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IWS Alumni Association

The IWS Alumni Association exists to celebrate the unique community established among the students and faculty while on campus in Jacksonville. Our aim is to encourage, edify, and inspire through Anamnesis: the IWS Newsletter, this site, and special events. Listen to Bob Webber and Kent Walters introduce the Alumni Association during the January 2005 Opening Convocation in this audio clip.

Alumni News & Updates

November 30, 2024By

An Interview with Dr. Dan Sharp

October 17, 2024By

Is the worship of a small, rural church important to God?

September 27, 2024By

Welcoming the Change of Seasons

September 19, 2024By

Announcement of New Employees at IWS

August 9, 2024By

2024 IWS Commencement Photo Galleries

IWS Quote of the Week

Dec 2, 2024: Advent Renewal

December 2, 2024

Advent is the time when God breaks in on us with new surprises and touches us with a renewing and restoring power. . . . We should use the Advent season as a period to identify the matters from which we need to be redeemed. Identify whatever it is that seems to be holding you in its power. . . . Commit it to the one who comes to set the prisoners free, turn it over to Christ in prayer, and ask the one who has come into your life to take this problem up into himself.


-Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2004), 38, 51.

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What Alumni are saying...

  • “

    IWS has confirmed that worshipping the eternal God demands intention, contemplation, passion, and a spirit of adventure. The trajectory of my life’s work was changed the moment I began drinking from the fire hydrant that is IWS.

    Dr. Erik Buxton
    DWS, 2015
  • “

    Learning under the direction of such learned faculty among a wonderful, diverse group of colleagues has
    provided an enriching worship education that could not be replicated anywhere.

    Dr. Beth Argot
    DWS, 2016
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    I cannot say enough about the wealth of information I have collected and the formative impact the experience of IWS has had on me. It is something I will be forever grateful for.

    Dr. Vinnie Zarletti
    MWS 2013, DWS 2017
  • “

    Studying at IWS has been like a breath of fresh air to me. Every time I make the annual trip halfway around the globe for the on-campus intensive, I come away feeling refreshed and renewed in my faith and worship life.

    Christabel Wong
    AGCWS 2017
  • “

    I graduated in spring of 2019 and two months later a new lead pastor was hired at my church. The two years in my career when I needed help the most, the Lord led me to IWS. I am so thankful for my time spent there.

    Jenee O’Connor
    MWS 2019