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Partnership strengthens ministry effectiveness while preserving campus-first mission focus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2026

January 1, 2026

Phoenix, Arizona –– 7,000 students, mission organization and church leaders, and ������Ƶ alumni and staff gathered for the 2025 Urbana missions conference, held in Phoenix for the first time, December 28 through 31, 2025. 

“How do we live into the imagination God has given us to take the gospel into the world?” Executive Director, Mark Matlock, asked the audience on the first night of the conference.

Strengthening its commitment to call the next generation into global mission, ������Ƶ/USA is pleased to announce Mark Matlock will serve as Executive Director of the Urbana Student Missions Conference, effective January 2, 2024.

The U.S. Department of Education has announced its plan to rescind a former regulation enacted in September of 2020 that strengthens protections of religious––Christian and other––organizations on public college and university campuses. To share why you think religious student organizations should be protrected, please go to campusaccess.us.

Urbana 22, ������Ƶ's triennial missions conference, has opened registration. Read for more information about this year's conference. 

WESTMONT, IL—������Ƶ/USA has named Terumi Echols as president and publisher of ������Ƶ Press (IVP). Echols succeeds Jeff Crosby who recently became president and chief executive officer of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), the trade association of Christian publishing.

WASHINGTON – In a unanimous today in

Survey reveals racial justice and climate change as most important social issues to Christian students, reflecting past year of racial unrest and racial disparities of COVID-19.

������Ƶ and a diverse group of religious organizations welcome a new Department of Education regulation that strengthens campus non-discrimination and inclusion policies.