We Believe In IICS

"When I speak on a university campus, I am only there for one or two days. But now IICS is able to teach the Bible and the evidences for it, every day of every semester in more and more public universities overseas." Josh McDowell

"I am happy to commend this unique ministry." Ruth Bell Graham





"The IICS work is one of the most extraordinary mission movements in the world today. It is costly, and often it will not see huge immediate returns, but it is a rare, farsighted and remarkable work that is sowing seeds of unimaginable significance. I couldn't be more supportive."
Dr. Os Guinness, Author and Speaker

"Because we believe that Jesus Christ is the truth, we have nothing to fear from exposure to academic enquiry....I warmly endorse the vision of IICS to help establish and/or strengthen university Departments of Christian Studies." Dr. John R. W. Stott

"I am grateful for the genuine exchange of information and perspectives regarding both secular and spiritual truth that result from this endeavor." John Ashcroft, Former Attorney-General, United States of America

"The university is the front line in the battle for the hearts and minds of students - the leaders of tomorrow. I have followed the work of IICS from the beginning. Their work is a strategic and necessary component in what God is using to reach intellectuals and leaders today." Dr. Ravi Zacharias

"I've been tremendously impressed with the work that IICS does. I think it is an absolutely unique and necessary way of presenting Christ to the nations. It must be inspired by God." Dr. Dallas Willard

"The battle for the mind of the world determines what will happen in terms of how societies are created and behave; and whether we can get a Christian influence in the world depends often on how well we can educate the elite. What better way to infiltrate than to get to the minds of the young leaders who are being trained in these universities and colleges abroad. That's why I support IICS." Charles Colson

Ministry Leaders

Dr. Ralph Winter, U.S. Center for World Mission. "For many years I have believed it is better to invade the secular universities than to try to duplicate them.... IICS has one of the most strategic concepts in world missions today."

Dr. Anita Deyneka. "Students in public universities constitute one of the neediest, most neglected unreached people groups in the world. They are also one of the most strategic groups in view of their potential to evangelize other sectors of society."

Tim Stafford, author. "IICS works with real Christian integrity in universities around the world. For that reason they can reach places and people that other approaches to missions cannot. I cannot think of a more important goal than bringing a Christian worldview to academia."

Academic Leaders

Dr. Mark Noll, Wheaton College. "IICS is doing critical work at a time in the world's development when the thirst for knowledge is very strong...IICS provides an opportunity for a rising generation to learn about Christian faith...from teachers who are strong in their disciplines and who are committed to the Kingdom of Christ."

Dr. Robertson McQuilkin, chancellor, Columbia Bible College and Seminary. "As a true pioneer, you are out in front of all of us."

Dr. Walter Kaiser, president, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. "IICS is responding to one of the greatest challenges in the last part of the twentieth century and may well become the pattern for the twenty-first century."

Dr. Richard G. Swinburne, University of Oxford. "It is very important that Christian ideas should be fully available to students...IICS has done, as far as I know, more than any other organization to make such ideas available."

Dr. Donald Campbell, former president, Dallas Theological Seminary. "Among the new opportunities for Christian outreach, few are more exciting or potentially more significant than the work of IICS."

Dr. Norman Geisler, president, Southern Evangelical Seminary. "IICS is one of the most innovative missions projects I know. The leaders are men of integrity and dedication."

Dr. Donald McGavran, IICS Board of Advisors member, wrote these words shortly before his death. "I rejoice in this new way of carrying out the Great Commission, the discipling of all the peoples. You are doing a great work which I am sure God will abundantly bless."

Dr. Elmer Towns, Dean, School of Religion, Liberty University. "There are hundreds of foreign universities where this could become a reality."

Political Leaders

Dr. David Weldon, United States Congressman, Florida. "I am solidly behind IICS and what it stands for. That is why I have supported it for years."

Business Leaders

Greg Campbell, business leader, chairman, Wheaton College Board of Visitors. "IICS provides a very high return on investment. Being able to influence future leaders of countries is a remarkable opportunity and is one worthy of my support."

Jerry Horton, insurance broker, Spartanburg, South Carolina. "IICS uses money wisely with a minimum loss to overhead and administration. The results in changed lives is great."

Barry Pollara, investment broker, Virginia Beach, Virginia. "IICS gets to the very heart of changed lives."

Rob and Jodi Hanlon, business leaders, Wheaton, Illinois. "We support ministries with a strong and explicit vision and mission. With IICS our support is being utilized effectively. IICS reaches people while maximizing financial assets."

Jack and Pearl Galpin. "Never before in the history of the world has been such an urgency to go and tell others about the plan of salvation and IICS is in a unique position to do just that."

Professional Leaders

Curt Frazier, M.D. "IICS is worthy of my support because of the character and diligence of those with IICS. The ministry of IICS is needed today to reach the academic centers of the world."

Tom Ulrich, engineer. "IICS is the means for one to learn the Bible in a university environment. It provides a biblical grounding for students."

Pastors

Dr. James Kennedy, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. "This, indeed, is an innovative and a most needed missionary project."

Rev. John Krans. "Quality ministry begins with quality people. IICS is worthy of support because the executive leaders of IICS are quality Christian people with the highest integrity. IICS is on the cutting edge of missions entering the 21st century. The IICS ministry impacts potential world leaders who, with Christ in their heart, can move a country or a world for Jesus."

Overseas Academicians and Students

Dr. Allah Kim, Professor of Psychology, Kazakh State University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. "Thank you for giving me the possibility to know the Bible better."

Public School Teacher in Nigeria. "The project came at the right time because Nigeria is at its collapse. Such a motivated, challenging seminar kept us ready to do our best to change our lives, our students and Nigeria as a whole by the grace of God."

Miroslava Vyteckova, former student in Prague, Czech Republic. "In my childhood I never heard a word about religion or God. We were always taught only the materialistic point of view. Richard Smith from IICS showed us the other side of the story....It is not his influence on us just as a teacher, he is also a friend and always has good advice. His personality is full of light. Dr. Smith is one of the best teachers I have ever known."

Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) teacher, Jos, Nigeria, on the teacher's manual on CRK developed by IICS. "It gives me joy to even go to classes with this manual. With this manual in my possession, I feel I am a real teacher and not a confuser."

Education Inspector, Gombe State, Nigeria. "Really the Lord is using you to train the CRK teachers who are entrusted with the work of training our young ones. The lectures and the materials are so very important to us, more than if you had given us a billion dollars each. They so much opened our eyes to see the need to share the same knowledge with our students who are perishing."