“One never knows when you’re teaching Bible study skills around the world, how that’s going to affect history,” said Bob Grahmann, as the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students World Assembly in Krakow, Poland, neared its end.
Nate Schutt is an InterVarsity Campus Staff Member at the University at Buffalo in New York. He is a part of the 44-member InterVarsity/USA delegation at the World Assembly of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, taking place in Krakow, Poland, from July 26-August 3, 2011.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is just one member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. And IFES is just one organization out of many Christian organizations that are involved in ministry around the world.
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