Location
Solheim 106
Start Date
7-6-2024 3:30 PM
End Date
7-6-2024 4:15 PM
Description
This professional presentation will discuss how the power of meeting a need can open doors for ministry. Christian Sports Performance Ministry utilizes strength and conditioning to encourage, equip, and enable athletes, coaches, and educators to create relationships through which the Gospel can be shared. In areas of the world where current conditioning methods are not commonplace, education on how to enhance physical performance can be very attractive.
In conjunction with Athletes in Action Philippines, Christian Sports Performance has successfully been using strength and conditioning to open doors for ministry since 2011. Initially, a skill-based training system was developed and used for clinics and workshops throughout the Philippines. In 2015, a partner institution requested the development of a curriculum to add the theory needed to develop safe and effective training programs.
Now the International Certificate in Strength and Conditioning Coaching program that will serve as a training system to develop entry-level strength coaches is ready to be launched. This program combines athletic performance skills with five theory-based modules offered online. The PowerRev Way book project published in 2023 provides a text to support the online modules and athletic performance series.
This presentation will present the International Certificate in Strength and Conditioning Coaching and share how the program will be put into action. Development of new sports ministries through Athlete in Action in South and Southeast Asia, strength and conditioning can be used as a door opener for ministries in parts of the world desperate to hear the Gospel.
Recommended Citation
Dornemann, Tim, "Knock and the door shall be opened unto you, using strength and conditioning as a tool to open doors for ministry" (2024). CSKLS Annual Conference. 6.
https://digitalcollections.lipscomb.edu/cskls-conference/2024/Wednesday/6
Included in
Kinesiology Commons, Leisure Studies Commons, Sports Management Commons, Sports Studies Commons
Knock and the door shall be opened unto you, using strength and conditioning as a tool to open doors for ministry
Solheim 106
This professional presentation will discuss how the power of meeting a need can open doors for ministry. Christian Sports Performance Ministry utilizes strength and conditioning to encourage, equip, and enable athletes, coaches, and educators to create relationships through which the Gospel can be shared. In areas of the world where current conditioning methods are not commonplace, education on how to enhance physical performance can be very attractive.
In conjunction with Athletes in Action Philippines, Christian Sports Performance has successfully been using strength and conditioning to open doors for ministry since 2011. Initially, a skill-based training system was developed and used for clinics and workshops throughout the Philippines. In 2015, a partner institution requested the development of a curriculum to add the theory needed to develop safe and effective training programs.
Now the International Certificate in Strength and Conditioning Coaching program that will serve as a training system to develop entry-level strength coaches is ready to be launched. This program combines athletic performance skills with five theory-based modules offered online. The PowerRev Way book project published in 2023 provides a text to support the online modules and athletic performance series.
This presentation will present the International Certificate in Strength and Conditioning Coaching and share how the program will be put into action. Development of new sports ministries through Athlete in Action in South and Southeast Asia, strength and conditioning can be used as a door opener for ministries in parts of the world desperate to hear the Gospel.
Christian Perspective of Presentation
The beauty of using strength and conditioning as a ministry tool is that all sports can utilize the benefits of strength and conditioning. That provides a broader appeal than traditional single sports ministry. The broad appeal combined with a desire for information in places where strength and conditioning is not commonplace creates a rich environment for relational evangelism. Filling a need, in this case, the desire for information on strength and conditioning, is a great way to begin to cultivate relationships. The development of relationships provides an opportunity for God to work in creating opportunities to share the Gospel. Through the expansion of Athletes in Action in South and Southeast Asia, these tools can open the doors for ministry in countries with the largest Hindu and Muslim populations in the world.