Fellowship is essential for Christian graduate students, professional-school students, and faculty. Meeting regularly with like-minded people facing similar challenges encourages us to remain faithful in our calling as Christian academics and professionals. As we learn and grow together, we are transformed into Christ’s image and sharpened for witness and service.
But what if you can’t find such a fellowship on your campus? Is God calling you to take a step in faith to start a group? If he is and you are wondering how to begin, here are 13 Steps to Starting a Fellowship from InterVarsity’s Graduate & Faculty Ministries. May God bless and multiply your efforts!
The week between Christmas and New Years Eve 2009 brought 17,000 students and others to the Urbana Convention. Steve Garber was asked to speak several times, once being the final charge for the students in the Business as Mission Track, inspiring tales and profound truth that your work matters to God.
John Terrill, Director for InterVarsity’s Professional Schools Ministries, and Al Erisman, Director for the Center of Integrity in Business at Seattle Pacific University, reflect on their experience leading an exploratory MBA missions project to the Central African Republic (C.A.R.).
