Start Something New Collection

InterVarsity's Chapter Planting strategy launches new witnessing communities (chapters) on college campuses with a vision to grow and multiply.

We believe Jesus is the Master Planter—somehow finding ways to start new life in the most spiritually desolate places on earth. We love to see the Master work, and we’re eager to be involved in it. We look around us and see the places and people that seem overlooked or forgotten, and it bothers us. It moves us. We feel compelled to do something about it. Deep down, we know that God is on a mission, and we sense him calling our names to join him.

The following are resources that will help you start something new on campus.

Learn more about Starting Something New.

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Planting Guide

Empower Apprentices

Everything you do on campus with InterVarsity is an opportunity to empower new students! This resource will give you ideas and practical tools to share leadership, develop apprentices, and create a culture of empowerment.
Planting Guide

Host a Launch Gathering

A Launch Gathering is a catalytic event that creates space for students to tell their faith stories and for new students to learn what InterVarsity is all about. This two-week guide will lead your group (a small group, a leaders team, or a core team) through the process of preparing, inviting for, and hosting your Launch Gathering.
Planting Guide

Multiplying Small Groups

How can a small group increase its impact? By becoming a sending community! Sending people out to create more spaces for their friends to encounter God helps us truly bring the Love of God to every corner of campus. Use Multiplying Small Groups to help students gain vision, receive training, and make invitation plans to launch new small groups.
Planting Guide

Partnership Gathering Worksheet

This worksheet will guide you through a series of activities to help you encounter God, identify the gifts that you bring together, and begin to explore your networks.