CCO
The CCO - Coalition for Christian Outreach - works in cooperation with Bellefield to provide trained campus ministers. They train and support people of all ages to work with college students in ministry and provide churches and schools with the opportunity to partner with them. Bellefield has partnered with the CCO for many years to provide opportunities for spiritual growth for college students.
PRISM
Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries
Bellefield Presbyterian Church partners with PRISM to provide spiritual growth opportunities for international students.
Check out the PRISM website for more information
The Open Door
In 2001, a group of 10-15 people at Bellefield Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA began meeting to explore and discern God's will for a new worship gathering at that church. By the end of 2002, we had a clearer vision for this calling and articulated this to the Bellefield community. The name the "Open Door" was breathed into existence in this time as well.In the summer of 2003, the Open Door hosted four "pilot" gatherings. The gatherings were designed to focus on worshiping God together in more participatory and multi-sensory ways than the church has traditionally known. On September 7, 2003 the Sunday evening gathering began in full. A group of individuals have been meeting weekly to digest passages and topics from the Bible and design a full gathering around these themes. A year later, the Open Door sensed God's calling to become a church plant in an urban Pittsburgh setting. As of October 2005, we have a new home in Pittsburgh's East End, which is near the neighborhoods of East Liberty, Highland Park, Friendship, Garfield, and Morningside. We are having weekly worship gatherings, which take place at the Union Project. We have found good harmony in the Union Project vision for these neighborhoods, and look forward to partnering with them even more.
