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.
As a freshman, Parker was ambivalent about the small InterVarsity chapter that he was invited to attend at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania.
Emily thought she knew Jesus. But her loneliness and unfulfillment made her realize how wrong she was.
InterVarsity believes that getting off campus for special experiences like retreats, leadership training camps, and Global and Urban Programs are critical for students.
Barbara Boyd was a key leader for generations of students, as the creator of InterVarsity’s popular Bible and Life program.
Lauren floated through college, until her non-Christian friend introduced her to InterVarsity. Now, she wants to serve America, without chasing the American dream.
At a small college in North Carolina, students find welcoming communities in InterVarsity Bible studies.
Gabby loved basketball but had no idea how God was going to use it to change her life and the lives of others.
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.