Chapter Growth and Structure
The Chapter Building Task Force met in 2004-05 to understand and describe the essential components of growing InterVarsity fellowships. Seven primary factors were identified.
How is your group doing? Directon, energy, health and atmosphere are all qualities to consider in a mid-term group checkup.
Chapter growth stories from several campuses, including some commuter schools.
Why do we do what we do? Sometimes we lose our sense of purpose.
A noon prayer time at a commuter campus turns into an opportunity for students to use their lunch hour to connect with other believers on campus.
Looking at the various commitment levels of members in a group can help you plan more wisely.
InterVarsity at U. of Nevada–Reno has introduced an Apprentice Program for young and inexperienced students to learn what it means to be a Bible study leader.
Ways for Christian groups to plan for effective New Student Outreach.
Sidebar to New Student Outreach Ideas
Athletics mministry: How an Athlete's Group Grew at Johns Hopkins U.
An investigative Bible study (GIG) is offered to athletes at the University of New Hampshire.
How chapters can reach out to new students on their campus.
Sidebar to "New Student Outreach: Ideas that Work": Draw students in with concerts.
sidebar to NSO: Ideas that Work. Root beer kegger...Jazz music...Pizza taste-off...Trash on the beach
More than ever, Groups Investigating god are leading people to Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Commuter campuses present a challenge to InterVarsity chapters and leaders. Here is help.
Commuter camus ministry can be a challenge; here are ideas to help form relationships to pull a group together.
Encouraging witnessing stories from a graduate student on a community college campus
Are you frustrated with the lack of commitment from the students in your chapter? Read on for some great advice...
Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? Allow Jesus to bring on the heat!
Sidebar to Turning up the Temperature. The importance of GIGs--the testimony of a recent convert.
God can sure shake things up in your fellowship when you put your full trust in Him.
You may be an evangelist at heart—and you may even have the spiritual gift of evangelism. But it's also likely that you have yet to find your niche in the life of your campus fellowship.
Formatting your chapter's large group meetings to draw in non-Christians can invite lots of criticism. But it may also invite some incredible results!
Cliques: Are they a problem in your chapter?
Even the close-knit communities that seem to have it all together may be carrying around a lot of hurt underneath it all. How can the past hurts be put aside and be replaced with intimacy?
What do you do when your chapter grows and grows--and the older students don't like the disturbance in their pre-existing community?
Building community on a lonely campus
Does God's call to love the world seem like an enormous task? You can start loving the world in your very own chapter!
Some keys to understanding your faculty adviser
Sidebar to "The Care and Feeding of Faculty Advisors"
InterVarsity president Steve Hayner shares insights on planning and leading
Sidebar to "As the Pendulum Swings"
The campus is swarming with new students, but how do you draw them into your Bible study? Check out some successful ideas that other leaders have used.
Looking for ways to welcome new students to campus? Look no further...
Racial reconciliation is tough to talk about and even tougher to put into action.
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