InterVarsity's Vision Statement
Our vision is to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers developed.
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Zip file of a variety of Vision Statement graphics with new rebranded visual look. Includes PNG, PDF, JPG, AI files. Full color orange background, full color with white background, and all white for dark backgrounds. InterVarsity logo is included in graphic, but can be cropped out if the logo already appears elsewhere. Image and PDF files are 6 inches by 8 inches.
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A Brief Exposition of our Vision (based on Alec Hill’s original statement)
InterVarsity's vision is to see Students and Faculty Transformed.
Our greatest joy is to see lives radically changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Unbelievers become believers; new Christians become strong disciples, and disciples become disciplers. Nothing is more exciting than to see pleasure seekers become Kingdom builders, the passionless become flaming evangelists, the entertainment crazed become justice driven and the clueless become multiethnically sensitive.
The apostle Paul uses a variety of images to describe this transformation.
In Colossians, he describes hostages being rescued: “He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son.”
In Ephesians, he envisions a change in citizenship: “You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household.”
In 1 Corinthians, he utilizes a bathing image: “…that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified…”
And, in Romans, he talks about transformation in the sense of remolding: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind”.
Our vision extends to Campuses Renewed.
Imagine the campus as a pond and students and faculty as fish. While many ministries want to rescue fish from what they regard as a polluted environment, we love the pond itself and see ourselves as part of its ecosystem. We care about the variety of other life in and around the pond and all that contributes to the health of the pond. We are called to be a redeeming influence among college and university people, ideas, and structures.
Hence, we care not only about individually transformed lives, but about campus culture, curriculum, policies, student newspapers, faculty research, and other campus groups. We believe that just as God has used non-believers like King Cyrus of Persia and secular institutions like the Roman Empire to promote his purposes through history, he continues to work through colleges and universities today. Campuses are renewed through the Holy Spirit and by the incarnational influence of faculty, staff, and students.
Ultimately, we hope to see World Changers Developed.
We yearn for our students and faculty not only to make a difference on campus now, but also in the world for decades to come. In doing so, we hearken to Jesus’ call for his followers to become salt , light , harvest laborers, and bold witnesses . In God’s economy, world-changers include not only InterVarsity alumni who are serving on the mission field and in local churches, but also those who are faithful disciples in their families, neighborhoods, and in the marketplace. World changers seek salvation for the lost, reconciliation for the broken hearted, and justice for the oppressed .
Our vision is to see God transform students and faculty so that they will become change agents in the world. We build witnessing communities on campus to accomplish this vision. May the Lord hear the cry of our heart to see transformation in individual lives, the campus, and the world! Amen.
