Revival Valley Ministries has had the pleasure of knowing Sherol Chen for almost 8 years. Sherol has always had a heart for leading grad students into experiences with God, and for moving inside higher education institutions while representing the name of Jesus well. She has helped lead the UC Santa Cruz grad student fellowship winter retreats, as well as establishing Passion Talks in and around Stanford and UC Berkeley campuses. Even during a short internship at Google, she started a set of worship nights, and mini Passion Talks at Google. Revival Valley is glad to now join with Sherol to partnered with this Kingdom dream that Sherol has already been stewarding for a few years now: the Intellectual Faith Movement.
Bridging the Intellectual and Faith Communities
The INTELLECTUAL FAITH MOVEMENT seeks to minister the love and truth of Jesus Christ at the intersection of academic/industry intellectuals and spiritual communities of faith.
In many places, Christian faith communities have abandoned a representation in the intellectual and serious thought. The INTELLECTUAL FAITH MOVEMENT seeks to bridge the intellectual communities with representative of faith community to facilitate respectful conversations between the communities, as part of a larger effort to display Jesus glory and freedom gained in Him.
There are three points of disconnect that IF would like to help repair:
- Rather than in conflict, demonstrate how communities of faith and intellectual communities are not mutually exclusive, but mutually beneficial.
- Give a platform for humbly honoring and discussing world views in hope that the truth will speak for itself.
- Showing through action, evidence, and good relationship that Love, above all else, drives out fear, unifies, and heals.
Check out our Intellectual Faith ministry page to get the full picture, read Sherol’s blogs (Intellectual Faith blog, Passion Talks blog).
