The Vision and Strategy for Building a Successful Sports Ministry

The vision and strategy for building a successful sports ministry begins with the vision and strategy of your church and its ability to recognise the sports world’s needs in the community around it. Many churches in Europe have viewed sport as a deterrent to one's involvement in the local church and a hinder to spiritual growth, instead of seeing sport as a missions' tool, as one of our world's universal languages, and as an integral part of our world's culture of which we can influence for Jesus through sports missions. What are our strategies to creatively reach the sports community with the Gospel? How do we connect those we reach to our church, to Christ, and to one another? How do we help athletes develop in their sport while helping them grow deeper in their faith and be ambassadors for Christ in the sports world? How can we build bridges from our church to the sports community and positively influence our culture around us through sports missions? These are just some of the things discussed and questions answered in this talk.