InterVarsity World Changers

It was a $300 gift from a family member that made it possible for Chiquita Jackson to pay her new student fee. That $300 gift also made her the first person from her family to attend college. While on campus, her life was transformed by Jesus through the loving and supportive community of her InterVarsity chapter and she graduated with a desire to instill others with hope. These foundational experiences helped prompt her to found CJE, an organization on a mission to equip impoverished communities with the tools they need to gain economic independence.

Learn more about Chiquita and CJE here!

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Influenced by years of Christian community and Bible study on campus, InterVarsity alumnus and co-founder of Alabaster, Brian Chung, has a powerful vision for his work: "for all of humanity to experience God as beautiful." In 2016, Brian and Alabaster set out to accomplish this vision through the pairing of God's Word with stunning artwork. From Genesis to Revelation; from the Psalms to the Gospels; and now with the addition of Bible studies, journals, and devotionals; Brian and Alabaster are putting beautiful stories of a beautiful God into the hands of people around the world.

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FROM ALABASTER

• On Beauty and Faith
• A Beautiful Year With Jesus 
• A Beautiful Year in the Bible
• My Mom's Testimony
• My Dad's Testimony
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InterVarsity alumna Dr. Janelle Goodwill is committed to hope; not just as a virtue, but as a fundamental component of human thriving. In her research at the University of Chicago, Dr. Goodwill is pursuing a deeper understanding of hope, joy, and meaning and their impact on suicide prevention. In particular, she is piloting interventions in local schools to educate and support young Black students and their parents who might otherwise be at greater risk for suicide. Whether it's at the university, in a local middle school, or with her own church family on Chicago's South Side, Dr. Janelle Goodwill is hard at work changing the world with Jesus. 

Welcome to InterVarsity World Changers and enjoy Janelle's story!

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On this episode of InterVarsity World Changers, we're joined by Troy Anderson, founder and International Director of Speak Up for the Poor. And Troy and his colleagues are changing the world as they work among impoverished communities in Bangladesh. Their mission: to offer quality education and safe housing to young girls in an effort to keep them out of child marriages and sex trafficking, and to empower them to serve the poor in their own communities. 

Welcome to InterVarsity World Changers and enjoy Troy’s story!

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CONNECT WITH TROY AND SPEAK UP

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InterVarsity Alumna Jessie Thomas had no idea that her love for food and hospitality would open so many doors: personal chef, cooking on local television, hanging out with Cookie Monster (to name a few). But nothing compared to her experience as a crew member on the Food Network's reality cooking series Chopped. During their marathon recording sessions each day, Jessie got to work alongside hurt and anxious people; people who became lifelong friends and who experienced the love of Jesus. All because Jessie made room at the table and provided a listening ear.

Enjoy Jessie's story!

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• @jessoulfood 

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As a student with InterVarsity, "Harvest" (name changed for our guest's safety) knew she was called to overseas missions work. Twenty years later, "Harvest" found herself carrying out creative underground ministry strategies during an unprecedented season: COVID lockdown in China. Along with her community, "Harvest" developed a unique approach to digital ministry that provided spiritual food to a quarantined country in desperate need of hope and good news.

Enjoy Harvest's story!

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In April of 2025, at an all-Greek gathering, Kristen Dalton watched more than 100 Indiana University sorority and fraternity students say "Yes!' to an invitation to follow Jesus. In this episode of InterVarsity World Changers, we chat with Kristen about this amazing moment along with the larger work of revival and renewal that God has been doing in the Greek system at IU. And we trace the story back to Kristen's own experience as a student with Greek InterVarsity, and the ways God was preparing her then for the work she's doing on staff with Greek IV today.

Enjoy Kristen's story!

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From South Dakota to Urbana to the world and the workplace.

That's what partnering with God in his world-changing work looks like for InterVarsity Alumni Mac Pier and Roy Tinklenberg. After becoming friends through InterVarsity at the University of South Dakota, Mac and Roy's vision for God's Kingdom was forever transformed at Urbana '79 by speakers like Elisabeth Elliot, John Stott, and Billy Graham. Inspired by what they heard, they later went on to found organizations like Movement.org and the Faith and Work Movement, mobilizing and encouraging leaders to carry out highly contextualized ministry in cities and workplaces around the world.

Enjoy Roy and Mac's story!

RESOURCES

• Enjoy a free e-copy of Mac's book Why Asian Cities: New Wineskins for Asia

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On this episode of InterVarsity World Changers, we’re talking with Ann Hall. Ann is a Drake University alumna and a Physician Assistant in cardiac and vascular surgery in Omaha, Nebraska. She’s caring for people inside and outside of the operating room who find themselves in very serious medical situations. And whether it’s praying for (and experiencing) miracles in the middle of surgery or delivering extremely difficult news to a patient or their loved ones and family members, Ann is changing the world with Jesus in her calling and context as a PA. 

Enjoy Ann’s story!

PRAY FOR…

• Managing responsibilities as a mother, professional, wife, etc. To engage her calling with excellence.
• For wisdom in the best places to direct her time and attention while navigating a demanding career.

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Jon realizes a dream today: Eating a really big cookie with Andy Mineo.

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