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.
Strengthening its commitment to call the next generation into global mission, InterVarsity/USA is pleased to announce Mark Matlock will serve as Executive Director of the Urbana Student Missions Conference, effective January 2, 2024.
An Iowa federal judge has ruled that the University of Iowa and its officers violated the law when they kicked InterVarsity off campus for asking its leaders to be Christian.
Students at Russell Sage College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York, can easily find out who the Christians are on their campuses. InterVarsity students bring them cookies every week. Students can sign up for the deliveries throughout the school year, the cookies are made by members of local churches.
“The number of international students keeps growing like crazy,” says Daniel Bourdanné, IFES General Secretary. “What an amazing ministry opportunity.”
Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018, is a graduate of InterVarsity’s sister movement in Burundi, where he did part of his medical studies.
Gwen Wong was InterVarsity’s second Asian American staff member and was known throughout her adult life for her love of teaching inductive Bible study. She was also known at one time for her fastball.
Louisiana in recent years has been the only state with no InterVarsity undergraduate ministry and no InterVarsity staff. Now that's changing.
Barbara Boyd was a key leader for generations of students, as the creator of InterVarsity’s popular Bible and Life program.