Ministry

“The University is arguably the single most significant institution in Western Civilization … change the university and you change the world.”

- CHARLES MALIK, former President of the United Nations

Our vision is to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed and world changers developed.

I’d like you to know a little bit about the organization I work with. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is a ministry that establishes communities of faith on college campuses all over the United States that seek to grow in love for God, God’s word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture and God’s purposes in the world. We believe that when students encounter Jesus and give their lives to Him, they are transformed from the inside out. In turn, they will renew their world– which for a few years, is the campus– through radically loving others with the love of Jesus and working to see God’s Kingdom established on campus. And as they live lifestyles of faith and love during the formative time of their college years, we send them out as world changers to sacrificially and radically live out the Gospel into whatever vocation the Lord calls them.

At Northwestern University, we work with over 300 hundred students in six distinct ministries:

• House on the Rock: A ministry focused on reaching black students
• Greek IV: A ministry focused on reaching fraternity and sorority students
• LaFe: “Latino Fellowship” (also “The Faith” in Spanish) is intentionally reaching Latino students
• Multiethnic InterVarsity: The original InterVarsity chapter on campus has a long history of reaching out to the entire campus and exploring issues of racial reconciliation in light of the Gospel
• Arts Fellowship: Serving and ministering to the arts community on campus (theater, music, dance and visual arts)
• Asian American InterVarsity (AAIV) reaching Asian and Asian American students

Here’s is a video that describes our ministry strategy in action.

Together, our mission is to represent the entire campus — every subgroup, ethnic community and interest group. In both our unity and diversity, we want to represent Jesus to our campus.

I primarily work with House on the Rock and Asian American InterVarsity, mentoring and discipling students to live radical lives of faith and service as well as training and empowering leaders to live out their faith in the context of ministry. I have a passion for seeing students developed as disciples of Christ and as they grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus, they have an understanding of their cultural identity and their vocational calling so they can live healthy and abundant lives for the sake of Christ and the world.