Voices of IFES

A Christmas Message from Tim Adams

‘This Christmas I pray that each of us will find the humility, curiosity and openness to once again follow the star and be ready to encounter Christ in a fresh way’ 

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas season. In this Christmas message, IFES General Secretary Tim Adams shares his reflections on the attitudes of the Magi as their academic pursuits led them to Jesus – in humility, joy and worship. 

At the end of another tough year, we are looking to Jesus like the Magi, confident that we will find everlasting joy with him whatever we are going through, and we looking to continue to move forward together in 2022, leading students to discover this joy for themselves more and more. 

Listen to our Christmas playlist  here.

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Tim Adams: his backstory and priorities for the future

IFES General Secretary Tim Adams discusses the steps in his life that lead him to become IFES General Secretary at the beginning of 2021. He talks through some of the challenges and achievements of his first year in leadership of IFES, and explains what’s next in 2022 and beyond – including some of the structural changes he has made, and the new IFES strategic plan, Thriving Together.  

 

 

What it means to feed the hungry in the Caribbean with Kerwin Stuart

Meet Kerwin, Associate General Secretary for the IFES Caribbean region, or CARFIES. He shares his journey from his own to student days to working with IFES, and introduces us to the region, giving an overview of Caribbean student ministry with all the numbers.  

Kerwin updates us on what happened with the funds given to last year’s Global Giving Day Caribbean project, pioneering in the British Virgin Islands. He also discusses the exciting new ministry of Jean-Davy, and how your gifts for this year’s Global Generosity Day could have an incredible impact for Christ amongst young people in French-speaking Caribbean territories. 

NB: When this podcast was recorded, Global Generosity Day 2022 was planned for 9 March. This was postponed until 6 April due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

The CARIFES website is here: https://www.carifes.org/  

Discover Global Generosity Day and give to Jean-Davy's ministry here: https://ifesworld.org/global-generosity-day-2022/  

Is God’s Word worth it? Introducing IFES Scripture Engagement with Ricardo Borges

Have you heard the term Scripture Engagement before? In this episode we meet Ricardo, IFES Secretary for Scripture Engagement. He shares why this has always been so important to IFES, how a new ministry has developed in recent years, what the role of the Scripture Engagement team is for national movements, and how you can get involved. 

You can find out more about Scripture Engagement here. As Ricardo says, get in touch with scriptureengagement@ifesworld.org to share your story about the challenges and opportunities involved in engaging with Scripture in your life and context.  

Ricardo refers to The Word Among Us, a training resource that provides insights into how Scripture must inform every part of our life and work. You can download it here.

Desarrollar conocimientos sobre ciencia y teología con ILC

La iniciativa Logos y Cosmos, o ILC, es un aspecto emocionante y relativamente nuevo de IFES, que fomenta el diálogo entre la teología y las ciencias. Únase al anfitrión invitado Toto Bermúdez, Secretario General de CBUU Uruguay y miembro del equipo regional de América Latina, mientras se sienta con Ale, Coordinador de LCI en América Latina, y Marcio, Profesor de Arquitectura y Planificación Urbana en la Universidad de São Paulo y "catalizador" de LCI, para discutir lo que la LCI está haciendo en América Latina, cómo impacta en el ministerio estudiantil, y cómo se puede orar. 

https://lci.ifesworld.org/es/

Despite all uncertainties God is always with us with IVCF Philippines Di Fernandez

‘Because of the debt of gratitude I have for this ministry – it's how I came to know Christ, God called me here, and that’s how I became a staff worker’. 

From IVCF, the IFES movement in the Philippines which is celebrating its 70th anniversary next year, many other ministries have flowed, like the Nurses Christian Fellowship, a literature ministry, high school ministry, and missionaries sent to other countries around the world. They even released an album in 2003! Join Di Fernandez, IVCF National Director as she shares with us the challenges, opportunities and encouragements of a large ministry in the changing Filipino context, and invites us to pray with her for IVCF. 

La puissance de Dieu parmi les étudiants internationaux avec Armand Mendene de GBU Tunisie

Venez avec nous en Afrique du Nord alors que Maéva s'entretient avec Armand Mendene, le secrétaire général du mouvement IFES en Tunisie, au sujet de l'incroyable travail du mouvement étudiant parmi les étudiants internationaux, qui viennent de toute l'Afrique pour étudier en Tunisie.

Découvrez les origines et les contextes du ministère, les défis auxquels les étudiants internationaux sont confrontés, et les façons dont Armand peut témoigner de la puissance et de la grâce de Dieu à l'œuvre parmi les étudiants internationaux. 

Dieu à l’œuvre dans les Antilles avec Jean-Davy Frair de CARIFES

Jean-Davy est originaire de la Guadeloupe, une île française des Caraïbes. Écoutez sa carrière au sein de l'IFES et la manière dont il aide les îles et départements francophones à faire croître leur mouvement, qui sont parfois encore en développement. Découvrez ce que font ces îles et départements et écoutez des histoires de vies transformées.

 

Si vous voulez en savoir plus et recevoir leurs lettres de nouvelles vous pouvez vous abonner ici.

Si vous avez à coeur de soutenir Jean-Davy dans son ministère vous pouvez donner ici.

The Power of World Assembly

In this new edition of Voices of IFES you’ll discover what it looks like to go to World Assembly - and how you can pray and support movements and IFES Staff. We’re looking forward to gather in August 2023 with representatives of our fellowship.

Escaping Easter?

Meet the originator of this creative evangelism with our latest Voices of IFES Podcast: Silas Walter, IFES InterAction staff working with the IFES movement in Bulgaria (BCSU) through IFES InterAction, shares about the event and his cross-cultural experiences with IFES.