CCO named Best Christian Place to Work for tenth consecutive year

(Pittsburgh) January 3, 2012—For the tenth straight year, the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) has been recognized as a Best Christian Workplace. The award is given out annually by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) to recognize outstanding Christian workplaces. Each year, employees from organizations around the country participate in the anonymous BCW survey. The [...]

Sarah Scheeser: “I don’t know if I would have gone back to church if it wasn’t for the CCO”

“I don’t know if I would have gone back to church during or after college if it wasn’t for the CCO presence on campus,” says Sarah Scheeser. “And my relationship with God now would be different and strained without that close connection I felt while in school with the people I know He had sent [...]

Richard Mouw to speak at Jubilee 2012

The countdown is on: Jubilee 2012 is just two months away, and the speaker line-up continues to evolve. Among others, we are excited to welcome philosopher, scholar, author and president of Fuller Theological Seminary, Richard Mouw, to the main stage. Click here to find out who else will be presenting at Jubilee, and click here to [...]

Duquesne University junior Alaina Webber serves the CCO as Events Intern

(Pittsburgh) December 12, 2011—Alaina Webber has recently joined the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) to begin a four-month internship working with the Events Team. With the Jubilee conference approaching in February, Alaina looks to contribute to the effort. “Working for the CCO—a non-profit that specifically seeks to spread the love of Jesus in all that [...]

Lee Scott Joins CCO as First Ever Director of Staff Services

(Pittsburgh) December 19, 2011—Lee Scott has recently been hired by the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) as the first-ever Director of Staff Services. The position has been created to enhance collaboration, advocacy, and communication for the CCO’s ministry on campus, as well as relationships between CCO leadership, support staff, campus staff and ministry partners. “This [...]

On helping students go home

As final exams are wrapping up at college and university campuses around the country, many students are preparing to head home for the holidays. The Faith ON Campus blog has some helpful insights about some of the challenges students and their parents may face with these homecomings: As students near the end of another term… [...]

How the CCO set Craig Carlson on the right path

“The CCO’s ministry was a miracle for me at Edinboro,” says Craig Carlson. “It’s like looking into a kaleidoscope of the many different directions I could have chosen to take and realizing that the CCO helped me pick the right path. That’s the major reason why Cindy and I support the CCO. We would hate [...]

CCO Job Opening: Director of Recruiting

The CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach), a ministry to college students based in Pittsburgh, PA and working on 87 campuses located in seven states throughout the mid-Atlantic region, is seeking candidates to apply for the following position: Director of Recruiting Our Director of Recruiting is responsible for recruiting exceptional candidates for Ministry, Leadership and Support [...]

Introducing Allisa Linfield, the new CCO Equipment Room Manager

(Pittsburgh) December 5, 2011—Allisa Linfield has joined the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) to reach out to college students as part of the Experiential Designs (XD) team. The CCO’s XD team offers students the opportunity to draw closer to each other and God through wilderness trips and other experiential opportunities. Allisa graduated from the University [...]

How the CCO helped Mary Bukovac own her faith

“I would like to thank Ted and Melanie for always being there, praying for me and loving me through my time in college,” says Mary Bukovac. “It continued the foundation my mom began and it made more of a difference than I probably ever let them know.” Mary first met CCO staff worker Ted Schumacher [...]

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