Ideas for Your Fellowship's Vision Statement
Are you trying to write a vision, mission, or purpose statement for your fellowship? Don’t know where to start? These examples of statements adopted by InterVarsity graduate-student fellowships over the years may help to give you a few ideas as you work on crafting a vision statement that reflects your fellowship's calling. |
Cornell University
We meet weekly in various groups at fellow graduate student's homes, where we worship the Lord and learn of his ways and his love for us through studying the Bible. We are interdenominational and from many countries. All are welcome, whether they are Christians or just curious about Christianity.
Duke University
We provide a family of faith for graduate and professional students and a forum for discussion of practical theology and ethics for students. We attempt to learn how to integrate our belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ with our learning on the academic campus, and we support each other in putting our principles to work. Most importantly, we seek to welcome new believers into the community of faith and to be humble and valuable friends to skeptics. Please come and give us a chance to serve you as Christ taught us to do, with good humor and sharpened minds.
North Carolina State University
As the InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship of North Carolina State University, we recognize that we are all created to glorify God in all that we do (Col. 3:17). In response to this, our mission is twofold:
- First, to love the Lord our God through strengthening our personal relationship with Christ and carrying that relationship to our work and studies (Mark 12:30).
- Second, to establish and advance a Christian community that expresses God's love by witnessing and serving others (Mark 12:31).
The Ohio State University
Graduate students working together for
Spiritual development,
Academic excellence,
And Christian witness.
Princeton University
We are a fellowship of Christian graduate students and other members of the university community. Our purpose is to encourage a Christ-centered witnessing community where members grow in love for God, God's Word, his people, and his work. We include Christians of many cultural and denominational backgrounds, and we welcome all who seek God.
UCLA
Graduate Christian Fellowship at UCLA is a fellowship of Christian graduate students who seek to integrate their academic callings with their Christian faith and to "spur one another on toward love and good deeds" (Heb. 10:24). We are affiliated with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational ministry active on campuses nationwide.
Our vision has two elements:
- We seek to provide discipleship and mentorship for graduate students in integrating their faith, learning, and life, in order to impact humanity and the Kingdom of God.
- We seek to provide encouragement and support for one another in our graduate programs.
Because we are graduate students, one of the group's distinctives is that we are an adventuresome lot. We try to ask hard questions, questions that may not have easy solutions. But our hope is that such reflection will drive us to a richer relationship with God.
University of Chicago
The Graduate Christian Fellowship is a community of graduate and professional students devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ. We promote love, prayer, service, and hospitality. We are pursuing growth and accountability in both our spiritual and academic lives, integrating our faith with our academic disciplines and vocations, and engaging our campus and colleagues with the good news of Jesus Christ.
University of Michigan
We seek to be a vibrant and welcoming community of graduate students and professionals through
studying and applying God's word, faithfully praying for each other, our departments, and our campus,
and encouraging the formation and deepening of a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.
University of Minnesota
Graduate Christian Fellowship is a chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and is affiliated with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). What connects us is our common relationship to Jesus Christ and our desire to bring his life and words to bear on our studies, the university community, and the challenges of our time.
Our Goals:
- Discerning the relationship between our academic fields and our Christian understanding
- Fostering a supportive, encouraging community for our growth as Christians
- Inviting others to join us in this venture
Things We Do:
- Discuss Scripture, articles, or books in a departmental or interdisciplinary group, and gather together to pray with others.
- Meet monthly for worship, prayer, and discussion with other students and Christian scholars.
- Enjoy engaging lectures from leading academic figures.
- Participate in conferences and retreats with graduate students from other universities across the country.
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