Two years ago one of our team members Ken Cross did a survey of existing sports chaplains, he asked them one simple question? What is your biggest challenge? The answers came back consistently time and time again – isolation and finance. Chaplains reported to be often misunderstood in their churches, the congregation not having a…
We are very excited about the future God has for us at CEDE Partners. In the light of that excitement, we have designed a new website. We have even changed our name to reflect more who we are and where we are going. With all these changes, some very core components of what…
We are excited to start this new chapter in our ministry to churches. Since 1996, our ministry mission has been to mobilize churches and chaplains through sports. During that time, the initiative of our ministry to Churches – most recently referred to as Church Sports Outreach (CSO) – has worked with Local Churches both in…
Often times, we use numbers as ways to measure success in ministry. Numbers tell a part of the story but certainly not all of the story…
Often times, we use numbers as ways to measure success in ministry. Numbers tell a part of the story but certainly not all of the story…
Its fascinating to see Sports Chaplaincy develop in countries all over the world. What is of particular interest is discovering how different cultures adopt a chaplaincy approach in their context. Ukraine became independent from Russia less than 30 years ago, so as a stand alone nation it is still very much in its infancy. The…
We think one aspect of our calling as a ministry is to spur on gospel centricity in sports ministries within the local church.
Recently, I read The Big Miss by Hank Haney about his years of coaching Tiger Woods. One of my main takeaways from the book was:
The difference between High Performance teams and really good teams is the level of genuine care and concern the members demonstrate towards each other…
I had never heard of this short story but really connected with this idea. I often feel this way, like I haven’t scratched the surface of what I want to do, long to do. Like I haven’t even touched the impact I want to have, dream to have.