Graduate students and faculty often struggle to find meaningful community and to integrate their faith and work. Yet they have a tremendous opportunity to influence academia and the world.
Join InterVarsity and help them.
When you join InterVarsity's Graduate and Faculty Ministries (affectionally called "GFM"), you'll nurture a space where students and faculty are encouraged and equipped to follow Christ. You'll see lives transformed.
You'll empower them to become a redeeming influence among the people, ideas, and structures of the university and the future professions they pursue. You'll see campuses renewed.
And you'll join a national fellowship filled with ministry leaders exploring a unique approach that integrates faith, intellect, and vocation. Faith and intellect can unite to foster transformative impact within academia and beyond. You'll see world changers developed.
God is at work in remarkable ways in the university world right
now—and you can help!
What Makes GFM Unique?
InterVarsity's campus ministry to graduates and faculty is unique in several ways:
- Focus on Intellectual Engagement: InterVarsity emphasizes the integration of faith and intellect, engaging with the academic and professional pursuits of graduate students and faculty members.
- Witness in the Academy: As people called to the university world, we learn the language of the academy and share the good news of Jesus in ways that fit our unique context.
- Community Building: It provides a supportive community for graduate students and faculty to explore and deepen their faith, often in the midst of demanding academic or professional environments.
- Discipleship and Leadership Development: InterVarsity seeks to develop leaders among graduate students and faculty, equipping them to integrate their faith into their academic, professional, and personal lives.
- Integration of Faith and Work: We want those we reach to understand and live out their faith in the context of their academic or professional work, encouraging them to see their studies or careers as a way to serve God and others.
- Cultural Engagement: InterVarsity encourages thoughtful engagement with cultural issues, helping members to understand how their faith intersects with broader societal concerns.
- Global Perspective: It fosters a global perspective, encouraging members to consider how their faith and academic work relate to global issues and the broader world.
- Academic Engagement: Through our partnership with InterVarsity Press, we make significant contributions to conversations happening in colleges and universities.
How We Do Campus Ministry
Our campus ministry approach is rooted in a commitment to guide students and faculty toward spiritual depth and impactful engagement. We invite you to join us in embracing the following ministry commitments, as we seek to cultivate vibrant communities that reflect God's love and truth in academia and beyond.
Spiritual Formation
Community
Evangelism & Service
Integration of Faith,
Learning & Practice
Click below to discover how these commitments shape our ministry and empower you to be a part of God's transformative work.
Spiritual Formation
We cultivate intimacy with God and growth in Christ-like character through personal and corporate disciplines, including the rigorous study of Scripture and regular prayer that expresses our faith, love, and dependence on God.
Community
We gather as communities of graduate students and faculty to learn and worship, to challenge and care for each other, and to serve as a welcoming place for believers and seekers alike. We pursue ethnic reconciliation by practicing grace and truth and by promoting personal and systemic justice. We also encourage students and faculty to be active members in their local congregations.
Evangelism & Service
We demonstrate and proclaim the gospel within the university and professions with love and boldness, calling all to repentance, faith, and new life in Jesus Christ. We join with God's people to serve in our communities and to extend his kingdom cross-culturally on campus and around the world.
Integration of Faith, Learning & Practice
We engage in learning and biblical reflection in every area of life and seek a unity of knowledge and practice, because the God whom we worship is Creator of all. We labor to form leaders in every field who honor God's gifts and calling. We believe that the integrity of these pursuits will be a witness of his kingdom to the academic and professional worlds.
Ministry Opportunities
Joining InterVarsity's Graduate and Faculty Ministries opens up a world of opportunities to impact academia and beyond. There's a place for you to grow, serve, and lead with GFM. Explore our ministry opportunities below and discover how you can be a part of our transformative work.
Graduate and Professional Students
Equipping graduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral students to grow in their faith and academic work through 74 graduate student chapters and 60 professional school chapters on over 100 campuses
Learn MoreFaculty and Administration
Working with Christian faculty and administrators seeking to see them flourish and be a redeeming influence among the people, ideas, and structures of higher education through 53 faculty communities around the U.S.
Learn MoreGFM Focused Ministries
MBA Ministry
Developing communities of world changers among business students pursuing MBAs, equipping them to live out their faith in Jesus through their studies and work in business. This ministry partners with students and faculty at top tier MBA Programs to transform the people, ideas, and structures of the school and of business. Learn more about the Believers in Business conference.
Learn More | MBA Resources
Law School Ministry
Growing and strengthening communities of law students and faculty to glorify God and advance his kingdom in their schools and profession. In partnership with the Christian Legal Society, this ministry prepares students for the demands of the legal profession and positions them to play a crucial role in shaping the institutions of society.
Law Resources
Graduate Healthcare Ministries
Growing communities where healthcare students and faculty are transformed by their walk with Jesus and are equipped to follow his example of compassionate care, particularly among the most vulnerable. We prepare them for the challenges of serving in healthcare and send them out to be part of God's healing work in the world.
Learn More | Healthcare Resources
Professional Disciplines
Ministering to students in other professions, nurturing and guiding them to grow spiritually while flourishing in their industry. Disciplines include: design, education, government and public policy, social work, and veterinary sciences.
Black Scholars and Professionals
Equipping black grad students and faculty as they seek to be transformed by Christ, renewed in their academic pursuits or professional lives, and serve as agents of change within the African American and African community, the church, and the world. This is done through spiritual formation, ethnic integrity, academic and professional integration, church participation, connection, reconciliation, and partnership and collaboration.
BSAP Resources | Visit BSAP Ministries
International Student Ministry
Welcoming and serving international grad students and visiting scholars by offering hospitality, friendship, and opportunities to hear the gospel and grow as followers of Jesus. This ministry prepares future faculty and professionals to return to their countries equipped to flourish in their vocations as thoughtful Christians.
International Student Resources
Women Scholars and Professionals
Encouraging, challenging, and supporting women to flourish in their God-given callings and live as redeeming influences in the academy and beyond. Learn more about us or find us online at The Well.
Resources for Women | Visit The Well.
Emerging Scholars Network (ESN)
Connecting, equipping, and mentoring those on the academic pathway as they seek to serve God through their vocation in the university. Learn more about us or read more on our blog.
Academic Resources | Visit the ESN Blog
STEP ONE
Connect
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STEP TWO
Discern
We'll meet to talk about the values & ethos of InterVarsity and discern next steps together.
STEP THREE
Apply
If it seems like InterVarsity is a good fit, you'll apply to come on staff with us!
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