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 goal of the organization is to establish local and independent evangelical student movements in each country in which there is university education.

The organizational center of IFES is sic in Oxford ( England).

History

In 1947, representatives met from Australia, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Canada, China, France, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the USA in Boston (USA) for the purpose of evangelism among students to increase around the world. End of the 20th century, the IFES had grown into an organization of local movements in 140 countries.

Activities

Every four years, representatives of all member movements for "World Assembly". For students every few years regional conferences are organized. In Europe and Eurasia, there is a " European Student Evangelism Conference ". Conferences of this type found in 2008 in Linz, Austria, in 2004 and 2012 in Győr, Hungary, and 2000 in Aschaffenburg, Germany.

The organization also provides summer and year teams. These consist of students and recently graduated academics. They help to establish during their holidays or academic year student movements in Europe and Eurasia. They provide basic construction work or are already supporting founded movements.

National IFES groups

Members include:

  • Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students
  • BCSU (Bulgaria)
  • BSKSh Albania (Albania)
  • Campus Evangelical Fellowship (Taiwan)
  • ChsA Poland (Poland )
  • Credo Sweden ( Sweden)
  • Evanđeosko Udruženje Studenata u Federaciji of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Exodus ( Macedonia)
  • Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Hong Kong)
  • GBEU Bibliques Groupes des Écoles et Universités (French-speaking Switzerland )
  • GBU Groupes Bibliques s Universités (Belgium )
  • GBU Gruppi Biblici Universitari (Italy )
  • Groupes Bibliques of Elèves et Etudiants du Camerun (Cameroon)
  • IFES -Nederland (Netherlands)
  • Inter- Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada
  • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (United States of America)
  • KFS Kristeligt Forbund for Studer end ( Denmark)
  • LKSB Latvia (Lithuania )
  • Norges Kristelige student -og skoleungdomslag
  • OSCER (Romania )
  • OPKO - FSSM (Finland )
  • ÖSM Austrian Student Mission ( Austria )
  • Perkantas (Indonesia)
  • Student Mission in Germany ( SMD)
  • Studentski evanđeoski pokret (Croatia )
  • Tertiary School Christian Fellowship (New Zealand)
  • UCCF Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship ( UK )
  • Union of Evangelical Students of India ( India)
  • United Bible study groups in school, university and profession ( VBG ) ( Switzerland )

Approximately 50 student movements are connected in Europe and Eurasia with the IFES.

414740
de