Our Mission
The Center for Global Opportunities exists to promote a vision for and participation in 21st century Gospel expansion.
Bob Jones University is all about the Gospel.
The CGO is all about helping students connect the Gospel to every person on the planet –  whether a person at a Greenville coffee shop or people in faraway China. The CGO is not about a new room or a new name. It’s about all of us as a BJU community working together for what’s most important – the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our Team

Mark Vowels
Director
  • Has been a pastor, a missionary, and a teacher.
  • Served missionaries in more than 40 countries.
  • Passionate about connecting students with opportunities to use their skills and interests both locally and globally.
Jordan Baun
coordinator of outreach & evangelism
  • Local church Youth Director
  • Has taught on Evangelism and discipleship in a local church and abroad.  
  • Seeks to challenge and equip students during their time at BJU for gospel opportunities now and beyond graduation.
Katie Hickey
Office administrator
  • Missionary kid from Brazil
  • Loves God, people, cultures, and chocolate; hates snow
  • Desires to serve God in whatever way He calls, but specifically enjoys serving through counseling and writing
Kevin Oberlin
Global connections coordinator
  • Served as a teacher, interim pastor, and leadership and cross-cultural coach.
  • Served in Kenya, the Philippines, Singapore, Germany, and India, and has led students to dozens of other countries.
  • Passionate about seeing students and faculty using their gifts for service around the world.
Jason Ormiston
Church Planting Coordinator
  • Inner city church planter.
  • Senior Pastor of Palmetto Baptist Church.
  • Adjunct professor at Central Africa Baptist College.
  • Passionate about seeing teams of students assembled to plant urban churches around the globe.

Connect with Us

The CGO is located inside BJU's Alumni Building across from the Bellis Copy Center. Entering the building across from the bridge, you'll see us on your left. Come in, grab a cup of coffee, and find out how you can get involved as a student in the Greenville community and beyond.

​Call us: (864) 546-4540
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