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{{Short description|Non-demoninational evangelical organization}}
'''Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc''' ('''MCOI'''), is a [[non-denominational]], conservative [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] organization.<ref name="autogenerated1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144112/http://www.midwestoutreach.org/01-AboutUs/01-PeopleAndPurpose/MissionCaseVisionStatements.html "Mission Statement"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144112/http://www.midwestoutreach.org/01-AboutUs/01-PeopleAndPurpose/MissionCaseVisionStatements.html|date=May 10, 2008}}</ref> It is a [[Chicago]] support group that encourages people to leave [[Cult|cults]] or groups they deem cult-like<ref>{{cite news
|first=Ianthe Jeanne |last=Dugan |title=Church Lady of Diet Weighs In On Trinity and Her Flock Flees  |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB972863852671088281 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]] |date=2000-10-30 |accessdate=2008-05-19 
}}</ref> and "an [[apologetics]] ministry in suburban Chicago."<ref>{{cite news
|title='Boston movement' founder quits: facing growth problems, controversial group changes leadership structure
|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-22595651_ITM
|work=[[Christianity Today]]
|date=2003-03-01
|accessdate=2008-05-19
}}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref>

It has branches in [[Lohrville, Iowa]]; [[Salisbury, North Carolina]]; [[Scranton, Kansas]]; and [[Spring Hill, Florida]].<ref>[http://www.midwestoutreach.org/01-AboutUs/01-PeopleAndPurpose/01-BranchOffices/index.html Branch Offices of Midwest Christian Outreach<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509162348/http://www.midwestoutreach.org/01-AboutUs/01-PeopleAndPurpose/01-BranchOffices/index.html |date=May 9, 2008 }}</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 [[Atheism|atheist]], who acts as president.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Former atheist to share thoughts on questioning faith.(Neighbor) 
|url=https://goliath.ecnext.com/free-scripts/document_view_v3.pl?item_id=0199-4551975&format_id=XML
|work=Daily Herald
|date=2005-08-06
|accessdate=2008-05-19
}}</ref> His wife and three others serve as board members of the organization.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Who We Are {{!}} Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc |url=https://midwestoutreach.org/who-we-are/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=midwestoutreach.org |date= 8 May 2014|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Religion Dispatches]]'' credits Veinot as the founder of MCOI.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Posner |first=Sarah |date=2011-02-09 |title="Taliban Dan's" Teacher: Inside Bill Gothard's Authoritarian Subculture |url=https://religiondispatches.org/taliban-dans-teacher-inside-bill-gothards-authoritarian-subculture/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Religion Dispatches |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Founders Ministries]] credits Veinot and his wife as co-founders of MCOI.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don Veinot |url=https://founders.org/author/don-veinot/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Founders Ministries |language=en-US}}</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.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} It is also available online in [[Adobe PDF]] format called the ''Midwest Christian Outreach Journal''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Journal {{!}} Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc |url=https://midwestoutreach.org/journal/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=midwestoutreach.org |date=19 May 2014 |language=en-US}}</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>[http://www.midwestoutreach.org/02-Information/02-OnlineReference/04-Etc/01-TheJournal/index.html The Midwest Christian Outreach Journal<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509065331/http://www.midwestoutreach.org/02-Information/02-OnlineReference/04-Etc/01-TheJournal/index.html |date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref>

Midwest Christian Outreach is based in [[Wonder Lake, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Bryan |date=20 June 2016 |title=The Cult Next Door |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2016/Institute-in-Basic-Life-Principles-Hinsdale/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Chicago Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> 

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://midwestoutreach.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/444-midwest-christian-outreach Profile]

[[Category:Christian countercult organizations]]
[[Category:Evangelical Ministries to New Religions]]
[[Category:Christian charities based in the United States]]
[[Category:Charities based in Illinois]]
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