Midwest Christian Outreach
Template:Short description Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc (MCOI), is a non-denominational, conservative evangelical organization.<ref name="autogenerated1">"Mission Statement". Template:Webarchive</ref> It is a Chicago support group that encourages people to leave cults or groups they deem cult-like<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and "an apologetics ministry in suburban Chicago."<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
It has branches in Lohrville, Iowa; Salisbury, North Carolina; Scranton, Kansas; and Spring Hill, Florida.<ref>Branch Offices of Midwest Christian Outreach Template:Webarchive</ref>
Its mission statement: "Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc., is a non-denominational, evangelical organization that exists to defend the Gospel of Jesus Christ, especially to those who consciously reject it due to what MCO deems 'false beliefs', and to challenge and equip believing Christians to do the same".<ref name="autogenerated1" />
MCOI is headed by Don Veinot, who is a former atheist, who acts as president.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His wife and three others serve as board members of the organization.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Religion Dispatches credits Veinot as the founder of MCOI.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Founders Ministries credits Veinot and his wife as co-founders of MCOI.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Since 1995, MCOI has produced a self-published journal which is mailed out three to four times a year with a circulation of under 2,000.Template:Citation needed It is also available online in Adobe PDF format called the Midwest Christian Outreach Journal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The journal consists of three or four articles each issue, with either Don Veinot or his wife writing at least one article each time, and a small group of other like-minded conservatives that are frequent contributors.<ref>The Midwest Christian Outreach Journal Template:Webarchive</ref>
Midwest Christian Outreach is based in Wonder Lake, Illinois.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>