Officers' Christian Fellowship of the United States of America (OCF)

Officers' Christian Fellowship of the United States of America (OCF) mission is to engage military leaders in biblical fellowship and growth to equip them for christ-like service at the intersection of faith, family and profession. OCF is a member organization comprised of current and former Christian military leaders and their families who provide ministry to military communities at installations and ships around the world, along with all four U.S. Service Academies, ROTC schools and military educations centers. OCF’s focus is on Bible-based fellowship, leader development, Link-up connections from location to location, a free subscription to COMMAND Magazine and Crosspoint podcasts, and prayer support. Spring Canyon (CO) and White Sulphur Springs (PA) Conference Centers provide opportunities for rest, refreshment, connection, encouragement, equipping and adventure to those who attend.Conference centers: Spring Canyon in Buena Vista, CO, and White Sulphur Springs in Manns Choice, PA, have served tens of thousands of guests since 1962. The conference centers exist to teach, encourage, refresh, heal, and send out Christian leaders who will positively impact the military community and our nation for God’s purposes and glory. Military members, families, and youth can experience weeklong or multi-day retreats during summer and winter, including specific programs like Father Teen Adventure, Climb Together, Parent-Youth Adventure, Allegheny Outback, Camp Caleb, and Rocky Mountain High--OCF’s premier leadership development and outdoor adventure program for cadets, midshipmen, junior officers, and Christian leaders. Field Ministries: OCF staff are located at the four service academies, at two key military installations, and in several geographic regions as coordinators. The purpose of having OCF staff in the field is to cast vision, to equip growing leaders, and to send leaders out as effective facilitators and trainers of future laborers of the gospel. At the academies, staff encourage and equip cadets and midshipmen to know and live out what it means to be a Christ-follower serving in the military. This happens through leader development, Bible study, discipleship/mentoring, conferences, retreats, and mission trips. OCF also owns properties near the US Military Academy, US Naval Academy, and US Coast Guard Academy. These homes allow an extraordinary level of hospitality to cadets, midshipmen, their families, and other guests. The staff located at Maxwell-Gunter, AL, and Leavenworth, KS, encourage and equip current and new members by counseling them, supporting them, and teaching them how to organize local fellowship groups throughout the military society. They also mentor Christian military officers on how to practically integrate their faith and their military profession so that personal integrity and Christlike leadership is maintained. The regional coordinators work with Local Leaders in their respective spheres of ministry, developing and sustaining relationships with OCF members, chaplains, and ministry co-laborers. These staff are instrumental in sustaining a strong, wide-reaching grassroots ministry to the vast mission field that is the U.S. military.