Main Archive

Click coloured words to go where you want

Archives Edwin Roberts: Organisations

Student Christian Movement

Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions (IVF)

A Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union was formed in 1877. In 1893 it joined with similar groups in other Universities to form a federation that later called itself the Student Christian Movement. One of its main aims was to encourage students to become overseas missionaries. In 1910 "after a long and painful discussion" the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union withdrew from the national SCM because it wanted to preserve a conservative evangelical doctrinal basis, whilst the SCM wanted to include all points of view then current in the churches. In 1919, the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union joined with like- minded groups in the first "Inter-Varsity Conference". These conferences of bible-based University students led, in 1928, to the formation of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship. In 1974 this changed its name to the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship of Evangelical Unions (UCCF), but its press remained the Inter-Varsity Press.

The IVF (and UCCF) has a doctrinal basis that its officers are required to sign. This claims to be "fundamental truths of Christianity as revealed in Holy Scripture". The truths include:

    "The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture, as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct."


Study links outside this site
Picture introduction to this site
Andrew Roberts' web Study Guide
Top of Page Take a Break - Read a Poem
Click coloured words to go where you want

Andrew Roberts likes to hear from users:
To contact him, please use the Communication Form




Index