Despite the many adverse challenges a nationwide campus ministry has been facing, the organization is anticipating a record year of campus ministry.
President Alec Hill tells OneNewsNow InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has experienced increased resistance on various campuses. For example, the ministry was derecognized at Vanderbilt University earlier this year. Nonetheless, Hill says they are being blessed with much success.
"We have seen in the last five years remarkable response to the gospel, literally doubling the number of students who are coming to faith," he reports. "So, despite some of the things that are going on culturally and some of the campus access issues we're having, the … Holy Spirit is really moving on campuses. It's really an exciting time."
Adversity presents opportunities for InterVarsity's members to grow spiritually.
"Persecution … affects some adversely, and it affects others -- they step up. So, it's a divider in the sense of it sort of brings out the character and faith of the students involved," Hill explains.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has nearly 900 chapters on 576 college and university campuses.