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"We believe in...the unity of all believers in Jesus Christ, manifest in
worshipping and witnessing churches making disciples throughout the world..."
(from the Doctrinal Basis of InterVarsity). InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship is a part of the Body of Christ on campus. If you have ever wondered
how many students InterVarsity Christian Fellowship touches or what ministries are active within InterVarsity, these facts may help answer some of your questions.
We bear witness to God and His
church through:
1. Collegiate Ministries
In 2007-2008, InterVarsity had 855 chapters on 556 campuses.
Some campuses have separate outreaches to International students, sororities
and fraternities, and ethnic minority groups, as well as various career-specific graduate chapters. During the 2007-2008 school year,
over 32,200 students were actively involved in InterVarsity chapters, 58% women and 42% men. 862 field staff
support these student groups.
- Multi-Ethnic Ministry
- Approximately 31.5% of the college population (not counting Internationals) identify themselves as ethnic minorities.
- Of the 32,200 active InterVarsity students, 9,205, or 29%, identify themselves as ethnic minority or multiracial students.
- InterVarsity has 125 Asian American staff, 49 African American staff, 42 Hispanic staff, 3 American Indian or Alaskan Native staff and 2 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander staff.
- Specialized areas of ministry include Black Campus Ministries, Asian American Ministries, and Latino Fellowship with a Native American ministry emerging.
- Graduate and Faculty Ministry
- 179 chapters are primarily oriented to graduate students, professional students, and/or faculty.
- 1,444 faculty members are involved with InterVarsity.
- Nurses Christian Fellowship
- During the 2007-2008 school year, 1,577 students participated in 101 Nurses Christian Fellowship groups in Schools of Nursing.
- 1039 Professional Nurses were involved in Nurses Christian Fellowship groups during the same time 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.
- Evangelism
- Chapter leaders reported 2,142 first-time professions of faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord, an increase of 156 from the previous year.
- 2,614 students attended the 1182 GIGs (Groups Investigating God) held during 2007-2008.
- 39,137 seekers participated in evangelistic events.
- International Student Ministry
- Currently, there are 595,874 international students and 100,000 international scholars in the United States from 221 countries. India, China, and Korea send the most students.
- 80 InterVarsity staff members work to develop International Witnessing Communities on campus.
- 3,340 International students are regularly involved in both undergraduate and graduate fellowships.
- Greek Ministry
- A total of 2,408 students were involved in Greek Ministry, InterVarsity's outreach to sorority and fraternity students.
2. Missions
A total of 5,506 students were involved in cross-cultural training missions in 2007-2008.
- Global Urban Trek
- The Global Urban Trek is a series of service projects where students minister in the poorest cities of the world.
- In 2008, 138 students and staff participated in Global Urban Treks in 8 countries.
- Global Mission Projects
- 718 InterVarsity students and staff participated in Global Mission Projects in 2008.
- Urban Projects
- There were 11 dips (weekend), 31 plunges (one week), 7 short projects (two weeks), and 10 summer internships in 26 U.S. cities with 2,029 students involved during 2008.
- Thousands of community residents were served in cities like Los Angeles, CA; Fresno, CA; Greensboro, NC; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; St. Lous, MO; and Portland, OR. Hundreds of students have also been involved in ongoing response to hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area.
- InterVarsity Link
- Urbana
- Urbana is InterVarsity's triennial student mission convention. Students learn about the global mission of the church. At each convention, more
than 20,000 students explore short-term and vocational missions opportunities. Over 350 agencies and
schools host booths where students can ask questions about missions projects.
- Since the first Convention in 1946, nearly 253,000 attendees have heard the challenge to participate in
God's global mission. At Urbana 06, 9,000 attendees committed to use their vocation to serve God’s Kingdom purposes globally and/or cross-culturally. An offering of $1,247,608 was given by attendees to organizations that assist the physically and spiritually poor.
- The next Urbana will be held December 27-31, 2009, again at Urbana's new location in St. Louis, MO. InterVarsity announced that location change in October, 2004.
3. Retreats and Training Centers (Camps)
In 2007, a total of 19,988 people attended InterVarsity's four training centers (Bear Trap Ranch, Colorado
Springs, CO; Cedar Campus, Cedarville, MI; Campus By the Sea, Catalina Island, CA; Toah Nipi, Rindge, NH)
to focus on God and be equipped for Christian service. These facilities are open to students, graduates,
staff, families, and church groups.
4. InterVarsity Press
InterVarsity Press (IVP) publishes about 100 new books a year and has over 1,200 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.
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