A report (brief history) based on my experience as a family group leader and speaker at many International Student Conferences (called "Houseparties" in InterVarsity) at Cedar Campus in upper Michigan. Don DeGraaf, author.
This interview is addressed to international students in a campus fellowship like Inter Varsity or those thinking of starting and leading an "International Student Fellowship" on a campus in North America.
This international student fellowship group has been in existence at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York now for over two student generations. It is an excellent example of the type of fellowships that are springing up all over North America.
Author of the book, Impossible Community (IVP), Barbara Benjamin Archilla writes about her multi-cultural background, immigrant grandparents and experiences as an adult missionary in Ecuador and among students in New York City.
The current international students in Canada come from countries all over the world. Susan Fish describes the work of the International Student Ministry staff in the province of Ontario, Canada.
This is a guide for those who are leading a cross-cultural Bible study with international students and what some helpful suggestions on how to lead the group effectively.
Here are a number of evangelical ministries among international students in North America that have websites about their work among international students.
This article was written for the Spring 2003 publication of the Assoc. of Christians Ministering to Internationals (ACMI) by Ned Hale, Director of International Student Ministries (ISM) in Inter Varsity from 1981-2000.
Originally a handout for a seminar on this subject given by Dr. Archie A. MacKinney to a North American Conference of the Association of Christians Ministering To Internationals (ACMI) during the 1980s, with a 2002 update.
Two stories of international student ministries of Inter Varsity staff on campuses in Virginia and California, including the story of Ravi, as student from India, coming to faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
A detailed description of how a fall tour is run for newly arriving international students. This tour was of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin conducted each year starting in 2004.
Topics: What is a host family, why be one, understanding international students, practical suggestions, hospitality hints, entertaining your guest, some organizational things, encouragement.
Here are websites of InterVarsity groups for international students on campuses in North America.
