NATIONAL MINISTRIES
NATIONAL MINISTRIES
Campus Outreach
Campus Outreach seeks to build laborers with a Christ-centered commitment to the Great Commission through evangelism and discipleship. They are passionately reaching students with the Gospel and training them to become mature followers of Christ. In 2021, Chase and Lynzey Walker joined the CO team at SIU-E, and Chase now serves as the Campus Director for the ministry.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
IVCF is a student-led, interdenominational Christian group whose vision is to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers developed. Greg and Mari Chimitris serve at SIU-E where Greg serves as the Area Ministry Director and primary direct minister. Mari serves in a part-time role working on integrating mental health principles with Christian teaching and student leadership training.
Rejoice Project
Nathanael and Kristin Avery founded Rejoice Project in October of 2008. Rejoice works in rural communities in East Africa alongside local church leaders and pastors to empower them and their members to meet the needs of their community through the love of Jesus. This entails outreaches such as providing hygiene items for vulnerable girls and providing access to clean water. Invest also provides Biblical resources and theological training for the pastors and church leaders. Through their Rejoice Project, 10,000+ children are being discipled weekly by indigenous leaders in their own community.
Pioneer Bible Translators
PBT disciples the nations by translating God’s Word into the languages of people who do not yet have access to it. Jeff and Laura Wilhoit are working with a team of nationals to translate the Bible into the Zialo language of West Africa. Jeff also serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. Laura serves as a translation consultant for additional Bible translation projects. Nathan D. serves as PBT’s Director of Recruitment, and his wife Lindsay leads a Healing Prayer Ministry.