The least I can do is try leading for one year and pour back into the students.
“The Lord met me face to face and showed me the revival starting in our generation,” said Nina, a student in the Greek InterVarsity chapter at San Diego State University.
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Beeliada still laughs when she remembers how she ended up at her first InterVarsity Bible study at Southern Utah University (SUU).
She had given her friend Mark excuses for weeks, until one day, she ran out. Mark didn’t hesitate.
“He took my hand and dragged me! I didn’t know what to say, so I followed him and went,” Beeliada said.
Open-air preaching isn’t new. For some, campus preachers present bold gospel witness. For others, they raise concerns about what it means to effectively share the gospel on campus.
Though she already had a solid relationship with God, Angelica hadn’t yet found a good fit when it came to Christian community. Until near the end of junior year when her friend Joy Hope invited her to InterVarsity.
When I graduated college, I didn’t expect to feel so… disconnected.
I was stepping into a new job, learning how to “adult,” figuring out bills and schedules and responsibilities. On paper, life was moving forward. But spiritually? Something felt off, and I couldn’t put a finger on it.
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.
Mentors, like Tyler and Paul, shaped some of the most important moments in my walk with Jesus.
In high school, Tyler challenged me to memorize Scripture, cast vision for evangelism that led to baptizing two friends, and created space for accountability — like the night he drove me home and listened as I confessed a secret sin that had been eating at my soul.
Being a good leader is overrated.
If you just stepped into leadership this year, you probably don’t believe that yet. You want to serve faithfully. You want to honor God, so you aim for “good.”
But what if the biggest threat to your leadership isn’t failure? What if it’s striving for good?
When trying to be a “good” leader turns into a performance, it can show up in ways that aren’t obvious: replaying everything you said after a meeting, scanning the room more than listening, feeling responsible for how others respond during Bible study, etc.