Working life as a context for mission

Join a global community of young professionals learning to integrate faith and work through mentoring, deep biblical teaching and lifelong friendships.

How to get involved…

Navigate the Change: Use our Transition resources to finish university well and start your first job with confidence.
Join a ‘Christian at Work’ program… or get your church or student ministry to start one! We can help.
Find Your Rhythm: Join a Cross-Current group for a two-year journey of mentoring and professional discipleship with other young grads.
Calling out - can you help us grow this ministry by working with us and with your church or student ministry?
Whether you’re IFES staff or a church student worker we would like to help you figure out the best way to help your graduating students flourish in working life.

Discipleship for working life

Flourishing Influence Impact Graduate Impact

We flourish when our identity in Christ becomes who we are at work
Christlike character is our foundation for whole-life-witness at work.
Our professions give us prophetic relevance to help shape God’s world.

Our Distinctives

We conducted in-depth research amongst 350 young professionals from 27 different countries. Our research spanned 3 years and gives a clear insight into the needs of young Christian professionals. Specifically it shows that they are looking for:

Deep Bible teaching that makes sense of the world
A framework for applying the Bible to everyday working life
A supportive community
Time, allowing a process of change

Click here to read the summary or access the full copy of our research.

Our Programmes

Cross-Current

A unique network of mentoring communities focussed on the formation of Christ-like character as a foundation for whole-life-witness in the workplace. Now with groups in more than 40 countries.

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Bible & Culture

Our summer school, started in 2007, now running in partnership with Regent College, Vancouver. Providing a place for Christian adults to engage with the deep topics of our time.

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Transition

A resource for final year students and people beginning work, to help them understand how their faith makes sense in the world of work. Available as a written resource or as an eLearning resource.

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Leaders' Training

We currently have cohorts for training leaders to run Cross-Current groups in Philippines, Latin America, Mexico and Europe. If you are interested in learning to lead others in your community let us know.

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Professional Groups

Since 2012 we have been running Cross-0Current groups focussed on specific professional areas. These international groups have brought together some of the brightest young Christian adults in their fields to learn from each other and to receive inter-generational wisdom from others who have already invested a lifetime following Jesus in their fields.

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If you want to be part of this work in any way - to be mentored, or to mentor others. To lead a group or be part of a group. To write an article, inspire others, learn from others, or just find Christian fellowship that will help you Flourish, Influence and Impact God’s world…. Whatever you need, get in touch.

To find out how you can support this ministry with prayer and finance click here.