Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship
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Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF; also UCCF: The Christian Unions) is a UK-based charity that was founded in 1928 as the Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions. The UCCF endorses a conservative evangelical form of Christian theology.
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Formation | 1928 |
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Type | Christian Interdenominational student association |
Headquarters | Oxford, United Kingdom |
Director | Richard Cunningham, since 2004 |
Secessions | Student Christian Movement |
Affiliations | International Fellowship of Evangelical Students |
Website | uccf |
Formerly called | Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions |
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UCCF's dual aims are:
- To advance the evangelical Christian faith amongst students, graduates and former members of universities; and
- To promote biblical scholarship and research.[1]
To achieve its aims, UCCF undertakes three main areas of activity:
- Encouraging and supporting leaders of affiliated Christian Unions (CUs) throughout the UK to engage in evangelism and help Christian students grow in their faith.
- Publishing and distributing a wide range of Christian resources through its Inter-Varsity Press (IVP) subsidiary, based in Nottingham (not to be confused with the US-based InterVarsity Press).
- Supporting biblical research, mostly at postgraduate level.
The Christian Unions provide opportunities for fellowship, bible study and evangelism, with nearly 40,000 students attending outreach events each year.[2]