{"id":122,"date":"2019-04-15T09:43:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T09:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?post_type=landing&p=122"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:09:01","slug":"strengthen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/strengthen\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening national movements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We\nbelieve that the most effective way to see the gospel impact every university\nin the world is through locally-led, indigenous national movements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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From\nits beginning, IFES has always promoted both the unity and diversity of its\nmovements: unity in our shared vision; diversity in approach. It is those\nwithin a particular context who know the most effective ways of working appropriately\nin the culture and are best placed to do it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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IFES\nregional teams provide training, resources and support to enable these national\nmovements to flourish in their different contexts. Our global ministry programs\nwork alongside regional teams offering specialist support to help movements engage\ndeeply with Scripture, develop wise governance and develop local partnerships\nto support their ministry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Scripture Engagement<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Scripture Engagement team works alongside national movements and regions, through workshops, consultations and resources, to help ensure that each new generation of students loves, studies, lives and shares God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The Word among us<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This small booklet aims to cultivate a clear vision of Scripture engagement and reflect on the impact of Scripture among us. It has been used across our global movement.
Download in: English<\/a>, Spanish<\/a>, French<\/a>, Portuguese<\/a>, Korean<\/a>, Indonesian<\/a>, Arabic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The team<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Josu\u00e9 Olmedo
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Mukululi Ncube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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IFES Eurasia Team member<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ana Miriam Peralta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dieudonn\u00e9 Tindano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Indigenous Support Development<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It is easy for national movements to become\nover-dependent on external funding, which often stunts their growth into\nmaturity. In many countries fundraising is thought of as begging, meaning that\nsome movements falsely believe that support raising is impossible in their local\ncontext.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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IFES provides training and resources to help national movements to embrace a biblical understanding of gospel partnership and give them the skills they need to find and develop partnerships they need for student ministry to thrive. These partnerships may involve prayer, resources, personnel and finance. They also serve to ground the student movement in the national and local context.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Kehinde Ojo\nIFES Program Director for Indigenous Support Development <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As a result of this support from IFES:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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