Vital Statistics

"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:

• Multi-Ethnic Ministry
• Approximately 31.8% of the college population (not counting Internationals) identify themselves as ethnic minorities.
• Of the 33,670 active InterVarsity students, 9,167, or 27%, identify themselves as ethnic minority or multiracial students.
• InterVarsity has 137 Asian American staff, 52 African American staff, 45 Hispanic staff, 3 American Indian or Alaskan Native staff, 2 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander staff and 33 "two or more races" 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
• 180 chapters are primarily oriented to graduate students, professional students, and/or faculty.
• 1,584 faculty members are involved with InterVarsity and 4,200 graduate students are actively involved with InterVarsity.



• Nurses Christian Fellowship
• During the 2008-2009 school year, 1,533 students participated in 106 Nurses Christian Fellowship groups in Schools of Nursing.
• 1061 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 2,256 first-time professions of faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord, an increase of 85 from the previous year.
• 2,684 students attended the 1208 GIGs (Groups Investigating God) held during 2008-2009.
• 39,517 seekers participated in evangelistic events.



• International Student Ministry
• Currently, there are 623,805 international students and 126,123 international scholars in the United States from 220 countries. India, China, and Korea send the most students.
• 100 InterVarsity staff members focus on working with internationals in their campus ministries.
• 3,607 International students are regularly involved in both undergraduate and graduate fellowships.



• Greek Ministry
• A total of 2,692 students were involved in Greek Ministry, InterVarsity's outreach to sorority and fraternity students.

2. Missions
A total of 5,381 students were involved in cross-cultural training missions in 2008-2009.

• Global Urban Trek
• The Global Urban Trek is a series of service projects where students minister in the poorest cities of the world.
• In 2009, 164 students and staff participated in Global Urban Treks in 5 countries.



• Global Mission Projects
• 741 InterVarsity students and staff participated in Global Mission Projects in 2009.



• Urban Projects
• There were 6 dips (weekend), 19 plunges (one week), 4 short project (two weeks), 13 summer internships, and 2 long term projects in 22 U.S. cities with 1,400 students involved during 2009.
• Thousands of community residents were served in cities like Los Angeles, CA; Fresno, CA; Greensboro, NC; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; St. Louis, 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
• 38 of InterVarsity's full time staff and 7 volunteer staff serve in 20 countries overseas with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.



• 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.