{"id":145,"date":"2019-04-15T10:41:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.ifesworld.org\/?post_type=landing&#038;p=145"},"modified":"2025-05-21T16:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:42:49","slug":"world-student-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test.ifesworld.org\/en\/world-student-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Student Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-acf-spacer\">\n<div id=\"spacer-block_522de338ea5846a7a961bebe4b729e9b\" class=\"\">\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer spacer--sm\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-79d558bca0b2c0a263193a201718733f\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-world-student-day-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xl-font-size wp-elements-79d558bca0b2c0a263193a201718733f\"><strong><strong><strong>Let\u2019s pray together for <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-light-color\">\u201cimmeasurably more\u201d<\/mark> \u2013 World Student Day 2025 is on 16 October!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, World Student Day unites thousands across the globe in<strong> 48 hours of prayer<\/strong>. Students, staff, and supporters join together to <strong>pray for students worldwide and celebrate all that God<\/strong> is doing through local IFES ministry in the world\u2019s universities.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure you\u2019re subscribed to all the latest World Student Day updates and resources:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-acf-subscriptionsignup alignwide stay-informed\">\n<section id=\"subscription-signup-block_c6dbd5eb31dbc780d42af0fe6eaea206\" class=\"stay-informed alignwide subscription-signup subscription--wsd side-padding--md\">\n    <div class=\"signup__content container--adaptive-md align--center text--center\">\n\n      \n      <script>(function() {\n\twindow.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || {\n\t\tlisteners: [],\n\t\tforms: {\n\t\t\ton: function(evt, cb) {\n\t\t\t\twindow.mc4wp.listeners.push(\n\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\tevent   : evt,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcallback: cb\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t);\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t}\n})();\n<\/script><!-- Mailchimp for WordPress v4.12.1 - https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/ --><form id=\"mc4wp-form-1\" class=\"mc4wp-form mc4wp-form-3199\" method=\"post\" data-id=\"3199\" data-name=\"\" ><div class=\"mc4wp-form-fields\"><div class=\"signup__form container--full-width flex flex--wrap flex--center\">\r\n<div class=\"form__input signup__fname\">\r\n\t<label class=\"form__label sr-only\" for=\"signup-fname\">First Name:<\/label>\r\n\t<input id=\"signup-fname\" type=\"text\" name=\"FNAME\" placeholder=\"First Name\" \/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"form__input signup__lname\">\r\n\t<label class=\"form__label sr-only\" for=\"signup-lname\">Surname:<\/label>\r\n\t<input id=\"signup-lname\" type=\"text\" name=\"LNAME\" placeholder=\"Surname\" \/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"form__input signup__email\">\r\n\t<label class=\"form__label sr-only\" for=\"signup-email\">Email Address:<\/label>\r\n\t<input id=\"signup-email\" type=\"text\" name=\"EMAIL\" placeholder=\"Email Address\" \/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"btn btn--primary form__submit\">\r\n\t<input type=\"submit\">\r\n\t<span>Subscribe<\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"list\" value=\"wsd\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div><label style=\"display: none !important;\">Leave this field empty if you&#8217;re human: <input type=\"text\" name=\"_mc4wp_honeypot\" value=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"off\" \/><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_mc4wp_timestamp\" value=\"1778603930\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_mc4wp_form_id\" value=\"3199\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_mc4wp_form_element_id\" value=\"mc4wp-form-1\" \/><div class=\"mc4wp-response\"><\/div><\/form><!-- \/ Mailchimp for WordPress Plugin -->      \n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-lg-font-size\">You can already sign up for this year\u2019s event:&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-acf-ifesbutton aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n    <a id=\"btn-block_d481fae84723b0d8a6547fe496c9da37\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/test.ifesworld.org\/en\/wsd-takepart\/\" class=\"btn btn--world-student-day\">\n        <span>\n        SIGN UP NOW        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading alignwide\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\">Release your joy. Enlarge your faith.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"> Join in <strong>World Student Day 2025<\/strong> for <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-world-student-day-color\"><strong>Immeasurably More<\/strong>!&nbsp;<\/mark><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On this fiftieth anniversary of IFES global prayer days, we\u2019ll be guided by the Apostle Paul\u2019s perspective in Ephesians 3 (vs.20-21). Unite with students, staff, and supporters worldwide to celebrate how God has exceeded what we\u2019ve \u201casked or imagined\u201d and to seek \u201chim who is able\u202fto do immeasurably more\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s enter into <strong>joyful thanksgiving<\/strong> for the multitude of students who\u2019ve personally encountered Christ, for the thousands of universities impacted by student witness, for the many more countries that now have a thriving IFES movement. And let\u2019s pray with <strong>expectant faith<\/strong> for countless more lives, campuses, and communities to be transformed through \u201cGod\u2019s power at work within us\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-5badf3e0f6ebeba79d1767c3d91985cb\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5badf3e0f6ebeba79d1767c3d91985cb\">On <strong>Thursday 16 October<\/strong>, let\u2019s impact the world. <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Let\u2019s come with grateful and hopeful hearts to the One who is able to do immeasurably more.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading alignwide wp-elements-7c62963b0a6be1d68e6a0fc20a3b485b\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-world-student-day-color has-white-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-xl-font-size wp-elements-7c62963b0a6be1d68e6a0fc20a3b485b\">Highlights from 2024&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Snapshots of global fellowship on World Student Day 2024.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-html\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-top: 56.2500%;\n padding-bottom: 0; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px 0 rgba(63,69,81,0.16); margin-top: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; overflow: hidden;\n border-radius: 8px; will-change: transform;\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; border: none; padding: 0;margin: 0;\"\n    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year<\/strong>,<strong> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">34,500<\/mark> <\/strong>people in <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">140<\/mark><\/strong> countries and territories were praying for students and exalting God\u2019s name in all the earth.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-093758-1024x408.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-093758-1024x408.png 1024w, https:\/\/test.ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-093758-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/test.ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-093758-768x306.png 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