Earlier this year, the president of Salem Community College (SCC) in New Jersey held a meeting of the campus department chairs.
"Everyone is talking about InterVarsity on campus!" one of the chairs said.
That alone is an incredible testament to God’s faithfulness, but just a year ago, Salem had no known ministry on campus.
January 1, 2026
Phoenix, Arizona –– 7,000 students, mission organization and church leaders, and InterVarsity alumni and staff gathered for the 2025 Urbana missions conference, held in Phoenix for the first time, December 28 through 31, 2025.
“How do we live into the imagination God has given us to take the gospel into the world?” Executive Director, Mark Matlock, asked the audience on the first night of the conference.
In November of her freshman year, Sam had a conversation with an InterVarsity student leader that she would vividly remember a whole year later.
The leader told Sam that if he lost everything –– his family, his belongings, everything and everyone –– he would still be okay, because he has Jesus.
As a new Christian just getting to know Jesus for herself, Sam was skeptical. “Really?” she remembers asking. “That’s a bold claim to make! You can say that, but is that how you would genuinely perceive it?”
“All you really need is Christ,” he insisted. “Nothing else.”
