InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA

The purpose of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is to establish and advance at colleges and universities witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture and God's purposes in the world. Founded by C. Stacey Woods in 1941, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA traces its roots to Christian student groups in England and Canada. In 1947 we expanded our ministry through the official establishment of our publishing arm, InterVarsity Press. We also became a founding member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in 1947. Through the years we’ve mobilized over 300,000 students for God’s global mission through our triennial Urbana Student Missions Conferences and sent over a million InterVarsity alumni out from campus to live lives of hope and faith in myriad cities, fields, and countries. Prayer, manuscript Bible study, missions, and multiethnicity have been important parts of our DNA from the beginning. (Less)