The 4 Root System: Start Here!
Back to Community College PageLearn about the 4 root system of a thriving community college chapter!
InterVarsity and Gloo Announce Strategic Technology Partnership
Partnership strengthens ministry effectiveness while preserving campus-first mission focus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2026
Madison, WI — InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA today announced a strategic technology partnership with Gloo, a leading technology company serving the faith and flourishing ecosystem. The collaboration is designed to strengthen InterVarsity’s technology foundation, enabling the organization to scale its ministry across college campuses nationwide, while staying focused on its core mission.
7,000 Are Called to Mission at Urbana 25 Conference in Phoenix
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.
Every Tribe, Every Tongue: Andy's Story
In light of Lunar New Year, Andy Chan and his friends gathered at the InterVarsity ministry house near the University of Utah. They excitedly made dumplings from scratch and then put handwritten blessing cards with intricate calligraphy inside red envelopes to give out to people for encouragement. “I wanted to bring that joy to my friends here,” Andy said, who got the idea for the activity from his church back in Taiwan—the place where he first experienced God’s love in community.
From Loss to Life Change: Elijah’s Story
When Elijah entered college at Arizona State University as a freshman, he had the odds stacked against him.
His best friend of over ten years had just passed away in a sudden accident, he was angry at his parents for years of broken relationship, and he wasn’t even sure he would be able to afford college.
Closed off and trying to cope with his grief, Elijah spent hours in the gym working out his frustration.