Campus Outreach StaffCast

Today, we bring a special episode with a special co-host, Mary Kelly Letro from the CO SERVE Mobilization Team. Also, joining us as our guest is Derrell Mims, Campus Director at Berry College in Rome, GA. Mary Kelly and Derrell have teamed up over the past years as the Berry College staff team has made it a point to keep the nations - both going and sending - as an integral part of their campus mo...

Our guest this week is Alan Andrioni. Alan is currently on staff in Birmingham, England. However, his testimony and first years on staff trace back to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where and when both hosts, Kent Bailey and Jon Elam, were on staff. Alan shares how the missional community he experienced drew him to Christ, and how the gospel transformed not only himself, but his family, classmates, and f...

Our guest this week is Joanne Lewis, who has faithfully labored and discipled since her college days. Joanne came to Christ at the University of Montevallo in the early days of Campus Outreach and embarked on her "life of adventure”with her husband Brian Lewis (episode #60). Today, she lives in Memphis, TN, and continues to invest her time in Campus Outreach and women in ministry. Joanne&apos...

Our guest this week is Blake Buckman, Area Director with Campus Outreach Lexington, Kentucky. Blake is a blue-blood Kentuckian and loves to labor where his roots are strong. Blake came to faith in college through the faithful ministry of a few CO staff. His staff experience came when he felt so strongly about spending his days sharing Jesus on campus, “I can do nothing else.” Through fruitful seas...

Our guest this week is Sarah L., on staff with Campus Outreach Birmingham, England. Sarah shares her upbringing as a child of Campus Outreach staff, her conversion, and the first twinges of a desire to become a laborer. She shares her reflections on what it means not only to be a follower and disciple of Jesus, but also a laborer in God's harvest field. Sarah's burden is to see multiplic...

This week, we are posting a message by Reverand Frank Barker from the 1999 Campus Outreach Christmas Conference, "He Is No Fool”, organized by CO Birmingham, AL. In the weeks following the 2026 CO NatCon, the missional drive that permeates Campus Outreach ministries on college campuses worldwide serves as a reminder of the impact that Rev. Barker had on the ministry in its founding and expans...

Our guest this week is Jeff Bolger, Program Coordinator for the CO National Conference 2026. Jeff shares his testimony and his path with CO Birmingham, AL, to his current staff role and his responsibilities with the NatCon. Jeff, Kent, and Jon are excited about laying a foundation of excitement, vision, and prayer for what God has prepared for this catalytic event. Do you remember what God did in...

Our guest this week is Brian Lewis, Pastor of Outreach at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, TN. Brian spent over 30 years on staff with Campus Outreach before transitioning to pastoral ministry at the church where he served as Regional Director for Campus Outreach Memphis. Brian's fervor for evangelism and multiplying discipleship is clearly seen as he shares about his conversion, minist...

Our guest this week is Kike Astorga, Regional Director of Campus Outreach Guadalajara, Mexico. Kike is a native of Guadalajara, commonly referred to missiologically as the center of "the circle of silence” in Mexico, where only 1-2% of the population identifies as evangelical Christian. Kike's personal testimony of faith, his drive to tell others about the gospel, and being convinced to...

Our guest this week is Grant Linneman, Tasman Network Director for Campus Outreach. Grant's testimony and experience are filled with the efforts of laborers in his own life. Now, after 20 years of laboring on staff with Uni-Impact (Campus Outreach in Australia), he invests in pastoral care of and investment into developing laborers from campus, his local church, and regional staff teams. Gran...

Our guest this week is Samantha Roberts, International Network Women's Development Director with Campus Outreach SERVE. Samantha brings so much to our conversation about the Definition of a Laborer from her personal testimony and ministry experience. She also brings the experience of women leaders from Campus Outreach ministries. Her convictions and passion concerning seeing people as Jesus d...

Our guest this week is Beau Hughes, Lead Pastor at The Village Church Denton in Denton, TX. As a CO hub church pastor, Beau has actively engaged with Campus Outreach staff and teams, which makes him the perfect guest to kick off Season 4 of the StaffCast as we dive into our definition of a laborer, “a person mobilized through the church to live out Christ-centered identity with Spirit-filled chara...

Season 4 of the Campus Outreach StaffCast is coming in September 2025. We at CO SERVE desire for the StaffCast to encourage all Campus Outreach staff. This is a podcast by CO staff, for CO staff. Season 4 will focus on one theme - The Definition of a Laborer. Each episode will dive into what it means to be a laborer using the following definition:  A person mobilized through the church to live out...

We return for Part 2 of our conversation with James Broadaway and Stephen Murray in Cape Town, South Africa. Stephen shares his opinion about the strategic partnership that church planting and campus ministry can generate. James shares more specifically about campus ministry in Cape Town's unique context. We conclude with both James and Stephen excited for the future impact of the campus and...

Our guests this week are James Broadaway and Stephen Murray from Cape Town, South Africa. James is the Director of the Campus Outreach team, and Stephen is the pastor of Union Chapel. Both tell their stories of coming to faith and the journey that God led them toward their partnership in ministry in Cape Town.  Music by QubeSounds _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the sho...

We return to our conversation with Antjuan Marsh, a man who is an “uniter of people,” as our co-host Kent Bailey affectionately stated. Antjuan revisits the difficult times he endured during the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests in the early 2020s and how God desires to use everything: our experiences, talents, skills, and personalities for a hurting world that needs the gospel. Antjuan...

Our guest this week is Antjuan Marsh, a CO alumnus who has been laboring in the field of public education for decades. Through his storytelling, Antjuan shares his testimony about the movement of the gospel that God brought to Troy University in the 1980s. He also shares his approach to being a laborer in public education and how the gospel breaks down the dividing wall of hostility in race relati...

We return to our conversation with Nai and Bla from Khon Kaen, Thailand. They both continue to give insight into the movement that is happening in Thailand, in a region where only 2% of the population identifies as Christian, both the fruit and the challenges. Some of the challenges include equipping young men for leadership, seeing real multiplication happen for the first time, and how the local...

Our guests this week are Nai and Bla, both veteran leaders on the team in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Nai and Bla share their testimonies of faith coming from different family backgrounds, their first contact with the gospel and how God first drew them to become laborers in His harvest field. Their experience of walking by faith speaks to so many who come from non-Christian backgrounds, no matter the cul...

We return to our conversation with Andrés Garza, Director of City to City America Latina. Andrés continues his exhortation to form strategic partnerships in order to meet the needs of the cities and continue the process of discipleship. He also shares his own experience of working in a multicultural team. Andrés closes with a heartfelt encouragement to all Campus Outreach staff, both home and abro...

Our guest this week is Andrés Garza, Director of Redeemer City to City America Latina. Andrés shares his journey as a church planter in Mexico and how God has used City to City to impact Latin America. He also shares about how the strategic partnership with Campus Outreach in Monterrey was born. He champions Campus Outreach via his first-hand experience by declaring, "This really works!” Musi...

We return for part 2 of our conversation with Melanie Rogers, LEAD Program Team Leader at CO SERVE. Melanie shares more about the LEAD program and its impact around the world. She also discusses the paradigm of Lead—Develop—Care, a leadership approach to staff development.  Movement Spotlight: Campus Outreach Belo Horizonte Music by QubeSounds and Bamboo Corporate _________________ If you enjoyed...

Our guest this week is Melanie Rogers, LEAD Program Team Leader at CO SERVE. In Part 1, Melanie shares her personal story of knowing Christ and her staff experiences in the US and internationally. Melanie's insight into becoming a laborer for a lifetime is encouraging. After 23 years on staff, she is still learning about how to love people better and grow closer to her Lord.  Music by QubeSou...

We return for Part 2 of our conversation with Natee in Bangkok, Thailand. Ajahn Natee champions contextualization of the gospel and ministry while unwavering in his commitment to the local church. He shares the challenges and opportunities for campus ministry in Thailand and Asia in the urban centers of these diverse cultures. Music by QubeSounds   _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, su...

Our guest this week is Natee, a pastor, theologian and church planter in Bangkok, Thailand. Ajahn Natee shares his faith journey and his first steps toward ministry and church planting. His humility, gospel centrality and clear resolve to see the gospel spread and plant roots in Thailand are encouraging. Natee's understanding of the need to preach the gospel to himself and equip Christians to...