InterVarsity alumni - Don Powell
Don was invited to join a Bible study group as a naval officer trainee during World War II.
Don was invited to join a Bible study group as a naval officer trainee during World War II.
Operating a rock quarry may not have been the ideal preparation for the job of legal counsel to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. But Ralph Thomas says his various life experiences, particularly those working as a small town lawyer, have come in handy preparing him for the job he's held for the last 15 years.
Paul Tokunaga's plan, when he joined Twentyonehundred Productions in 1973, "was to work one year as a thank-you to InterVarsity for helping me so much as a college student at California Polytechnic State University. But the one year became two years, two became three and three became 35."
ONS is, quite simply, one of my favorite times of the year. This year's cohort seemed to be a tad older than previous years, some bringing years of outside experience.
For over sixty years, InterVarsity has faithfully worked in the mission fields of this nation's college campuses and universities, season after season, planting the seeds of the gospel, nurturing new witnessing communities among students, preparing young disciples of Jesus to help transform the world.
Ramez Atallah is general secretary of the Bible Society of Egypt, and program chair for the Lausanne III World Congress
InterVarsity students eagerly share the Gospel with their peers on campuses across the country
Don and JoAnne Fields mentored generations of students and staff
Dana Crenshaw’s involvement with InterVarsity came after he had graduated from college
New InterVarsity Press book analyzes how people come to Jesus in a postmodern culture