Tom Lin

Lots to celebrate this past fall, and please keep Urbana 09 in your prayers!  Click here to view our December prayer letter.

Just over a year ago, we noticed some clear planting and apostolic gifts in Adam, a young Asian American staff from Wash U.  He began planting a new IV chapter at Missouri’s flagship school, U of Missouri-Columbia, and has seen over 30 students join IV and incredible fruit.  He’s also seen students come to Christ in the most unique places… Continue Reading »

Two months ago, Nathan White began planting an IV chapter at East Carolina U.  Last week, 19 students attended a Core Retreat — an incredible event captured on video (click here).  These are the kinds of stories we’re also seeing in the Central Region, with 6 new “chapter plants” that have just begun in the last 2 months!  Pray for our planters and plants at Creighton U, U of Missouri-St. Louis, U of Iowa, Forest Park Community College (St. Louis), Harris Stowe State U (St. Louis), and Maplewood Community College (Kansas City).

One of the joys of my work is being part of the national collegiate ministries leadership, and celebrating what God is doing across the country.  Check out InterVarsity’s annual report to read more!  The other joy I have is speaking outside of IV.  A sample advertisement for an upcoming engagement at a St. Louis church on Nov. 14th is above… Please drop by if you can!

This is the most conversions (over 16) that Central College’s InterVarsity group has seen annually, and it’s only October!  Here’s the story of another new believer, as emailed real-time by a student leader at Central College: Continue Reading »

I’ve never seen anything quite like this in less than 30 days time:  27 students decided to follow Jesus for the 1st time in Iowa alone, and 15 students responded to a call to faith at the first large IV event at Harris-Stowe State - a new IV chapter plant!  Staff Ashley Smith blogs about the Harris-Stowe event online.  I’ve also included below the latest story from Drake, where 2 students said “yes” to Jesus for the 1st time last week at an IV gathering… From Amy Schoepf, IV staff at Drake: Continue Reading »

I flew this past weekend to Iowa to visit their Fall Conference, with more than 130 students participating from campuses across the state.  Here’s a story about 3 University of Northern Iowa students making 1st time decisions for Christ that weekend, as shared by IVCF staff Rachel Danley: Continue Reading »

University of Missouri-St. Louis is a new chapter “plant”, but in our very first week on campus,  2 students made 1st-time decisions for Christ.  Drake University also celebrated one student’s conversion, and a big evangelistic night at Central College in Iowa resulted in 14 students giving their lives to Christ for the 1st time!  The stories are encouraging, so read on… Continue Reading »

As college classes get underway, InterVarsity’s outreach to new students kicks into high gear.  There’s lots of praises to share from last week’s ministry, including from our new IV plant at U of Iowa (photo above).  Let me give you a taste from my Iowa Area Director, Jon Hietbrink, who writes: Continue Reading »