Re-envisioning the Mission Field as an Area Director
InterVarsity’s 2030 Calling got Amy Jacobsen thinking about the future. Not just about InterVarsity’s but also her own ministry future in southeastern Wisconsin.
Alumni and Staff Profiles
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Living Intentionally No Matter What
When MBA student Liz Dong was asked to help plan and moderate a Believers in Business conference panel on dealing with disappointments, she had plenty of experience to draw from.
Behind the Scenes—From Sketches to the Silver Screen
Ever since he was little, Romero dreamed of being in the movie industry. Now, as a professional animator who worked on Endgame (the highest-grossing film ever), Men in Black: International, Noelle, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and several Virtual Reality rides and commercials, his dream’s come true.
God Still Hits Home Runs
God spoke to Steve Tengan with a baseball analogy. He left his engineering job and joined InterVarsity full-time as a Campus Staff Minister.
Dallas Willard’s InterVarsity Ministry Roots
The story of Dallas Willard shows that ministry to graduate students and faculty is buried deeply in the DNA of InterVarsity.
Going First—Keeping Step with Christ & Community
First in her family to attend college, Ruth found herself lonely and needing God when she moved across the country for grad school--until she found an InterVarsity graduate ministry chapter.
“Ridiculous” and “Scary”: Bob Grahmann’s 40 Years of Ministry With InterVarsity
It was 1983, at the height of the Cold War. Bob was an InterVarsity Area Director in New Jersey with four years of campus ministry experience preceded by four years as a local church pastor. A friend working in Eastern Europe had invited Bob to teach church history to Romanian pastors for three weeks during the summer.
Something Clicked at Chapter Focus Week
As a freshman, Parker was ambivalent about the small InterVarsity chapter that he was invited to attend at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania.
Making Campus a Place Where People Encounter God and Find Joy
If it wasn’t for InterVarsity there would have been a lot less joy during Jocin's days as a student at Baruch College in New York City.
Chapter Planting: What Did We Know About Starting From Scratch?
Renee McCrory decided to join InterVarsity staff at the end of a long day at her sales job. She was driving to George Mason University (GMU) where she led a small group Bible study started by her church. “I realized that this could be my job,” she recalled. “I love it, so I thought, why don’t I do it fulltime?”