Whether you have been following Jesus for many years or are interested in exploring who he is, we welcome you! As a community, we help one another encounter God through Scripture as we study and apply God's Word. We engage in learning and thoughtful Biblical reflection in every area of life. We express our faith, love, and dependence on God through different kinds of prayer and worship. We love al
l people as God does. We care about taking the words of Jesus seriously, bringing justice and reconciliation to our world. We integrate faith, life, and vocation. We develop leaders who will change the world, honoring God's gifts and calling in them. We partner with many local churches to equip students to be lifelong active members in local congregations. The undergraduate InterVarsity chapter at Stanford is an inter-denominational, ecumenical, Christian fellowship, part of a larger national movement of 896 InterVarsity chapters on 576 college campuses across the US. Our movement began with students at the University of Cambridge, England in 1877. There, a group of Christian students began to meet together, in spite of the disapproval of some University officials, to pray, study the Bible, and share their faith. Soon, similar groups sprang up on other campuses. Eventually, they formed the British Inter-Varsity. (Hence our name, inter – meaning between, varsity – the British term for college level students.) Today, InterVarsity/USA is a part of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), a global community of indigenous student movements in over 150 countries in the world.
