SPORTS TEAM COMPETITION
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| WHAT IS IT? |
Sportspeople love to compete and a match
between a Christian team
and a secular team
can be a great way of reaching
out to non-Christian
sportspeople and can serve
as a terrific
church planting opportunity.
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| AIMS
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- To help every church or agency anywhere send
culturally relevant church
sports teams for
the purpose of evangelism/church
planting.
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| STEPS TO IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY |
1. Educate constituency that you don't need
to be a professional athlete
to create a
sports outreach strategy.
2. Identify the interest
of at least one
group in the church that
would have the interest
to be involved in a sports
event - basketball,
volleyball, etc.
3. Finding a host ministry
or church locally
to send the team to.
4. Identify an adequate
location near the
host church or organizational
premises. (Improvise
if necessary)
5. Develop promotional
strategy for the outreach.
6. Build music, food, mimes
and other components
into the strategy when
possible.
7. Train team members to
present the gospel.
8. Train counselors to
witness to the crowds
watching the matches.
9. Consider culturally
relevant music and
More Than Gold materials
including follow-up
materials.
10. Consider the wearing
of uniforms for
the team if finances allow.
11. Consider a festive
evening with a meal,
games and trivia time.
12. Consider conducting
clinics.
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| NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED |
- Trainers to train players and counselors
- Promoters to advertise the activities
- Referee or umpire to
officiate.
- Cheerleaders if culturally relevant.
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| RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR EVENT OUTREACH |
A terrific model of Sports Team outreach
is in Kenya. Click here to download the manual.
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Literature Resources
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TV & Video Resources
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