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A DEEPER CONNECTION

Guatemala is a tropical climate Central American country that borders the North Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Honduras. It’s filled with coastlines and mountainous regions pot marked with volcanic craters and inhabited by warm and hospitable people. One of those people is Carlos Linares, FCA’s Regional Director of Ministry Advancement...

TO SEE THE WORLD

This is the vision of FCA. What began as a vision trip to Ukraine ten years ago has grown into an expansion of global ministry in 115 countries around the world. At this year’s International Capacity Conference (ICC) in Orlando February 25-29, the remarkable decade milestone was not only celebrated, but proffered as a benchmark for moving ministry forward for the next ten years and beyond....

ANSWERED PRAYER

David Fernandez stepped into the role of Costa Rica Director with a big vision to bring the Kingdom of God to the world of sports. Familiar with having a foot in both worlds, God set him up to understand how to blend them together.

As a young adult, life veered off course for Fernandez as he dabbled in unhealthy habits, eventually getting fired from his job and...

Caring through Crisis

1. The country is still working to rebound from the pandemic’s effects—including the local FCA ministry. FCA Dominican Republic (DR) Director Miguel Terrero is praying for more ministry partners who recognize that God is at work in the DR and want to provide support so he can retain his staff and continue ministry...

Courage to Pursue

She’s a go-getter who plays for the Curitiba Silverhawks, the best female American football team in her home country of Brazil. Her love of the game also led to her coaching a men’s football team and today, she passionately volunteers for FCA, recognizing the lasting and transformational opportunities coaches have on athletes’ lives...

A PIONEERING SPIRIT

For Yolanda Whitaker, an unexpected foray into sports ministry started with a prayer. “I want to do more for You, Christ. I want to do more for my church.” One week later, Whitaker was asked to be part of her church soccer team in the Cayman Islands. Some young men from the community came to play, and afterwards she had an opportunity to invite them to church. Yolanda suddenly realized that she had participated in her first sports outreach...

GROUNDED IN COMMITMENT

There’s a new order of ministry in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, that has helped reach more coaches than ever before, despite the COVID-19 quarantine but through the blessing of technology. Back in spring, Area Director Victor Sanchez didn’t want to lose the traction he had with his coaches. Sanchez still spoke with them through WhatsApp in one-on-one conversations, but he thought there must be something more he could be doing in this time. That’s when he discovered Zoom at a church service and it clicked as an answer to his prayer for further resources to reach his sphere of influence...

FUELING PASSION AND CONNECTION

What began as a wrinkle in plans has changed into ample opportunity for ministry to skyrocket in the West Global Region. “We’ve used the time during COVID-19 to do a lot of work on structure and training and it’s been a great time,” said Divisional Vice President, West Global Jim Roquemore.

The West Global Division is comprised of five regions: Canada, Caribbean, Latin America North, Latin America South and Brazil, and one key revelation for the division was staffing, elevating and empowering leaders for more connections in the sports world...

A STRATEGY FOR EVERY COACH

Fueled by his passion for teaching athletes the game of soccer, coach Jaír Esmeral desired to bring something more to his team. He wanted a strategy that would spark change and impact the heart of his athletes.

The transformation that would happen not only with his teams, but in his own heart, all started with the simple question, “What can I do to coach differently?”

VIRTUAL EVENT SUCCESS STORY

A year can feel like a long time. A year in today’s world can feel like an eternity. Yet even with all the now-cliché “unprecedented” events of 2020 behind them, Collin Thomas and Mario Bento can still somehow remember their visit to Curitiba, Brazil, like it was yesterday.

“I was overwhelmed by the experience,” Bento said. “I can’t even describe it.”