Vital Statistics

We bear witness to God and His church through:

Collegiate Ministries

In 2010-2011, InterVarsity had 866 chapters on 557 campuses. Some campuses have separate outreaches to international students, sororities and fraternities, and ethnic minority groups, as well as career-specific graduate student chapters. During the 2010-2011 school year, over 36,670 students were actively involved in InterVarsity chapters, 58% women and 42% men. There are 970 InterVarsity field staff who minister to these student groups.

  • Approximately 32% of the college population (not counting internationals) identify themselves as ethnic minorities.
  • Of the 36,670 active InterVarsity students, 15,329, or 44%, identify themselves as ethnic minority or multiracial students.
  • InterVarsity has 158 Asian American staff, 50 African American staff, 42 Hispanic/Latino staff, Six American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander staff, and 31 “two or more races” staff.
  • Specialized areas of ministry include Black Campus Ministries (including 18 BCM chapters), Asian American Ministries (28 chapters), and Latino Fellowship (including three LaFe chapters) with a Native American ministry emerging.

  • 197 chapters are primarily oriented to graduate students, professional students, and/or faculty.
  • 1,518 faculty members are involved with InterVarsity and 4,467 graduate students are actively involved with InterVarsity.

  • During the 2010-2011 school year, 1,521 students participated in 92 Nurses Christian Fellowship groups in Schools of Nursing.
  • 1,005 professional nurses were involved in Nurses Christian Fellowship during the same period.
  • Many other students and professionals are reached through the Journal of Christian Nursing and conferences which focus on applying a Christian worldview to the field of Nursing.

  • 2,615 first-time professions of faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord reported by chapter leaders.
  • 3,135 students attended the 1,502 GIGs (Groups Investigating God) held during 2010-2011.
  • 43,273 seekers participated in evangelistic events.
  • 57,148 students followed-up after New Student Outreach (75% increase over five years).

  • Currently, there are 723,277 international students and 115,313* international scholars in the United States from 224 countries. China, India, and South Korea send the most students.
  • 100 InterVarsity staff members work to develop international witnessing communities on campus.
  • Nearly 3,500 International students are regularly involved in both undergraduate and graduate fellowships, including 47 fellowships specifically for International students.

  • A total of 2,692 students were involved in Greek InterVarsity, our outreach to sorority and fraternity students.

Missions

A total of 5,747 students were involved in cross-cultural training missions in 2010-2011.

  • The Global Urban Trek is a series of service projects where students minister in the poorest cities of the world.
  • In 2011, 80 students and staff participated in Global Urban Trek in five countries.

  • 421 InterVarsity students and staff participated in 28 Global Projects in summer 2010.

  • There were 11 dips (weekend), 41 plunges (one week), three short projects (two weeks), 10 summer projects and one year-round project in more than 25 U.S. cities with 2,076 students involved during 2011.
  • Thousands of community residents were served in Los Angeles, Fresno, Oakland, and Sacramento, California; Tacoma, Washington; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Greensboro, North Carolina; New York, New York; Chicago, llinoisL; Lancaster and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Missouri; Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; and Portland, Oregon. Also 734 students from New England schools were involved in ongoing response to hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area.

  • 31 InterVarsity full-time staff serve overseas in 22 countries by invitation of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. As of July 2011 there are 10 InterVarsity staff preparing to go overseas in the next year to serve students in 8 more countries.  

  • Urbana is InterVarsity’s triennial student mission conference. Students learn about the global mission of the church. At each event, up to 20,000 students explore short-term and vocational missions opportunities. Approximately 300 agencies and schools host booths where students can ask questions about missions.
  • Since the first Conference in 1946, nearly 269,000 participants have heard the challenge to enter into God’s global mission. Urbana 09 attendance was 15,800. Of that number, 7,666 committed to serve short-term or long-term in cross-cultural missions. An offering of nearly $900,000 was given by participants to organizations that assist the physically and spiritually poor.
  • The next Urbana will be held December 27-31, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Retreats and Training Centers (Camps)

In 2010, a total of 22,223 people attended InterVarsity’s four training centers (Bear Trap Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Cedar Campus, Cedarville, Michigan; Campus By the Sea, Catalina Island, California; Toah Nipi, Rindge, New Hampshire) to focus on God and be equipped for Christian service. These facilities are open to students, graduates, staff, families, and church groups. In August 2011, InterVarsity announced the temporary closure of Bear Trap Ranch, and in December transferred Bear Trap Ranch assets to Foundation of the Heart and its ministry, Band of Brothers.

InterVarsity Press

InterVarsity Press (IVP) published 97 new books last year and has over 1,400 titles in print. IVP books consistently win awards for their quality and have been translated into over 60 languages including Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Persian, Croatian, and Estonian. More than 600 ebook titles are available on Kindle.

* International student numbers for 2011 provided by Open Doors Ministry.