Position Title: Head Coach Date: ______________ Reports To: ______________ Hours: 2-4 hours/week Ministry Overview: 1. Be a Christ-like example to your players and their families, building relationships with them and helping them move toward a deeper relationship, or perhaps a first-time relationship, with Christ. 2. Teach the fundamentals of the sport while looking for teachable moments to teach…
Written by Bob Schindler, Executive Director of CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports This is not the way things are supposed to be! “Kobe Bryant and his daughter died in a helicopter crash.” (1/26/2020) I saw the headline on ESPN.com as I was driving back to Charlotte from Knoxville, TN on Sunday. Death…
Story from guest author: M.L. Woodruff, Sports Outreach Minister at Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sports Ministry mobilizes people into ministry – particularly men. This mobilization into ministry is one of the reasons we encourage Local Churches to get involved in Sports Ministry. M.L. Woodruff recently shared the following story to vividly illustrate this…
The Sports Minister and I were discussing the Ministry’s Leadership Team and one of the people rotating off. I asked if she planned to replace this person. She said yes and we discussed possible candidates. One particular person was at the top of the list and, when I asked further about him, the Sports Minister said, “He is very busy – he already coaches his kids and his job is very demanding.”
“Way to go, Coach. Way to teach you players to play dirty!” the frustrated parent from the opposing team blurted out and then walked away. “I hope at least one of your players gets saved this season!” he added as he left. This situation illustrates the confusion in the Church about what it means to play a sport for the glory of God.
And it’s not even numbers, it’s much more than that. There’s a spiritual maturity issue as well. There is a large percentage of men in the local church are who are disinterested…