Making the Most of Every Opportunity
Great opportunities however are many times accompanied by great obstacles, and it is no different for the sports minister…
The Case for Sports Ministry to Children
Many church based sports ministries consist largely of children between the ages of 5 – 13. This is the prime time for a person to make a decision to trust Jesus as savior!…
Why does God want coaches to coach?
The ultimate question is always why – more than what, how, or who. How would you answer this question for coaches?
7 Ways to Share Your Life Through Sports
Vulnerability invites vulnerability. Like I said above about asking good questions, it helps to get deep with a person when discussing the gospel…
Sharing Your Life Through Sports
Paul loved the Thessalonians so much that he was willing to invest and engage them–not just preach to them…
A NEW RESOURCE for dealing with the brokenness of SPORTS!
“For the Love of the Game is the single most important product/training that I would recommend for anyone in the Sports Ministry field.” Cindy – Tennis Coach
Why the customer/parent isn’t always right
Recently, I talked with a sports minister about the criteria this ministry used for team selection in their youth leagues. This issue came up because of a protest from one of the coaches regarding the perceived disregard of the sports minister for a particular request by this coach for certain players to be on his team.
The faith of some of the Seattle Seahawks
Here are two videos from YouTube about four players and two coaches from the Seattle Seahawks where they talk about themselves, some of their football experiences, and their understanding and love for Jesus Christ.
Can you imagine giving up your spot on the Olympic Team? She did!
Lanny Barnes was too ill to compete in some of the qualifying races for the Olympic Trials. Her sister, Tracy, competed and qualified for the U.S. Team. Then, she did something very unusual.
Coach suspends entire team!
“We felt like everything was going in a direction that we didn’t want our young men going,” said Labrum, an alumnus of the program he’s coached for the past two years. “We felt like we needed to make a stand.”