COC: 25 Years Later

During a recent trip to England Tripp Gordon had the chance to sit down and chat with a former student and staff of CO Charlotte, Sam Barker, who now finds himself leading a team internationally with CO LEAD. Throughout the conversation Sam gives us an inside look into what ministry in the UK has been like and the exciting things God has on the horizon!

Zach sits down with one of the original members of the CO Charlotte staff team, Blair Burke. Zach and Blair talk about Blair's experience as a student and staff member, how CO has shaped him as a Christian leader, husband, father, etc. They also talk about the ongoing nature of discipleship and the lifelong friendships that he still enjoys with the men he invested in at UNC Greensboro. Blair is our 10th and final guest for Season 1. Enjoy!

Brandi (Belk) Rawls joins me this week. We talk about Brandi coming to Christ at UNC Charlotte, coming on staff and serving for a number of years at Wingate. We go on to talk about women's development in CO and what role she plays with the CO East Coast Network Development Team.

This week my guest is Pete Ketterman. Pete served for 15 years with Campus Outreach Johannesburg and is currently working with CO's International Partnerships and Recruiting efforts. Pete and I discuss COJ's history, the transformation of the team from an American led team to an African leftest team. We go on to discuss the partnership between CO Charlotte and CO Johannesburg. Finally, Pete shares with us about how God is using CO LEAD to help churches build laborers on the campus across the world.

Our guest this week is Wendy Eunice.  Wendy and I talk about the pioneering season of CO Charlotte's history in the 90s and early 2000s and why member care is so important for CO's international works.  

My guest this week is David Springer, Regional Director for CO Central Florida. David and I talk favorite summer project memories, our time as students at Elon and David's time on staff at Wingate U. Finally, we talk about how God led him to start a new region in Lakeland, FL and some of the lessons learned pioneering a new territory.

My guest this week is Matt Bradner. Matt is a UNCC alumni and has been serving on staff with Campus Outreach for 20 years. We talk about how Matt came to faith and got involved in CO at UNCC. We talk early COC days and share a few funny stories from back in the day... his calling to lead the CO Lynchburg team and what he's doing now to strengthen marriage and families in Campus Outreach.

Paul Billings joins the COC 25 AC podcast. Paul and I talked "this or that" - the NBA, golf, food, Elon dining options and SBP hotels- the Chesterfield vs. the Sea Mist. We go on to talk about CODC's ministry and legacy, what we are learning about evangelism in 2020 and how COVID-19 has impacted college ministry today. We finish up by reminiscing about COC's 2009 Summer Beach Project.

Tim Byrd and I talk about a lot of subjects: Quarantine life, The Last Dance and Tim's unique connection to MJ! Tim's experience as an African American at UNCC and with CO in the early 2000s CO Johannesburg's history and legacy and what God is doing in Lusaka, Zambia and how he was called to serve there This pod was recorded on May 19, 2020.

Zach and Evaline Asmah (staff at NC A&T) talk social media stardom, best CO summer project jobs, how CO Charlotte and CO Raleigh became one team and CO's commitment to diversity. To follow budding social media star, Evaline Asmah on instagram, go to @evalineasmah.

In part 2 of our conversation with Joe Naramore, we talk about the legacy of Campus Outreach Charlotte - what has changed and what hasn't changed over 25 years.

In this episode, Zach Fulginiti and Joe Naramore discuss how Campus Outreach Charlotte began and what the first five years of the ministry looked like.