Feeling Pain and Hope

In the latest Prayerline, discover how 4 student leaders from different movements in the Caribbean are spearheading a project that will bring together 30 students from across the region to help revitalise ministry in Antigua. They need your prayers!

🙏 In the latest Prayerline, discover how a fragile small group in Senegal was revived when they experienced truths from God’s “living and active” Word, when “the weak were made strong” and the faithful “found favour”. Be encouraged and pray for them

🙏 In the latest Prayerline, learn how a Nepalese student in the Philippines started sharing Christ with his Filipino coursemates. Discover how International Student Ministry is much more than reaching overseas students! Read or listen today and pray for ISM and students in the Philippines 👇

Each year for World Student Day, students and staff in IFES movements and ministries share prayer requests for students and campuses across the globe. These are turned into Prayer Cards that thousands use to pray for God’s work on World Student Day.  In this Voices of IFES, listen to a selection of this year’s prayer requests and use the melodic pauses to reflect and pray.  If you use this podcast to pray, make sure you include yourself on the World Student Day Prayer Map. Sign up here.  To see all of this year’s requests, visit the Prayer Card page. 

🙏 In the latest Prayerline, discover how a campus survey became a powerful act of listening. Learn how Lucas from ABUA Córdoba saw God do immeasurably more: deeper listening, wider partnerships, and higher student engagement. 🙌 Pray for them today

In this Voices of IFES, we speak to David Velkovski, a pharmacy student and part-time staff worker with SEAM, the IFES movement in North Macedonia. David shares his journey from shy newcomer in Skopje to active leader in SEAM. As IFES celebrates 50 years of World Student Day this October, David also shares how his movement marks the day and what it means for him.  David speaks of the power of prayer in connecting students across the world and notes how it helps SEAM grow in faith and community. He also offers insights into what it’s like to share Christ in his context, a predominantly religious culture, and how important it is to build deep relationships. David’s story is a heartwarming testimony to the call of IFES to be part of something bigger – locally, nationally, and globally. 

🙏 In the latest Prayerline, meet students from the Middle East and North Africa. Hear firsthand from some who recently participated in a regional conference and get a sense of the pain and hope they experience in their context. They need your prayers

In this Voices of IFES, listen to David (“Monty”) Montgomery (Regional Secretary for IFES Europe) open up Matthew 28:16-20 on the closing night of the European Student Festival (August 2025).   Having established the need for obedience and worship, he then unpacks “the Great Commission” with four words: proclaim, produce, presence, and power. He urges around 500 students from across Europe and beyond to return to their campuses to boldly proclaim the gospel and produce whole-life disciples – in the presence and by the power of Jesus Christ. 

🙏 In the latest Prayerline, discover what happened when a team from North America visited IFES Eurasia’s camp for student leaders. What did they take away? How did perspectives change? Learn how “missions” got real, with real faces and real relationships

🙏 The latest Prayerline offers words from IFES movements in South Asia to guide your prayers for students in the region. From the threat of excommunication to the impact of blood donation, discover the challenges and blessings – and pray for students