About Us

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What is RIVCF?

Ryerson Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship is a group of inter-denominational Christian students who get together on a regular basis for fun, fellowship, prayer and worship. We encourage each other in our relationships with God and welcome you to get to know who God is. RIVCF is a place for thought, a place for prayer, a place for laughter and a place for good fellowship. Everyone is welcome! Ryerson Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship is a chapter of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada, a nation-wide Christian student organization.

Our Purpose & Core Values

Being shaped by God’s word and led by the Holy Spirit, the purpose of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada is the transformation of youth, students and graduates into fully committed followers of Jesus Christ.

• Develop Faithful Witness: To witness to the Lord Jesus Christ as God incarnate and to seek to lead others to a personal faith in Him.
• Cultivate Spiritual Growth: To deepsn and strengthen the spiritual life and gifts of followers by the study of the Bible, fellowship, prayer, and worship.
• Demonstrate Christian Love: To encourage Christians empowered by the Holy Spirit to love our neighbours as ourselves.
• Seek All Truth in Jesus Christ: To assist Christians to explore and assert the relevance of the Christian faith to every aspect of private life and public concern.
• Shape Servant Leaders: To develop godly women and men to serve as leaders in God’s work in the world.
• Grow a Missional Commitment: To affirm God’s call that all Christians are called to serve Him through their lives and work and to participate in the global mission of the church by praying, giving, and serving.

Doctrinal Statement - We Believe In:

The only true God, the almighty Creator of all things,
existing eternally in three persons –
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit –
full of love and glory.

The unique divine inspiration,
entire trustworthiness
and authority of the Bible.

The value and dignity of all people:
created in God’s image to live in love and holiness,
but alienated from God and each other because of our sin and guilt, and justly subject to God’s wrath.

Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine,
who lived as a perfect example,
who assumed the judgment due sinners by dying in our place,
and who was bodily raised from the dead and ascended as Saviour and Lord.

Justification by God’s grace to all who repent
and put their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation.

The indwelling presence and transforming power of the Holy Spirit,
who gives to all believers a new life and a new calling to obedient service.

The unity of all believers in Jesus Christ,
manifest in worshiping and witnessing churches
making disciples throughout the world.

The victorious reign and future personal return of Jesus Christ,
who will judge all people with justice and mercy, giving over the unrepentant to eternal condemnation
but receiving the redeemed into eternal life.

To God be glory forever.