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 labor among his own people in Jalisco, Mexico, are inspiring to hear. Kike also shares about his family and...
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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 labor among his own people in Jalisco, Mexico, are inspiring to hear. Kike also shares about his family and...
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 labor among his own people in Jalisco, Mexico, are inspiring to hear. Kike also shares about his family and...
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. Grant's insight into the challenges and opportunities in Australia and New Zealand is helpful for any cont...
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 did, engaging with the “unlikelies” on campus and beyond, and walking slowly with the Holy Spirit will ...
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 character, who is governed by a Biblical worldview and who engages persuasively among non-Christians w...
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 Christ-centered identity with Spirit-filled character, who is governed by a Biblical worldv...
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 the church, envisioning reaching places far beyond Cape Town with the gospel. Music by QubeSounds ____...
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 show on your favorite podcasting service to receive new episodes as soon as they are released....
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 concludes the episode by sharing insights about the upcoming generation of college students, with...
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 relations. Antjuan charges CO staff to prepare young laborers to be salt and light for a lifetime in or...
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 church is the key to addressing these challenges under God's grace. Movement Spotlight: CO Birmin...
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 culture. As Nai prepares to step into the church pastorate, he shares how the movement of the gospel...
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 abroad. Music by QubeSounds _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the sh...
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!” Music by QubeSounds _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on your favorite...
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 shares about the paradigm of Lead - Develop - Care, a leadership approach to staff development. Music by QubeSounds and Bamboo Corporate _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on your favorite podcasting service to receive new episodes as soon as they are released. Would yo...
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 QubeSounds _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on your favorite podcas...
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, subscribe to the show on your favorite podcasting service to receive new episodes as soon as t...
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 minister wherever they are is a message that all CO staff will benefit from hearing. Music by QubeSou...
We return for the second part of our conversation with Andrew Harris and Neil Powell in England. We learn more about Neil's church-planting initiatives in Birmingham and London. Listen to the encouraging and amazing things that God is doing through multiplication and partnership in the United Kingdom. Movement Spotlight: Campus Outreach Central Florida Music by QubeSounds and Bamboo Corporate _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on your favorite podcasting ser...
Our guest tandem today is Andrew Harris and Neil Powell. Andrew is the regional director for Campus Outreach in Birmingham, England. Neil is co-director of the London Project and works for City to City Europe. God has used their partnership in Birmingham, England, to ignite a campus movement under the authority of City Church Birmingham. In our conversation, we talk about their faith journeys and initiation into vocational ministry. Also, Andrew shares his very personal story that took him fr...
We return for part 2 of our conversation with David Cunningham, pastor and former CO staff. We dive deeper into the relationship between the local church and students, graduates, and current CO staff. David's understanding of true partnership in Christ stems from his failures and from riding the wave of God's movement in ministry. Listen to the unique perspective of a pastor who brings the ethos of evangelism and discipleship into shepherding a congregation, and how ownership and initiative i...
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 labor among his own people in Jalisco, Mexico, are inspiring to hear. Kike also shares about his family and...
