University of Iowa Campus Ministry Upheld in Federal Court
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.
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.
Over the course of college, InterVarsity strives to help students build a foundation of faith that will last a lifetime. But applying faith lessons often starts before graduation.
This past summer an Athletes InterVarsity group went to Uganda to serve in a refugee camp in partnership with the nonprofit organization ChildVoice.
The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students has announced new leadership for the global movement that includes InterVarsity.
InterVarsity Press is consistently recognized for high quality titles that are published annually.
InterVarsity says good-bye to two key staff, Marilyn Stewart and Bill McConell, whose lengthy service to campus ministry includes work among university students in the US and, through the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, in Latin America.
“The number of international students keeps growing like crazy,” says Daniel Bourdanné, IFES General Secretary. “What an amazing ministry opportunity.”
World Student Day celebrates God’s work on college campuses around the world through the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES).