CAMPUS OUTREACH
University of Texas- Austin InterVarsity Chapers Use Quaerens During New Student Outreach
Posted: 09.30.2008
InterVarsity students at the University of Texas- Austin use a special display called Quaerens during NSO to encourage evangelistic conversations and expand students' understanding of the gospel.
Best Practices - Hunter College (New York)
Posted: 03.23.2006
Hunter College chapter is celebrating the work of the Holy Spirit in its community. Seven students have become believers at this urban commuter school since September 2005. This article describes the best practices that have contributed to its growth.
Creating an Evangelism Culture on Your campus
by Beth Seversen
Posted: 02.27.2008
In recent years the UCSD InterVarsity chapter experienced many students coming to faith. At a January Southern California Region Learning Day, Ryan Pfieffer, taught staff about the Culture of Response Preaching and how students are positively responding.
Hunter College Campus Staff Take the Initiative in Evangelism
Posted: 04.11.2008
Four students came to faith in February 2008 at Hunter College. Greg Jao, Regional Director for New York & New Jersey identified four initiatives taken by the Hunter College InterVarsity staff and chapter members that contributed to eternal results.
Planning an Ongoing Evangelistic Strategy
Posted: 06.08.2005
Lindsay Brown, General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, offers five practical steps for strategically reaching your campus with the gospel. What is your strategy for reaching those around you?
Soul Awakening
Posted: 12.15.2004
Soul awakening is opening people's eyes to a spiritual world in which they already participate. Geoff Gordon, InterVarsity Rhode Island Area Director, challenges us to include soul awakening events in our campus evangelism strategy.
Can This Wait?
By Beth Seversen as reported by Scott Hall, Co-Area Director, Los Angeles
Posted: 04.21.2009
Five InterVarsity campus fellowships in the Los Angeles area hosted a successful harvest conference, Can This Wait, at Campus by the Sea on Catalina Island on February 27 – March 1, 2009.
Students Respond to the Gospel
Posted: 03.16.2004
Harvey Cozart, campus staff member in Kentucky, boldly preaches the gospel in a theater lobby after viewing "The Passion of the Christ." Read about what happens.
Sonoma State University Invitational
Posted: 05.02.2006
Fifty-One students made decisions for Christ at SSU during an all-campus outreach. Read about the lessons staff and students learned: the value of prayer and fasting, the benefits of church partnerships and the importance of student leadership.
Habitat for Humanity Spring Break Projects
Posted: 06.11.2004
During Spring Break 2004, over three hundred InterVarsity students worked on Habitat for Humanity Projects. They lived in community, learned leadership skills, studied the Bible and were challenged by the whole Gospel. Read about the benefits of Habitat for Humanity Spring Break Projects.
From Skeptic to Christian
Posted: 05.20.2005
Alum sparks major evangelistic event at Grinnell College (IA). Read about the detailed steps taken to pull of a "standing room only" campus outreach event.
Building Houses and the Kingdom of God
Posted: 06.22.2004
"Habitat for Humanity Spring Break Projects is one of the best things we do at Yale and Wesleyan University," according to Tom Sharp, InterVarsity’s Team Leader in Connecticut. Tom has taken students to Habitat Spring Break Projects in Florida over spring break for the last four years. The number of students participating has grown each year, and one-third to one-half of the participants are non-Christians. Students are becoming Christians as they spend a week working and living together.
All-Campus Outreach Starts with One Student in the Baseball Dugout
Posted: 04.10.2007
Victor thought he was wasting his time in the dugout when his friends were across campus setting up for an all-campus evangelism outreach at Sonoma State University. Instead, God used his dugout conversation to change some baseball players' lives.
How to View a Movie Intelligently
Posted: 04.25.2006
The following ten questions by Dr. Drew Trotter, President, Center for Christian Study, Charlottesville, VA, can help make discussion of a film's worldview proceed along meaningful lines. Try using them the next time you go to a movie with friends.
Harvest Events
Posted: 03.25.2008
A successful harvest event requires detailed planning, good execution, and a thorough follow-up strategy. Harvest Events is a detailed plan for hosting a successful harvest event on your campus.
Always the Women
Posted: 01.13.2004
This scripture drama is a solo performance of Jesus' encounters with women in the gospels. Learn more about it and how you can bring it to your campus.
realHOPE Spring Break Mission has realIMPACT at University of Missouri - Kansas City
By Beth Seversen
Posted: 04.07.2009
The staff and students planting an InterVarsity chapter at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, host a campus mission called realHOPE which has realIMPACT on campus.
N.T. Wright Proclaims the Gospel at Harvard University
By Rick Richardson
Posted: 11.25.2008
Bishop N.T. Wright proclaims the gospel at Harvard University for three nights. What lessons can we learn from this successful campus outreach at this elite university?
Lessons Learned from a Campus-wide Outreach
By Beth Seversen as reported by Rob Dixon, Area Director, Greater Fresno/Central Coast
Posted: 05.09.2008
Fresno City College InterVarsity hosted a successful campus wide outreach, and their staff team shared eight lessons learned from the experience.
Justice and Evangelism Events on Campus
Posted: 10.19.2006
The UCLA InterVarsity student group addresses a hot topic on campus in an effort to combine justice and evangelism. Learn more about this successful outreach in Tracey Gee's summary report.
Jesus and Evil
The Role of Christianity in Colonial Oppression and Revolution
Posted: 05.25.2004
Mako Nagasawa, Boston Asian American - Area Director, presented an inspiring talk to the MIT – Asian Christian Fellowship on Good Friday, April 9, 2004. One student made a commitment to Jesus and 15 others expressed interest in a follow-up discussion.
He offered a quick historical survey of Christian non-violent movements in the 20th century. He spoke about Gandhi in India, the Black church in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, the Filipino Catholics and the peaceful overthrow of Marcos, the Catholic Solidarity movement in Poland, and Bishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa.
The target audience included the activist type person who wants to know how Jesus makes any difference in a world with injustice, seekers who are attracted to Jesus but struggle with the idea that Christianity is inseparably linked to oppression and skeptics who just assume that Christianity is inseparably linked to oppression.
How does Jesus address social evil? Read Mako Nagasawa’s answer to this question.
Humans vs. Zombies at the College of Wooster
By Jessica Fick, Evangelism Coordinator, Great Lakes East
Posted: 12.23.2008
The InterVarsity chapter at Wooster College engaged the campus with the gospel on November 10-13, 2008. Jessica Fick, Great Lakes East evangelism coordinator, describes her interaction with one student and summarizes the results from the week of witness.
Homeless Prophets Can Do Evangelism Too
Posted: 02.27.2006
UC Irvine InterVarsity chapter creates a buzz around campus. Read about their outreach that included open air preaching, GIGs, Large Group meetings, and sleeping outside in front of the administrative building for one week.
Evangelism in Denver
Posted: 08.17.2004
InterVarsity's purpose is to develop communities within the college and university campus that witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ. These communities present the gospel to students who may have not heard of God's love for them. Thought goes into organizing events that present the message without being overtly religious. The InterVarsity staff in the Denver area planned a series of monthly events that presented the gospel in an inviting setting. Read more about their plan, presentation, and positive results.
Engage NU 2008
By Beth Seversen as reported by Allen Wakabayashi, Associate AD at Northwestern University and Regional Theological Consultant
Posted: 06.17.2008
Northwestern University's campus mission, "Engage NU" created a buzz on this Big Ten University campus. Read how the InterVarsity chapter engaged the campus with the gospel.
Curious About God
By Beth Seversen
Posted: 04.04.2008
Read about the positive campus response to the UW-River Falls InterVarsity chapter's Campus Mission, "Curious", held on March 3-7, 2008.
Christmas Carol Sing Along
Posted: 01.09.2006
Read about an evangelistic event held the week before Fall final exams that attracted 1/6 of the campus to attend!
"Extreme Hunger, Extreme Hope" at the University of Pittsburgh
By Beth Seversen
Posted: 03.13.2009
A small InterVarsity chapter with a big vision challenges their large urban, commuter university campus to consider Jesus and his concern for the poor and hungry.
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