We are looking to see a groundswell of prayer happen on campus. A partnership between Cru and InterVarsity emerged in May of 2017 when leaders of both organizations came together seeking to combine efforts to establish gospel communities on every campus in the United States.
Imagine for a moment what it would mean to have thriving ministries across every campus in the country. Giving every leader of the next generation the opportunity to respond to Jesus. This was vision from this meeting lead to the creating of the EveryCampus initiative.
The current reality is that nearly 77% of our college campuses do not have a known Christian community sharing the hope of Jesus. This means millions of students and faculty go home each year, possibly never hearing the Gospel or meeting even one person that follows Jesus.
But we believe there is a movement of God at hand, and it starts with prayer. It starts with you. By joining with us in prayer, we are seeking God to bring new movements in every corner of every campus.
You can make an impact by visiting the digital platform everycampus.com to choose a campus to prayer walk today.
Read below for some encouraging stories from campus prayer walks.
#TestimonyThursday
From an InterVarsity campus staff, posted by Jon Hietbrink, VP Campus Ministry, Central US
Gotta testify today, b/c HE will have done something new by Tuesday.
A Native InterVarsity alum plans to pray on 6 Native serving campuses in the next week, and then seek to coach a student to plant on at least one.
About 2 weeks ago I first starting thinking about how get Native alums connected to Native InterVarsity (thank you Andrea Thomas). In just those 2 weeks the idea took on a life of its own and has morphed into better and better versions of itself. The same day that Shawn Young & Doug Schaupp said I should be thinking about my alums as planting coaches, I had a conversation with JD, an alum in Flagstaff, AZ, who is psyched to go pray on a number of Native serving campuses and see what doors God will open. Not only that, but we thought, “hey–we know a couple other great alums in the area, let’s invite them too.” That was yesterday, today one of them has said she is in.
In the next TWO weeks JD plans to pray on SIX Native serving campuses (4 of them don’t yet have prayer walks logged)! He is listening and watching for where God is opening doors for ministry with the goal that he will coach a student he meets on campus to plant a Native InterVarsity ministry there.
Join us in praying for NAU (Native grad students), Coconino Community College, Northland Pioneer campuses in Holbrook and Winslow, UNM** in Albuquerque and the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA).
NYC campus staff Cristina Chapelle took a City College student to pray at the Bronx Community College. While looking to meet a person of peace on campus, they asked for directions from the first person they met. During that conversation, Cristina sensed God’s movement in this student’s life and shared the gospel. The
From NY InterVarsity campus staff, posted by Jon Hietbrink, VP Campus Ministry, Central US
student responded: “I want to be saved: How can I be saved?” A similar thing happened at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Thanks so much for taking the time to pray, Jon. It made a difference for last night!
I picked up three Carleton folks for St. Olaf InterVarsity, and they chatted my ear off the whole time about their favorite theologians and philosophical dilemmas and what they knew about InterVarsity and how much they wanted InterVarsity at Carleton. One of them (a junior) said he asked his freshman tour guide about InterVarsity, and when his tour guide didn’t know about it, he went and asked the chaplain (who also evidently wasn’t familiar… which could be in our favor).
So, the four of us tentatively planned getting dinner next week to talk more, and we’ll keep moving along from there!…
In a follow-up email:
Even better, just yesterday I got an email from the chaplain at Carleton asking for a meeting to explore the possibility of InterVarsity at Carleton. The tone was wonderfully positive, and she pointed to good reports about InterVarsity from both the president of the student Christian group and the St. Olaf chaplains. I am feeling encouraged by what could come next!
Amy Fredman, Area Ministry Director, Metro Minnesota Area