Recreation and sports ministry : impacting postmodern culture / John Garner, general editor. [print]

By:

Garner, John [Author]

Contributor(s):

Garner, John

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0805426264
9780805426267

Subject(s):

Recreation in church work

LOC classification:

BV1620.G234.R437 2003

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Contents:

Introduction to recreation and sports ministry / John Garner ; Biblical foundations of sports ministry : defining the phenomenon / Rodger Oswald ; Visions and re-visions : a history of the modern church recreation and sports movement in the United States / Brad Wesner ; The recreation and sports minister as a professional / Dale Connally ; Organization of recreation and sports ministry / John Garner ; Recreation and sports administration in a ministry setting / Dale Adkins ; Recreation and sports ministry programming process and theory in a church setting / Paul Stutz ; Recreation and sports ministry : an evangelistic approach ; Ethic of competition in a church setting / Greg Linville ; Introduction to recreation and sports ministry for all ages / Judi Jackson.

Summary: As an open-group, open-door strategy, recreation and sports ministries may represent the most effective way to reach the postmodern culture of today. Popular culture is saturated with recreation and sports. Each time they are held, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Series, X-Games, Iron Man events, the Final Four in college basketball, and the playoff series in professional basketball capture the imagination of millions of people in America. The questions are, according to general editor John Garner, where is the church, and will the church see the opportunity to use recreation and sports as ministry tools to reach these people? The fact is, most churches are not reaching the postmodern culture and are being ignored by an increasingly non-Christian American culture. To many people, the church has no relevance to their lives, but re-creative leisure is relevant. They pursue it at breakneck speed and often at great costs. Somehow the church must learn to "capture the imagination" of a world that is passing it by. If the church can capture the imaginations of people, it can get their attention, gain access to their minds, and reach their hearts with the message of God's love. - Back cover.Summary: Explains how churches can reach out to a society that focuses a lot of attention on recreation and sports, discussing ways in which these activities provide an opportunity for Christians to build relationships, gain visibility in the community, and teach leadership skills.

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As an open-group, open-door strategy, recreation and sports ministries may represent the most effective way to reach the postmodern culture of today. Popular culture is saturated with recreation and sports. Each time they are held, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Series, X-Games, Iron Man events, the Final Four in college basketball, and the playoff series in professional basketball capture the imagination of millions of people in America. The questions are, according to general editor John Garner, where is the church, and will the church see the opportunity to use recreation and sports as ministry tools to reach these people? The fact is, most churches are not reaching the postmodern culture and are being ignored by an increasingly non-Christian American culture. To many people, the church has no relevance to their lives, but re-creative leisure is relevant. They pursue it at breakneck speed and often at great costs. Somehow the church must learn to "capture the imagination" of a world that is passing it by. If the church can capture the imaginations of people, it can get their attention, gain access to their minds, and reach their hearts with the message of God's love. - Back cover.

Explains how churches can reach out to a society that focuses a lot of attention on recreation and sports, discussing ways in which these activities provide an opportunity for Christians to build relationships, gain visibility in the community, and teach leadership skills.

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