Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
INTER VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (IVCF), PHILIPPINES is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), worldwide inter-denominational evangelical movement of students which links student work in more than 140 countries. Presently, it has over 275,000 members throughout the world.
It was in 1958 when IVCF-Philippines held its first month-long intensive training at Kawayan Campus in Negros Occidental. Students from different regions of the country came and trained for campus leadership. From that camp emerged IVCF key national leaders and first batch of full-time staff. Since then, IVCF’s intensive training for key student leaders came to be known as Kawayan Camp (KC) and this training has been consistently conducted for the last 42 years.
IVCF Philippines is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), worldwide inter-denominational evangelical movement of students which links student work in more than 140 countries. Presently, it has over 275,000 members throughout the world.
We are a Christ-centered dynamic community of Filipino students and graduates worldwide, passionately participating in the building of God’s Kingdom in the world.
About Us
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is an inter-denominational, Christian, student-led ministry which for more than 70 years has been involved in establishing witnessing communities on U.S. college and university campuses. In the 2012-2013 school year, 1025 campus staff members worked with over 38,000 students and faculty in 909 chapters on 590 campuses in the United States. InterVarsity is a charter member of theInternational Fellowship of Evangelical Students, a network of similar campus ministries around the world. INTER VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (IVCF), PHILIPPINES traces its roots from Cambridge University where a group of students came together for a united evangelical witness in 1877. This movement spread throughout Canada, USA and eventually reached in the Philippines in 1953.
In 1957, some IVCF members graduated from their universities and returned to their respective provinces where they encouraged undergraduates to form their own chapters. IVCF work thus reached Cebu, Davao and Iloilo.
Our Services
Ministries
College ministry Of the 590 campuses where InterVarsity is present, many have multiple chapters which focus individually on Greek students, international students, nursing students, graduate students, and members of ethnic minorities. These include almost 60 ethnic-specific chapters ministering to Blacks, Asians, Native Americans, and Latinos. Of the 37,040 active InterVarsity students, 13,673, or 36%, identify themselves as ethnic minority or multiracial students. InterVarsity has 160 Asian American staff, 55 African American staff, 38 Hispanic/Latino staff, 6 American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander staff, and 24 "two or more races" staff. Twenty-nine campuses have a ministry specifically for sorority and fraternity members. InterVarsity also ministers to international students on many campuses, including 54 campuses with specific international student fellowships. Graduate & Faculty Ministry staff work with 191 chapters dedicated to graduate students, professional students, and faculty.
Bible Study
Bible study has always been an important part of InterVarsity's campus ministry. InterVarsity staff worker Paul Byer, is credited with developing the Manuscript Study method of inductive Bible study, a useful tool for inductive Bible studies. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in architecture, Byer became one of the leading forces in InterVarsity, as both a campus staff worker and as the West Coast Regional Director, and was the developer of the Manuscript Study method.Through his innovative approach to Bible Study, extensive mentoring, and long tenure he helped shape the theology and culture of the entire movement. The Manuscript Study method continues to be used heavily by InterVarsity as one of many tools to help students investigate and learn from the teachings of the Bible.
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Contact Us
NATIONAL OFFICE:
IVCF Bldg., Don Primitivo Ext. Don Antonion Hts. Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 9317794
Fax No. : (632) 9321339
Mobile No. : (+63) 9178228530 (Globe)
MagicJack No. : 661-4568222 (for US & Canada callers only)
Email Address : info{at}ivcfphil.org