International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) is an organization of evangelical students with the aim of spreading the gospel . The aim is to establish indigenous and independent evangelical student movements in every country where there is university education.
The administration is located in Oxford ( England ).
history
In 1947 people from Australia, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Canada, China, France, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the USA met in Boston, USA with the aim of strengthening evangelism among students around the world. By the end of the 20th century, IFES had grown into an organization of local movements in 140 countries.
activities
Every four years representatives of all member movements meet for the “World Assembly”. Regional conferences are organized for students every few years. There is a “European Student Evangelism Conference” in Europe and Eurasia. Conferences of this kind took place in Linz , Austria, in 2008 and 2012 in Győr , Hungary, and in Aschaffenburg , Germany in 2000 and 2017 .
The organization also offers summer and annual teams. These consist of undergraduate students and recently graduated academics. They help set up student movements in Europe and Eurasia during their vacation or academic year. They do basic building work or support movements that have already been established.
National groups
Members include:
- Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students
- BCSU (Bulgaria)
- BSKSh Albania (Albania)
- Evangelical Fellowship Campus (Taiwan)
- ChSA Poland (Poland)
- Credo Sweden (Sweden)
- EEüü (Estonia)
- EUS (Serbia and Montenegro)
- EUSFBiH Evanđeosko Udruženje Studenata u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Hong Kong)
- Fräi Chrëschtlech Student Associatioun (Luxembourg)
- GBEU Groupes Bibliques en Écoles et Universités (French-speaking Switzerland)
- GBU Groupes Bibliques en Universités (Belgium, France)
- GBU Gruppi Biblici Universitari (Italy, Portugal)
- GBUC (French-speaking Canada)
- Groupes Bibliques des Elèves et Etudiants du Camerun (Cameroon)
- IFES (Netherlands, Ireland)
- IVCF InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (English-speaking Canada and USA)
- IVF (South Korea)
- KFS Kristeligt Forbund for Studerende (Denmark)
- LKSB Latvia (Lithuania)
- MEKDSZ (Hungary)
- NKSS Norges Kristelige student- og skoleungdomslag (Norway)
- OSCER (Romania)
- OPKO-FSSM (Finland)
- ÖSM Austrian Student Mission (Austria)
- Perkantas (Indonesia)
- SEAM Exodus (Macedonia)
- Student Mission in Germany (SMD)
- STEP Studentski evanđeoski pokret (Croatia)
- Tertiary School Christian Fellowship (New Zealand)
- Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) (UK)
- UKH (Czech Republic)
- Union of Evangelical Students of India (India)
- United Bible groups in school, university and work (VBG, German-speaking Switzerland)
- ZVES (Slovenia)
About 50 student movements in Europe and Eurasia are linked to IFES.