INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC

IFES is working to see indigenous, vibrant Christian witness and leadership development among students in every country with a university, annually impacting 1,000,000 students.

Our vision is to see Christian ministry to share the gospel on every campus in the world.

To meet our vision of growth and depth of impact, we will focus on six key areas with student initiative at the heart of the strategic priorities
1. Communicating the good news of Jesus Christ - creatively and clearly to campuses throughout the world, in word, in action and through relationships, within and across cultures.
2. Strengthening leadership and formation - through leaders of integrity, impacting the church, the university, all of society.
3. Promoting student-graduate integration - nurturing life-long disciples, committed to student ministry and to being witnesses in the workplace and society.
4. Building sustainable support - through a growing wave of indigenous generosity and involvement.
5. Addressing current global issues - as students, united with the global body of Christ, responding to contemporary challenges from with a Christian perspective.
6. Engaging the university - constructively and boldly, with carefully-developed biblical worldviews, demonstrating the integration of faith, life and academic disciplines.

IFES has an experienced and well-respected global team of staff from eleven regions of the world. These indigenous Christian leaders know scriptures, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ very well and understand the particular opportunities and challenges in their own context. These leaders provide accountability, guidance and initiative to National Movements and help Movements to share resources, experience, and training opportunities.
Globally IFES invests about $3.5 million each year in programs, projects, staff and infrastructure to start new work in additional countries, strengthen existing National Movements, provide training events, communications via web and print in multiple languages, and advancement services.
IFES recently opened a "hub" office in Southeast Asia to allow for even better networking with IFES movements in that part of the world, and provide e-learning opportunities for staff and students world-wide.

Since its founding in 1947 by ten Christian student movements, IFES has experienced much grace and favor in both breadth and depth of impact. In the last 20 to 30 years, IFES has experienced extraordinary growth placing it at the forefront of Christian organizations that have a global presence. Today IFES is working in more than 150 countries with approximately 560,000 students actively involved with IFES ministries in reaching their university campus with the gospel.