Our mission team
Students, staff and supporters all around the world
Students
IFES is all about students! We work in more than 180 countries to establish student-led indigenous Christian movements. While we work primarily with university students, in some countries school students and graduates are also part of the national ministry. If you are a part of a national movement on your campus (like KGK Japan, UESI India or AFES Australia), then you are an integral part of IFES!
Supporters
We could not do what we do without our supporters. They pray for IFES ministry, give financially to fund student evangelism, and offer their time and skills as volunteers. They are people who have caught the vision for IFES student ministry and partnering with us around the world.
Staff
Our student leaders owe much to the efforts of IFES staff at various levels – local, national and global, full- and part-time, paid and volunteer – who work to disciple them and grow their leadership skills.
Local and national staff are supported and appointed within national movements. Local staff work with students in a local area. National staff co-ordinate the work across the country as a whole.
Global staff operate at regional and international levels:
Global Leadership
The IFES General Secretary works with a diverse leadership team to give oversight to IFES as a whole.
General Secretary
Chief Operating Officer
Head of Global Resource Ministries
Regional Leadership
Regional staff coordinate the work within 11 IFES regions. Each region has a regional secretary; some regions also have staff who oversee a sub-region or a particular area of ministry. Together they develop plans for their region. Meet our regional secretaries:
Caribbean
South Asia
East Asia
Europe
Middle East and North Africa
Eurasia
North America
English- and Portuguese-Speaking Africa
South Pacific
Francophone Africa
Latin America
Global Resource Ministries
IFES has a number of initiatives that support student ministry at international and regional levels. These ministries enable movements to effectively live out the IFES vision.
Engaging the University Coordinator
Governance Development Program Director
Director for
Graduate Impact
International Student Ministry Facilitator
Secretary for Scripture Engagement
Project Director, Breaking New Ground
Program Director for Indigenous Support Development
International Services
IFES ministry is supported by International Services based in Malaysia, the UK and the USA. These teams work in areas such as finance, information technology, support development, communications and human resources to care for the needs of staff and national movements. Meet our chief officers:
Chief Advancement Officer
Head of Finance
Chief Technology Officer
Chief People & Culture Officer
Executive Director IFES/USA