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Purpose of IVCF of Canada

Being shaped by God’s word and led by the Holy Spirit, The purpose of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada is the transformation of youth, students and graduates into fully committed followers of Jesus Christ.

Core Values of IVCF of Canada

Develop Faithful Witness: To witness to the Lord Jesus Christ as God incarnate and to seek to lead others to a personal faith in Him.
Cultivate Spiritual Growth: To deepen and strengthen the spiritual life and gifts of followers by the study of the Bible, fellowship, prayer, and worship.
Demonstrate Christian Love: To encourage Christians empowered by the Holy Spirit to love our neighbours as ourselves.
Seek All Truth in Jesus Christ: To assist Christians to explore and assert the relevance of the Christian faith to every aspect of private life and public concern.
Shape Servant Leaders: To develop godly women and men to serve as leaders in God’s work in the world.
Grow a Missional Commitment: To affirm God’s call that all Christians are called to serve Him through their lives and work and to participate in the global mission of the church by praying, giving, and serving.

Strategic Priorities of IVCF of Canada

Build Witnessing Communities: We will seek to develop authentic relationships and redemptive communities marked by God’s grace and truth. We will accomplish this by:
- Scripture: Being shaped and transformed by God’s Word as we read, study, teach and obey His word.
- Prayer: Growing in love and dependence on God through lives of prayer personally and corporately.
- Witness: Being equipped and actively engaging with those seeking to explore a relationship with Jesus.
- Diversity: Pursuing racial, ethnic and gender reconciliation by encouraging mutual empowerment, conflict resolution, and peacemaking as we engage in biblical justice.
Develop Servant Leaders: We will develop women and men to serve as leaders at every level of Inter-Varsity and ultimately for the Kingdom of God, honouring God’s gifts and calling in them. We will accomplish this by:
- Equipping potential leaders with biblical foundations.
- Providing coaching and mentoring for development of character and ministry gifts
- Utilizing a paradigm of risk for increased faith development.
- Developing a staff recruitment process.
Steward the Inter-Varsity Mission: We will encourage and enable all to be faithful stewards of their God-given gifts and abilities. We will do this by:
- Providing clarity of vision and structure for all levels of Inter-Varsity.
- Equipping all staff to develop a funding base for the mission.
- Developing a system of modeling and training for biblical stewardship for all involved in Inter-Varsity.
- Developing a system for increased partners in ministry among volunteers, donors and alumni.

The Doctrinal Conviction of IVCF of Canada is as follows

The only true God, the almighty Creator of all things, existing eternally in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - full of love and glory.
The unique divine inspiration, entire trustworthiness and authority of the Bible.
The value and dignity of all people: created in God’s image to live in love and holiness, but alienated from God and each other because of our sin and guilt, and justly subject to God’s wrath.
Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine, who lived as a perfect example, who assumed the judgment due sinners by dying in our place, and who was bodily raised from the dead and ascended as Saviour and Lord.
Justification by God’s grace to all who repent and put their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation.
The indwelling presence and transforming power of the Holy Spirit, who gives to all believers a new life and a new calling to obedient service.
The unity of all believers in Jesus Christ, manifest in worshiping and witnessing churches making disciples throughout the world.
The victorious reign and future personal return of Jesus Christ, who will judge all people with justice and mercy, giving over the unrepentant to eternal condemnation but receiving the redeemed into eternal life.