Over the years, the Local Church has had a strange, almost love/hate, relationship with sports. Three perspectives on sports – all unbiblical – have brought about the various expressions in that relationship.
All of us want to experience the power of God.
Take your time and slow down the conversation…
One of the most important skills you need as a ministry leader–especially a sports ministry leader–is follow-up. Anybody in ministry who recruits people needs to do this…
Recruiting volunteers in sports ministry often proves difficult. Every church and every ministry has their own strategies for recruiting volunteers. Listen to what Ritchie Miller, Senior Pastor of Avalon Church in McDonough, Georgia says about recruiting volunteers…
The above excerpt is from a training called Organic Outreach. Bob Schindler discusses the need for people to see evangelism as a group effort.
In 2009, Bill Maher made a movie, Religulous, where he asks a man who believes he will go to be with God when he dies, “Then why don’t you kill yourself?”
The question of how to handle a blowout as a winning coach is relevant at almost any level of basketball…
If you seek to be a good evangelist, then you need to be a good conversationalist…
So if you are choosing people to be part of your team or looking for someone new to give you a different perspective, don’t just look for someone you have things in common with or that you like. Instead, choose someone you TRUST that isn’t afraid to challenge you or push you to grow beyond your current, self-imposed, borders…