This is Life!
SportsLife Leadership launched its first official podcast, “This Is Life.” Hosted by Jimmy Page, each 30-minute episode features conversations with coaches, athletes, executives, and culture-shaping leaders who are using their platforms to make a Kingdom impact.
Hoops, Hope, and the Gospel
Using last April with former NBA player Wesley Fluellen as a launch, Ezekiel Selvaraj plans to build and keep reaching into the rural areas surrounding India’s biggest cities and using basketball, soccer, and wrestling to reach young people.
SportsLife Leadership Launches Pickleball
Mark Stephens was content in his executive role until a mission trip to Malaysia with three church friends, who are also his pickleball partners, opened his eyes to the ministry opportunity.
Called to Coach
SportsLife Wrestling partnered with the NWCA to host the annual Collegiate CEO Leadership Academy to help coaches understand they can be a high-level coach and a rock-solid Christian. They don’t have to sacrifice one for the other.
280 Wrestlers, One Message
Some of the most successful wrestlers in the sport got up in front of these kids and taught them how to become the best wrestler they can be. But ultimately, these men told them there’s something greater.
Calling, Courts, and Community
Vincent Asamoah has a God-sized strategic plan called “Vision 2030,” which he views as crucial for sustainable growth throughout Ghana. Africa’s challenges stem not from a lack of resources but from the absence of God-fearing leaders.
God-Sized Dreams on the Mat
In September, David Said will officially celebrate one year with SportsLife Leadership. His ministry experience, however, goes back to 2003 when he first parlayed his dual athletic and training career into the early workings of significance as a sports leader.
Training Hearts, Resourcing Hands
Traveling to Macaé, Rio for four days to support and participate in Anderson Couto’s ministry outreach, SL team members conducted a three-hour leadership training session for 22 sports leaders from various disciplines, mainly jiu-jitsu and fitness.
Sweat, Silence, and Strategy
On Good Friday, Faith RXD (a ministry of SportsLife) led global efforts for the annual Passion WOD – an intense CrossFit® workout designed to memorialize the death and resurrection of Christ.