VISION

We are a Christ-centered dynamic community of Filipino students and graduates worldwide, passionately participating in the building of God’s Kingdom in the world.

MISSION

To disciple students and graduates for Christ in all areas of life and equip them to serve the campuses, churches, and wider community.

CORE VALUES

BIBLICAL LIFESTYLE: We submit to the centrality and authority of the Scriptures in all areas of life.

ALL OF LIFE DISCIPLESHIP: We imitate Christ in his love and obedience to God and his servant-leadership.

INCARNATIONAL WITNESS: We are God’s agents of change in the world committed to incarnating the gospel.

FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP: We manage responsibly our God-given resources to fulfill our vision and mission.

TRANSFORMATIONAL COMMUNITY: We value and nurture transformational communities characterized by love, trust, and mutual respect.

CULTURE-TRANSFORMING: We seek to redeem, preserve and enhance our socio-cultural heritage, values and practices.

FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS

1. EVANGELISM - A vibrant Christian student witness in key educational institutions in the country
2. DISCIPLESHIP - Campuses and communities are influenced by the ideals of the Kingdom
3. MISSIONS - An expanding work among unreached people groups (UPGs)
4. LEADERSHIP - Progressive campuses, churches, and communities led by excellent and faithful servant-leaders
5. NURTURING THE MOVEMENT - A sustained movement relevant to the times and a blessing to the nations
   
   

A brief history

INTER VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (IVCF), PHILIPPINES traces its roots from Cambridge University where a group of students came together for a united evangelical witness in 1877.  This movement spread throughout Canada, USA and eventually reached in the Philippines in 1953.

IVCF begun when Gwen Wong, a staff of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), came to pioneer the student ministry in the country.  Starting with about 15 Filipino College students, she helped form the “Timothy Club” that gathered daily for early morning prayer, weekly for bible studies and extended person-to-person witnessing.  The group grew in number and created the need for more bible studies, training and workshops in various colleges and universities throughout Manila, punctuating those activities with the first IVCF missions conference.

In 1957, some IVCF members graduated from their universities and returned to their respective provinces where they encouraged undergraduates to form their own chapters.  IVCF work thus reached Cebu, Davao and Iloilo.

It was in 1958 when IVCF-Philippines held its first month-long intensive training at Kawayan Campus in Negros Occidental.  Students from different regions of the country came and trained for campus leadership.  From that camp emerged IVCF key national leaders and first batch of full-time staff.  Since then, IVCF’s intensive training for key student leaders came to be known as Kawayan Camp (KC) and this training has been consistently conducted for the last 42 years.

IVCF Philippines is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), worldwide inter-denominational evangelical movement of students which links student work in more than 140 countries.  Presently, it has over 275,000 members throughout the world.