International Students Fellowship
Christian students Impacting campuses with the life and love of Jesus Christ.
CIESF is dedicated to nurturing students as disciples of Jesus Christ who authentically engage in all facets of campus
life fostering discussions and debates that will shape the decisions of tomorrow’s leaders.
Ministry Partners
Overseas Friends of Union of Evangelical Students of India (OFUESI) is an inter-denominational Christian organization formed in 1999, with the purpose of establishing a support base in USA for the ongoing ministry of Union of Evangelical Students of India (UESI).
We are IFES:
a movement of students sharing and living out the good news of Jesus Christ.
Locally. Nationally. Globally. We shape lives and develop leaders who engage the university and impact the world.
In response to God’s love, grace, and truth:
The purpose of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
is to establish and advance
at colleges and universities
witnessing communities of students and faculty
who follow Jesus as Savior and
About Us
Student Ministry
CIESF is a students ministry founded on Christian faith and loven as taught in the Bible. International students often struggle with homesickness, facing tough challenges as they leave behind family, friends and their home culture to pursue academic opportunities.
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Join a CIESF Group
These are close-knit groups of college students who are learning to live more and more like Jesus and study the Bible better, together.
Daily Bread
November 28, 2023
Learn to Relay on God
We all experience dark passages, times when circumstances become so intense that we wonder if we’ll even survive. The apostle Paul wrote about such an…
November 29, 2023
Kneel Before the Lord
I have such sweet memories of my daddy coming upstairs in the evening to help us girls get settled for the night. He’d open the big red book of fairy tales…
November 30, 2023
Trust and Rejoice
For the longest time, I insisted that God explain my wheelchair to me. Even now, when one problem piles on top of another, I occasionally find myself…
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