In this Voices of IFES, Michel Kenmogne (IFES Board Chair) offers deep encouragement from Isaiah 43 – “it's from a place of hopelessness that God says everything will be new”.  

Michel shows how these verses call us to remember our identity in the Lord, seek God’s presence, and trust God for the impossible – even in difficult circumstances. Here is a stirring invitation to trust in God as the One who can make a way where there is no way and turn wastelands into rivers. 

Recorded on 23 January as part of Global Prayer Day 2025: New Beginnings, an online gathering for IFES staff and national movements to share and pray together for the year ahead. 

Discover how God worked in a student in Cambodia over many months. Read her story and be encouraged that awakenings can sometimes be gradual – and pray for students in Cambodia and SONOKO’s ministry

The intense pressures and bright possibilities of student ministry in Singapore with Prarthini Selveindran 

Since COVID-19, pressure on students’ time has become increasingly intense in FES Singapore, and many other IFES movements in East Asia. Yet, FES staff worker Prarthini Selveindran says student leaders are sacrificially finding ways to serve.    

On this Voices of IFES, Prarthi shares thoughtfully and honestly from her experiences. Learn how she’s engaging with the culture of performance and pressure, what her joys and challenges are, how she’s rethinking “success in ministry”, and why she’s excited about the launch of the Logos and Cosmos Initiative in East Asia. 

Devoted, watchful, and thankful. In this Voices of IFES, Tim Adams (IFES General Secretary) encourages us to pray by reflecting on Colossians 4:2. He calls us to pray throughout 2025 for unreached campuses, troubled places, and our own local contexts. 

Recorded on 23 January as part of Global Prayer Day 2025 – an online gathering for IFES staff and national movements to share and pray together for the year ahead. 

💯 Every issue? Every conversation? Every decision? 

In the latest Prayerline, learn how students in Honduras have been seeing the relevance of Scripture to EVERY issue discussed on campus – and to ALL of life. Discover how Rocio and Suany, CCUH (@Comunidad Cristiana Universitaria de Honduras) staff workers, passed on their passion for the Word to student leaders at a national training camp.  

Hear about “changed perspectives” and “re-ordered priorities” – and pray for them all as they share and show the Word 👇 

Hear about all the latest developments on the Voices of IFES podcast feed. Discover why things are changing and what content to expect – including the addition of our biweekly Prayerline.  

💬What helped you grow in leadership?

Gisela Muñoz Cruz (IFES Staff in Latin America) shares what has helped her grow in confidence and skills during her time in IFES:

👍 Fruitful past experiences 👍 Wise support from mentors 👍 Opportunities to use her gifts 👍 Deep connections with fellow staff

This is the kind of shaping for leadership that you can help a new generation receive through Global Giving Day on 2 April. And don't forget that all gifts up to $110,000 will be doubled this year - there's never been a better time to show your support for the development of godly leaders for the university, the church, and wider society.

👀 Find more from Gisela on the Global Giving Day web page:  🌐 https://ifesworld.org/ggd/

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🥰 IFES Global Giving Day️🏺The Work of His Hands 🗓️ 2 April 2025

High hopes for the European Student Festival, with Christian Pichler and Ulvis Kravalis 

It will bring hundreds of students together from over 40 movements across Europe. It will offer deep fellowship, new friendships, and plenty of fun. It will help them consider what God’s “Kingdom Come” can look like in their contexts. The European Student Festival (ESF) will take place in Latvia this August (16-21). 

On this Voices of IFES, two ESF organisers share how it can change students’ lives and impact movements and campuses. Hear their high hopes for ESF and discover more about what’s in the exciting six-day program.     

Visit the ESF web page here. Final registration is 15 July 2025. 

IFES outgoing General Secretary Daniel Bourdanné shares his hopes for the future at the close of World Assembly 2019 in South Africa.

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Professor Ross McKenzie reflects on the context of the university today, exploring how a biblical worldview equips the student with a better vision and purpose for academic study. How does that vision play out for Christian students and graduates today? What does it look like to engage the university for Christ? Two from Nigeria and Niger also share their stories.

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