IFES Prayerline

Jonas thought it was best to keep his mouth shut. He loved God, but he also had a lot of big questions about faith. He did not want anyone to associate his questions with skepticism.

When he went to university, he finally found people who had questions too. He was introduced to a wide world of apologetics. Now with support from the IFES Logos and Cosmos Initiative he is using his research to integrate faith and science.

Hear him explain why he was excited to join the Logos and Cosmos Initiative.

Find out more about Jonas’ story and the vision of Logos and Cosmos in this week’s Prayerline.

This time last year students in Nepal were busy calling up graduates with a big idea. They wanted their World Student Day to have a big impact on their immediate community. 

World Student Day 2021 is coming up in just a few weeks. What are your plans? Read this week’s Prayerline to inspire your own ideas for this global day of prayer.  

https://ifesworld.org/en/wsd/

As we launch Sobremesa this week, we need your prayers! Pray that students would take up the call to show God’s love their international neighbors. Pray that they would recognize the foreigners on their campus and welcome them into their homes and lives. Listen more about how you can pray in this week’s Prayerline.  

https://sobremesa.ifesworld.org/en/

“Commission conference changed my life, and I really thank God. I was able to discover my God-given gift. ” 

What happens when students go to Commission? They create hundreds of outreach programs. They start financing missions projects. They even decide to serve as missionaries themselves.  

Commission 2021 is happening this fall. While this event is organized by FOCUS Kenya, its online format will make it available to participants from around the world. Find out more on this week’s Prayerline. 

We have all been there. You invite your friend to an event at your campus group and they say no every time. Or maybe you ask them how you can pray for them, and they change the subject. It is hard to watch your friends repeatedly reject faith. 

José always wished his friend Andrés could experience his hope and faith. But a phone call during the pandemic surprised him.

Listen more on this week’s Prayerline.  

Learn more about scripture engagement here: https://scriptureengagement.ifesworld.org/en/

After studying abroad in Australia, Jonathan and Soen had a mission to bring student ministry to Indonesia. That was over 50 years ago. Now, Perkantas is a thriving movement and a blessing to the nations. Still, they need your prayers now as much as they did at the beginning. Join us as we praise God for 50 years of Perkantas and pray for the next season of their ministry.  

When you can’t physically go to a new place to pioneer, going virtual opens up a new range of possibilities. CECE Ecuador has seen amazing pioneering progress in areas of the country where they have never even set foot. In this week’s Prayerline, Guadalupe Muñoz from CECE shares how God has worked through virtual groups to make amazing strides in pioneering work.  

Why would you ruin a perfectly good plan, God?

Sam knew what he was doing after graduation. He planned to move to Tonga to restart the IFES student ministry there. It had been years since a staff worker had served there. The need for student ministry was so great.

So that’s why it was so confusing when the pandemic ruined everything. The borders closed and Sam was shut out.

As it turned out, God had plans of his own. Find out in this week’s Prayerline.

Maria was caught in the middle between her work and her faith. She felt side-lined by her coworkers who did not understand her faith.  But she did not always feel supported by her friends at church, who could not understand why she spent so much time at work. Her story is common among graduates in demanding careers. Find out how Cross-Current, a ministry of Graduate Impact, is helping. 

Research from Cross Current was recently featured in Evangelical Focus. Find out more about the challenges graduates face once they leave university and what Cross Current is doing to help. 

Engaging the University, Scripture Engagement, Breaking New Ground. What do these three ministries have in common? They are all strengthening university ministry around the world and they all came out of the Living Stones vision for IFES. This vision was implemented twelve years ago and has united our fellowship around common goals that have greatly advanced the impact of student ministry. This week we are praising God for his providence through this period. We are also praying for his guidance as we step into a new season of strategy and vision. Listen this week’s Prayerline to find out how Living Stones has left a legacy that has led us to thrive.