am committed to what you’re doing. I’m MORE THAN WILLING to help you guys out in the future. Do not hesitate to ask!
For the Kingdom,
Anthony Bradley
To read the letter in its entirety, click here.