Jeff and Angela Koch

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Having both experienced tremendous spiritual growth during college, we are passionate about building communities on Chicago's campuses where the gospel captures hearts, transforms lives, and launches men and women into a lifelong adventure with Jesus Christ.

For 20 years Jeff helped give leadership to the Chicago Metro Campus ministry, a team committed to building student-led movements on up to 44 Chicagoland campuses. Jeff still disciples students at Illinois Institute of Technology, Rush Medical College, and Harper Community College, but in 2022 he handed the Team Leader reins to a teammate in order to better serve in his other role as Local Missions Director of Indiana, Illinois, and Northern Kentucky. This role enables him to coach and support 25 team leaders distributed on 13 teams, a role which he loves because of the deep friendships and incredible character of the men and women he leads.

Angela serves as the primary Cru coach at their kids' high school, Jones College Prep. This school of 1800 teenagers is consistently ranked in the top five high schools in Illinois. Cru is the only recognized Christian student organization, and the Koch children regularly seek to express the light and love of Jesus to their classmates and to the school. 

Jeff and Angela reside in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago with their seven children. Their family loves reading, LEGOs, games, Scouts BSA, engineering, Taylor Swift (mostly), and the occasional crazy family adventure - the most memorable being a bicycle trip that circumnavigated Lake Michigan during the summer of 2016.  As rural transplants, they have found living in the city to be filled with great opportunities for relationships, learning, and wonder. 

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