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Mac and Roy are InterVarsity alumni who are bringing God’s love to the world through both of their ministries. We sat down with them on the InterVarsity World Changers podcast. Below is a summary of their story, but you can listen to the full story here on the podcast.

“No matter how I looked at it, the world seemed dull and gray.” 

Throughout high school, Ashley’s life was full of sadness. She questioned if she had a purpose and wondered what the point was of life itself. 

More than anything, Ashley felt like she was the only one –– the only one with the questions she had, the only one who felt this lost and confused. “I felt so alone,” she said. 

I always tell my students that tax collectors were kind of like mobsters. They weren’t your typical blue-collar criminals; they were the worst kind of traitor, getting rich off the imperial oppression of their own people.  

At the Indiana University, the Greek system is one of the largest in the country. During the 2024-2025 school year, two students named Mike and Ned decided to start a Bible study in their fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon. They hoped they could help their brothers follow Jesus like they had.  

"Jesus changed my life, and I wanted God to use me to show my fraternity brothers who he is," Ned said.  

In InterVarsity, we make a big deal about decisions to follow Jesus. This year, we counted 2,670 first-time decisions to follow Jesus across the United States. Discipleship with Jesus is a daily decision to “act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God” (Micah 6:8). But formal moments of decision play a key role in our lives with God too.

For 84 years, InterVarsity has been spreading the hope of Jesus on campuses throughout the country, and across the world.

It started on November 14, 1941, when InterVarsity Christian Fellowship was officially recognized as a nonprofit organization in the United States. Since then, God has been using us to reach college students through seasons of war and revival, division and peace, sickness and hope.

I met my husband at UW-Milwaukee’s InterVarsity chapter. At that time, there was a culture of not dating. Two of the male student leaders were especially advocates for creating a culture of brothers and sisters in Christ. My now husband, Ethan, was one of them. 

"I've described myself as an atheist for as long as I can remember," Brian said. "But now, I'd say I'm more agnostic." Brian and I have been talking about faith since we were roommates in college.

"So," he said, stirring his coffee thoughtfully, "I know you're deeply religious in ways I'm not, and I'm intrigued to know more about what that means to you."

Neil, now an alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin, encountered InterVarsity not through an invitation, a roommate, or a table, but from a humble flyer. 

At The University of Texas at Austin in the early 2000s, a group of South Asian students noticed that their corner of campus was overlooked. No campus ministries or churches sought to evangelize to or create Christian community for the growing population of Indian students on campus.