Andrew & Jami Harris

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I came to know Christ during my junior year of college through a Campus Outreach New Year’s conference. As I grew in my relationship with Him, I also grew in my understanding of the importance of global missions. In 2014 my family moved to Manila, Philippines along with a team of recent CO grads to pioneer a new ministry. As that ministry is now established and growing, we are excited to be starting a new Campus Outreach region in Birmingham, England! We believe England is a strategic place to impact university students who could then transform their city, culture and the U.K. for the Glory of God.

Jordan & Maribeth (Strong) Bailey

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The Baileys both started following Christ during their time in college (Jordan at Kansas State University and Maribeth at Troy University). God used His Word and community to grow their hearts for the lost. Jordan was spurred on by Revelations 7:9 to pursue missions. He felt the Lord excite him about seeing a diverse group of people come to worship Jesus, which is what led him to serve as Campus Staff in Birmingham. Maribeth felt the Lord tug at her heart with Matthew 9:35-38. The great need for people to hear about Jesus is what led her to serve as the Women’s Coordinator in Birmingham. Jordan and Maribeth met right before they left for Birmingham and fell in love while on the field together. They got married in May 2023! They are so honored to have the privilege of sharing Christ in Birmingham, England!

Lexi Cannizzo

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Lexi was born and raised in Wichita, KS, and went to college at Kansas State University, where she studied Human Development and Family Science. Lexi grew up going to church; however, she did not come to have a genuine relationship with God until her freshman year of college. Lexi then became involved in Student Mobilization at K-State, where she learned what it looked like to follow Jesus and help others know Him as well. During her time in college, she learned to share the gospel with the young women around her. Additionally, she began to grasp what it looked like to teach these women to do the same thing and continue the process. Lexi is extremely excited to be joining the team in Birmingham, England, with the prayer that God will continue to work through her to see students come to know Him.

Drew De Sanctis

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My name is Drew De Sanctis, I’m from Memphis, TN and graduated from the University of Memphis with a Nursing degree. After my freshman year of college, God opened my eyes to the Gospel through a summer discipleship program. Since then, God has given me a desire to share this good news with my fraternity brothers, rugby teammates, and many more. God has also given me a heart to glorify and make Him known among the nations. I’m excited for the opportunity to serve in Birmingham, England, where I can share the Gospel with students on the college campus.

Beau & Sarah Dugan

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The Dugan’s each came to Christ during their college years (Beau at UWG and Sarah at Auburn). As they began to follow Jesus, God’s heart for the world began to shape them deeply. The Lord called Beau and Sarah to go overseas with CO SERVE right after they graduated for about a year each. Beau served in Christchurch, NZ with the first team sent in 2016 and transitioned to CO staff at UWG 2017-2020. Sarah served in Brisbane, Australia 2017-2018.

These two met through CO SERVE after laboring for the gospel overseas. God directed their hearts towards one another, and they were married in October 2019! After a couple of years of ministry stateside with CO, God again directed their hearts to serve the Lord and His Kingdom in an overseas context. They are currently serving in Birmingham, England!

Alan & Junia Andrioni Fernandes

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I came to Christ in 2005 as a junior in college through the ministry of Campus Outreach in Brazil. Junia and I were married in 2010 and later blessed with Enzo, in 2015. I worked for 12 years with CO Belo Horizonte with a focus on evangelism, discipleship, and sending laborers. Our family was deployed to the UK in October 2018, and we now live in Birmingham, England. My job is to help the team in place with their university student ministry as we seek to “Build Laborers on the Campus for the Lost World”.

Ally Gasser

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Ally became a Christian in 2017 through a campus ministry at the University of Missouri. God changed the trajectory of her life and gave her a desire to serve the Lord wherever He would call. That led Ally to spend a year in Birmingham, UK with Campus Outreach. After falling in love with the country and melting pot of cultures, the Lord really burdened Ally’s heart with how He is moving in England. She was offered to stay on to work for the team in Birmingham as Campus Staff/Media Coordinator! Ally is excited and humbled to continue being a part of how God is reaching the nations through the ministry in Birmingham, UK!

Dan Haynes

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I moved to Birmingham to study at University in 2008 and have been here ever since. My student years were a pivotal time in my life, when I thought through the implications of Jesus’ claim to be Lord in a way I hadn’t before. Either Jesus is who he says he is, which changes everything. Or he isn’t, so it changes nothing. Throughout that time, older Christians showed me what it looked like to live and speak for Jesus and I saw that I could trust him with my life. I’m excited to be involved with Campus Outreach and see students in Birmingham come to find that same hope in Christ.

Jake Heckman

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My name is Jacob Miller Heckman, and I was born to Lee and Crickett Heckman in Nashville, Tennessee. I lived in Tennessee all of my life before attending the University of South Alabama in Mobile. At South, I was a communications major, and I was involved in Campus Outreach for all 4 years. I learned to walk with the Lord in college, and I am currently trying to offer myself up as a vessel in which the Lord may use me for his work!

Alexis (Maddox) Hill

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Alexis is from Northern GA and is a graduate of Georgia Southern University. At GSU, God pursued her through the ministry of Campus Outreach and the local church, and she began walking with God in 2017. As her faith developed, she was burdened for those who had never heard the good news of Christ. With this desire, God gave her the opportunity to serve in England for 2 years with Campus Outreach. She fell in love with the place and its people and was offered a 3-year extension to work on the Birmingham team as Campus Staff & Logistics Coordinator. Alexis couldn’t be more excited to see what God will do next in Birmingham, UK!

Mitchell Hill

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I came to Christ just before college, and in 2015, I entered my freshman year at the University of South Alabama, desperate for Christian community. Through Campus Outreach, my faith grew exponentially as I was challenged by God’s Word, encouraged in prayer, and equipped to share my faith. On a cross-cultural project to Brazil in 2017, I was convinced of God’s call on my life to serve Him overseas. In 2021, I committed to serve God by helping pioneer a CO ministry in Birmingham, UK. The spiritual darkness and ethnic diversity make Birmingham particularly strategic; it’s one of the few places where “the nations” can be reached in one city. I’m honored to serve Christ and hope to teach His Gospel to many students in the UK so that they may know Him.

Adam & DeAnna Hoyt

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Adam and DeAnna each started following Christ during their college years. Adam sensed the Lord’s calling to missions during his time in seminary. He has served in both Zambia and South Asia. Adam is passionate about those who have yet to hear to be reached with the Good News. DeAnna has served on staff with CO stateside for the past 12 years and has a heart for evangelism, discipleship, and seeing the world reached with the Gospel. They are looking forward to engaging in the work God has for them with university students in Birmingham, England and trusting that the work reaches the ends of the earth. Adam and DeAnna have one daughter, Hallie.

Riley Lanier

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I was tricked into a Bible study my senior year of high school. So, coming into college at The Citadel I knew Christ, but I didn’t really learn what it meant to follow Him until I met a CO staff guy my first semester freshman year. After being able to both be discipled and disciple a few guys, I felt the Lord was telling me to come on staff in Charleston. Over the past 5 years, the Lord blessed me to do ministry at the College of Charleston and Charleston Southern where men have come to Christ, been discipled, and are seeking out others to share and disciple. I have felt the tug to go overseas for years and a desire to do ministry with specifically Muslims and post-modern people. From these prayers and desires, the Lord opened the door for me to join CO Birmingham in the UK! I’m excited to see what God has in store!

Sarah Lewis

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Sarah became a Christian at a young age, and God has graciously transformed her life as she has grown in her knowledge of and love for Him. In high school, she began to have compassion for those who don’t know Jesus or have hope in eternal life. As she began to share the Good News of Christ’s death and resurrection in college, she sensed a calling to vocational ministry and joined the Campus Outreach Memphis staff team. She has been sharing her faith with women at Rhodes College and helping them grow into spiritual leaders for the past four years. Since then, God has continued to stoke a vision in her life to see people from every nation across the world worshipping at the throne of the Lamb. She is excited to be part of the work of redemption God is doing in Birmingham!

Austin Mawby

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Austin grew up in Saginaw, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Arlington, where he studied Accounting. Through being involved in his fraternity on campus, Austin became connected with Campus Outreach. Because of this relationship, he was challenged for the first time on what a relationship with Jesus truly looked like. After about two years, Austin found himself at a Campus Outreach New Years Conference in Austin, Texas, where he then gave his life to the Lord. Over the next two years, Austin began to grow in his relationship with Jesus and his understanding of what it meant to make disciples. It was during these two years that his heart for missions and his desire for others to know Jesus grew exponentially. After college, Austin participated in LEAD in Birmingham, UK. Now, he is excited to continue his time there for the foreseeable future, as he longs to see the nations reached through this extremely diverse city so that one day the UK will return to being the sending nation it once was.

Julie Muntean

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My name is Julie Muntean, and I graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. God used my college experience to grow me so much in my faith and deepen my relationship with Him. Throughout college, the Lord allowed me to be around people who both encouraged me and challenged me in my walk with God. The Lord showed me what a delight it is to share the good news of the gospel by bringing people into my life who were interested in growing in their faith. After doing Bible study after Bible study, I realized there is so much joy in seeing the Lord work in another’s heart. While I amazingly watched Him work in others’ hearts, little did I know that He was slowly working in mine as well. He molded my heart to see His compassion for the lost and gave me a heart to see His kingdom grow. I am so excited to see all that the Lord has in store for Birmingham!

Meghan Rintoul

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Meghan became a Christian in 2013 through the ministry of CO at Southeast Missouri State University. After catching a vision for sharing Christ with college students, she came on staff with the Resource Office and Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. After serving in Memphis for 5 years, many prayers, and the Lord’s leading, Meghan felt the call to take the skills she has learned in Memphis and go to serve overseas. She is excited to join the ministry in Birmingham, England as the Regional Director’s Assistant, where she will continue to see God’s kingdom be built here on earth as it is in heaven!

Mason Scheidler

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I’m from St. Joseph, Missouri, and I graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Finance and Economics. During my sophomore year of college, I was impacted by the gospel through an older guy in my fraternity, and it changed my entire life as I began to understand what living for God meant and the joy and fulfillment that comes with it. Ever since then, all I have wanted to do is be for others what my fraternity brother had been for me. As a result, I have spent these past couple of years growing in my relationship with God and helping others come to know Him. Now I have the opportunity to serve in Birmingham, England, where I will have the privilege of sharing the gospel with students on a university campus who have never heard of Him. I am excited to see how God uses this next step in my life to change the world!

Taylor Stewart

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My name is Taylor Stewart, and I graduated from the University of Missouri in 2019. While in college my sophomore year, I began to become unsatisfied with my life and began to question if I could be living for something more. Around this time, one of my very good friends shared the gospel with me, and I began to investigate what it would look like to begin following Christ and made that decision at StuMo’s winter conference, SMC. Since making that decision, the Lord has opened my eyes to see His desire for every nation, tribe, people, and language to come to know Him personally and that I have the opportunity to play a small part in that!