After being on staff in the Recreation Ministry for a little over 7 years, you can have dry spells that can be discouraging…
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If someone from your church approached you expressing a desire to use their love of sports to be missional, what advice would you give them? How could this person use…
Written by Ken Cross, Church Coach and Mentor at CEDE Sports “Be kind and tender to one another. Forgive each other, just as God forgave you because of what Christ…
With a subject like this it doesn’t take long for the many differences and preconceptions to begin to be injected into the conversation. We may become discouraged, or question why…
Jesus called the twelve to be with Him. Not only that, He was committed to bringing Himself to them. He was WITH them. They did life together…
The way believers coach, spectate, and play sports communicates something about their faith…
“All you’re doing is planting mustard seeds faithfully,” he explained. “And then if God wants to cause a movement on the masses, that’s really all up to the Holy Spirit.”…
Had I known the coach better, I think I would have probed into what appeared as a lack of continuity in his comments and his behavior.
7. Evangelism is necessary for your own growth in Christ…
The speed of the leader is the speed of the team. The pastor must be a model of evangelism in his own life…
Disciple-making is an intentional process of evangelizing non-believers, establishing believers in the faith, and equipping leaders…
Missional Outreach Tim Keller wrote an article in 2001 entitled The Missional Church. In it, he describes the elements of a missional church. Below is a short excerpt from the…
Simple Idea, Profound Impact I came across this quote recently from Tim Keller about preaching: “A man who is not deeply involved in personal shepherding, evangelism, and pastoral care will be…
We talk with sports ministers about developing coaches about as often as Stephen Curry looks good shooting a jump shot! Why? Maybe that is because the success of sports ministries…
A while ago I was in Dallas meeting with leaders from local churches to discuss the foundation for Sports Ministry in the Local Church. We talked about the why, the…
Written by Bob Schindler What I like about the show, The Biggest Loser, is watching people achieve what they have never achieved before but have longed for some time to accomplish. It…