Christians Supporting
Community Organizing (CSCO) is a bold national attempt to
change the relationship between the theologically
conservative parts of the Protestant church and community
organizing.
from the report by USC's Center for Religion and Civic
Culture (Fall, '99). For entire report see CSCO website in
"About Us."
PURPOSE
The purpose of Christians
Supporting Community Organizing (CSCO) is to work for the
shalom of our society (Jeremiah 29:7) and of our churches by
engaging Evangelical, Holiness and Pentecostal churches in
congregation-based community organizations. To work for the
shalom is to work for systemic/ structural justice within
our communities and churches. By engaging in this work, we
are seeking to bring all of life under the Lordship of
Christ.
MISSION
The mission of CSCO is to
motivate, enable and support churches and pastors of
Evangelical, Holiness and Pentecostal traditions to become
active members of regionally- and nationally-networked
congregation-based community organizations in their city.
Christians
Supporting Community Organizing,
Christians Supporting Community
Organizing,
P. O. Box 60123
Dayton, OH 45406
www.cscoweb.org
Leadership
Dr. Stephen Mott,
Dr. Dick Righter,
Dr. Wally Tilleman
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Exciting
News
on
the Video
By June 1st we will have 6 video sets
instead of the 27. We
will have a special offer of 5 sessions for $45.
Procla Media is doing the new setups, which will be on
DVD and VHS. Stay
tuned and check our website for prices and availability. We
are excited and believe the video at good prices will make a
new impact on the mission of reaching evangelicals,
Pentecostals and holiness church for faith-based community
organizing!
CSCO
Advertising Goes Online
Last year we spent $4500 on hard copy ads in six magazines.
The response to us was minimal but we feel the ads presented
CSCO to a large audience of socially active EPH Christians. Go
to 2004ad
to see the ad (in lower left corner of the Adobe Reader click
441% and then click 125%)
This
year with a $4000 ad budget we have increased online
advertising while maintaining a small ad in Sojourners plus
new ads in Social Policy and The Whole Truth (COGIC).
Robert Wood keynoted our Chicago conference and
participated throughout the two days. He
demonstrated the importance for
continuing congregational involvement that organizers
encourage the
role of pastors providing a theological grounding. "SCUPE participated and
invited us to share in their 2006 conference.
Website
Progresses
www.cscoweb.org
We
have increased the number of people using our website by four
times. We are in process of contracting to improve our design
further.
Other News
At
last year’s annual meeting we decided to begin to reach
organizers and networks with our CSCO message. One to ones
with organizers have been happening. At the annual meeting
reports will be made of progress.
CSCO members led another all day workshop at the
Gordon-Conwell Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME).
This
year there were 70 in attendance to wrestle with the
biblical and
theological grounding, and strategy, of faith-based
community
organization.
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CSCO, P.O. Box 60123, Dayton, OH 45406; email: