ATHLETES IN ACTION – PAK CCC TRUST (Reg)

BEST GLOBAL STRATEGY PRACTICES FROM AROUND THE AIA WORLD

Athletes in Action is a global pioneer, innovator, and servant leader in sport ministry. AIA exists to boldly proclaim the love and truth of Jesus Christ to those uniquely impacted by sport worldwide by winning, building and sending sport influencers. We are committed to helping fulfill the Great Commission by:

Taking the initiative to share the Gospel with 500 million people annually through the platform of sport (exposure).

Giving 100 million people annually the opportunity to individually receive Jesus Christ (evangelism).

Building a global movement of 15,000 spiritually mature athletic influencers by 2020 (discipleship).

Listed below are the best sports strategies AIA has used around the world to help us accomplish these goals.

1. Global Events – The Global Events strategy sends AIA staff members and trained associates to the venues where the world top sport influencers are competing. We are committed to focus on 8 of the world’s major sporting events every calendar year. In every cycle of 8 events, we are in a position to influence 40,000 sport influencers. For each event we will mobilize staff members and trained associates to serve as official or unofficial chaplains to the athletes, coaches, federation leaders and media.

Our prayer is that we can accomplish four (4) things at these world competitions:

Encourage the Christian athletes in their walk with Christ and to help them find ways to use their platform to proclaim Christ to thousands or even millions
Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ with as many athletes as possible – We do this through personal conversations and through the distribution of the Jesus Film and AIA DVDs in over 50 different languages
Find open doors for our international staff to develop ongoing relationships with athletes, coaches and officials from their National federations and Olympic committees
Spend time training our National staff and volunteers in sport ministry

2. Training Congresses – The Training Congress Strategy serves as a venue to “give away” our training philosophy and materials. Since 2002, over 600 delegates from 85 countries have been trained and equipped for building movements of sport influencers. The goal is to identify, recruit, train and equip national delegates for sport ministry. Delegates are taught the basic win, build and send ministry philosophy. Each Congress can be held prior to a global sporting event so delegates gain valuable on the job experience connecting with sport influencers from their country. The combination of training and relationships with sport influencers enhances the delegate’s chances of initiating a successful sport ministry.

3.Ultimate Training Camps – AIA Ultimate Training Camps (UTC’s) are a one-week adventure that will challenge you mentally, physically, and spiritually. At AIA’s camp for competitive athletes, you will hear directly from God’s Word, glean biblical perspective on such topics as motivation, attitude, persevering through tough times, and winning and losing and develop leadership qualities that will be of value in your life and competitive play. These camps have been used in Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Russia and other European countries as well as North America to spiritually impact the athletes in these countries. AIA is planning several UTC’s in 2013 in the Canary Islands and Singapore. In 2005, Nigeria had 50 athletes that participated in the camp with the following results: