Campus Outreach was founded in 1978 at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Moving the gospel forward

Since its inception, the ministry has grown rapidly and spread throughout colleges across the Southeast as well as several countries internationally. At the present time, Campus Outreach has 23 regions throughout the US and 7 regions internationally.

making disciples is our growth model

In 1995, a group of Campus Outreach staff members moved from Augusta, GA to Charlotte, NC to begin ministering to college students at UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Greensboro. Over the course of the last two decades, CO Charlotte has expanded to 6 campuses throughout North Carolina and launched new ministries to Johannesburg, South Africa (2001), Lynchburg, VA (2006) and Washington DC (2010).

New beginnings

In 2017, Campus Outreach Charlotte commissioned a new team of staff members to begin Campus Outreach Central Florida. In 2018, our team began ministering to college students in partnership with Trinity Presbyterian Church at Florida Southern College and Southeastern University in Lakeland as well as the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Click here to learn more about Campus Outreach around the world.