Our Movement

OUR VISION

IS TO SEE:
Students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, & world changers developed.

OUR PURPOSE

IN RESPONSE TO GOD’S LOVE, GRACE, AND TRUTH: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.

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OUR CORE VALUES

WE VALUE:

• Context:
  • Colleges and Universities - We are called to be a redeeming influence among their people, ideas, and structures.
    
• Formation:
  • Community - We promote authentic relationships and redemptive communities marked by God’s grace and truth.
  • Prayer - We express our faith, love, and dependence on God through lives of prayer and worship.
    
  • Discipleship of the Mind - We engage in learning and thoughtful biblical reflection in every area of life.
  • Scripture - We encounter the living God through Scripture and are transformed by the Holy Spirit as we read, study, teach, and obey his Word.
    
  • Leadership Development - We develop women and men to serve as leaders at every level of InterVarsity and ultimately for the kingdom of God, honoring God’s gifts and calling in them.
    
  • Spiritual Formation - We cultivate intimacy with God and growth in Christlike character through personal and corporate spiritual disciplines, empowered by the Spirit.
    
• Expression:
  • Ethnic Reconciliation and Justice - We pursue ethnic reconciliation by practicing mutual empowerment, grace, and truth, and by promoting personal and systemic justice.
  • Evangelism - We proclaim and live out the gospel with love and boldness, calling people to repentance, faith, and new life in Jesus Christ.
    
  • Church - We partner with other campus ministries and local churches in campus ministry to equip students, faculty and staff to be lifelong active members in local congregations.
    
  • Missions - We serve God and partner with his people to extend His kingdom cross-culturally on campus and around the world.
    
  • Whole-Life Stewardship - We proclaim Jesus as Lord over all creation and culture, striving to integrate faith, life, and vocation in serving him.
    

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OUR BELIEFS

WE BELIEVE IN:

The only true God, the almighty Creator of all things,existing eternally in three persons– Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–full of love and glory.

The unique divine inspiration, entire trustworthiness and authority of the Bible.

The value and dignity of all people: created in God’s image to live in love and holiness, but alienated from God and each other because of our sin and guilt,
and justly subject to God’s wrath.
Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine, who lived as a perfect example,
who assumed the judgment due sinners by dying in our place, and who was bodily raised from the dead and ascended as Savior and Lord.

Justification by God’s grace to all who repent and put their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation.

The indwelling presence and transforming power of the Holy Spirit,
who gives to all believers a new life and a new calling to obedient service.

The unity of all believers in Jesus Christ, manifest in worshiping and witnessing churches making disciples throughout the world.

The victorious reign and future personal return of Jesus Christ, who will judge all people with justice and mercy, giving over the unrepentant to eternal condemnation but receiving the redeemed into eternal life.

To God be glory forever.

​Read more about InterVarsity’s Beliefs

4 Circles

The Big Story is InterVarsity's attempt to clarify::
– What we believe.
– Why we do what we do.

Everything Was Created good

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For us, it all begins at the beginning. We believe that from the very beginning God created everything good and whole. We believe that God’s initial intent for people was that we would be in harmony with creation, with each other, and with God himself. Everything just worked! And this is what God wanted from the start and is what He still wants for us today.

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We Rebel Against God

It was simple. If we lived life the way God wanted us to, all would remain good and harmony would be maintained. However, we chose to do it our way, and everything was thrown out of balance. We began to brutalize the resources on the earth, fight with and subjugate one another, and ultimately cut off our relationship with God. We continue to reject God’s way to this day, which explains many of the pains and problems of the world.

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God Intervenes

However, God loved his creation too much to let it stay this way. Because of his great love, God came down to earth in the form of a man, Jesus Christ, and died on a cross so that our relationship with creation, each other, and God could be restored. His death on a cross gave anyone who wanted it a chance to step into a new kind of living where we take care of creation, love one another, and speak face to face with the living God.

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We Are Sent To Heal

​But the story doesn’t end with us! Because there ¡s still so much more work to be done, Jesus actually sends us out in community to be healing agents to the world. Just like Jesus invites us into a new kind of living, he sends us out with His authority to invite others into this kind of living! This is an invitation into an exciting adventure in partnering with God, and it’s this invitation that ultimately drives everything we do on campus.