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InterVarsity chapters in western Massachusetts are seeking after God.
InterVarsity chapters in western Massachusetts are seeking after God.
Sarah Shin, InterVarsity's Associate National Director of Evangelism and an InterVarsity Press author, contributed this article to Change Makers, Christianity Today's special focus on women who are influencing the church, their communities, and the world.
In the early days of InterVarsity, field staff itinerated from campus to campus by train; they were assigned to regions, not campuses. In order to reach every corner of every campus, a goal to which InterVarsity aspires, we may be returning to a semblance of those days with staff once again mentoring student leaders on a number of campuses.
In fact, it’s already starting. But instead of trains, staff use Zoom and Google Hangouts.
“I don’t have any other tool that has worked 100 percent of the time," said Evangelism Director Doug Schaupp. "It always produces conversions.”
The San Diego State University chapter partners with local churches and with students from two local commuter campuses.
Faculty from schools across the country meet together each summer for InterVarsity fellowship.
Four years after graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Derek Wu was on the fast track to become a vice president for a private equity firm, directing a team that managed $150 million in assets. He was also in a quandary, however, because he was finding ministry as an InterVarsity staff volunteer more fulfilling than the financial markets.
For two years he struggled with God’s call to become a full-time campus minister.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is issuing a statement which is signed by six other campus ministries calling racism, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy anti-Christian.
In New York City, InterVarsity facilitates a discussion of Big Questions.
InterVarsity President Emeritus Alec Hill shares lessons from his battle with bone marrow cancer.