MISSION RESOURCES
Sports Missions Tools
Sports Clinic Manual
This 38 page guide will help you plan and execute evangelistic sports camps in domestic or cross-cultural settings. The manual contains job descriptions, organizing instructions, sample sports-specific drills, and sample daily or week long camp schedules. The Sports Clinic Manual has served as a helpful resource for sports mission team leaders since 1999.
Order your copy today (please provide mailing address and quantity desired on the form). $5.00 each + shipping and handling
Web Links
ISF staff members and volunteers have gathered a listing of useful websites over the last several years. We use these links to research people groups, project sites, travel tips, and sources of mission information.
ISF Mission Web Links (.pdf)
Project Preparation Downloads
The following 1 and 2 page downloads are helpful tools for Team Leader’s planning and preparing for a sports missions project. Each item is either a checklist or thought guide for the preparation process.
Short Term Missions Preparations – A guide for mobilizing your team. (.pdf)
Sample Project Budget – How to determine the trip cost. (.pdf)
Project Packing List – Suggestions for what to bring. (.pdf)
Communication with Missionaries – How to ask the right questions. (.pdf)
Fundraising Guide – Ideas for success in raising money for your project. (.pdf)
Sample Evangelism Tool – Making a handout for sharing the Gospel. (.pdf)
Sports Ministry Bibliography
Do you want to know more about Sports Ministry? We are often contacted by students writing papers or doing projects related to sports ministry, and they are having difficulty finding resources. This download is for them. It is also a helpful resource for missionaries and church staff members who are examining the history and validity of sports as a ministry tool.
Sports Ministry Bibliography (.pdf)
Sports Ministry Education
International Sports Federation has gathered a listing of colleges, universities and seminaries that offer degree plans or certificates in sports ministry. If you are interested in pursuing a career in Sports Ministry, please review this list.
Sports Ministry Education Opportunities (.pdf)
Sports Missions Training
Sports as a Tool for Planting Churches
A 20 page look at sports missions and the use of sports to plant new churches around the world. This booklet gives insight into the successes and challenges of missionaries who have looked at sports as more than a way to have fun and share testimonies with large crowds at basketball games. This a resource for learning how to use sports effectively and efficiently as a mission tool. Sports as a Tool for Planting Churches is an excellent resource for missionaries, team leaders, and church staff members.
Order your copy today (please provide mailing address and quantity desired on the form). $5.00 each + shipping and handling
On-Site Sports Mission Team Training
The staff of International Sports Federation has developed a detailed curriculum for preparing your team for success on the mission field. The training can be adapted to your circumstance and facilities. Topics include: team building, planning evangelistic sports activities, cross-cultural awareness and adaptation, working with a host missionary, evangelism training, and effective short-term missions and follow up. Our staff has trained more than 200 volunteer sports teams. We have also helped team leaders from all over the United States plan and conduct their own team trainings. Proper training is vital to success. Please call us as you begin to plan for your next project. We will come to you, or your teams can join one of our summer training camps.
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Team Leader Support Services
Is it your first time to lead a mission team, or the first time to coordinate a sports mission project? We can help. The staff of International Sports Federation has developed a training specific for team leaders of sports mission projects. We cover topics such as recruiting volunteers, fundraising, planning mission activities, using sports as a mission tool, and working with missionaries. You can attend our annual training, we can come to you, or you can schedule an individual consultation by phone or email.
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Mission Speakers
The staff of International Sports Federation has led, coordinated and participated in mission projects in more than 70 countries. We have been involved in fan friendly events on the scale of the Olympics, and covertly used sports to take the message of God’s grace into some of the darkest places in the world. We are passionate about reaching the world for Christ, and have an urgent desire to see believers take their place as mobile messengers of God’s grace. We welcome the opportunity to come share with any group desiring to learn of God’s work and their opportunities to serve. Dates are limited, call today.
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Travel Preparation Services
The staff of International Sports Federation has helped to facilitate more than 750 sports mission projects since 1993. We have learned a lot from successes, challenges and mistakes. We want to help others succeed in their sports mission endeavors without having to recreate or reinvent processes that others may already have working efficiently. We offer the following Travel Planning Services to first time and experienced Team Leaders. Don’t hesitate to call us, so that we can make your next project a much less stressful experience.
Contact us for more information and fee schedules for the following services:
1) Travel Planning and Airline Ticketing
2) Obtaining Travel Insurance
3) On-Site Team Training
4) Planning Sports Missions Activities and Events
