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Sports Ministry at Houghton

Sports Ministry is using athletics and recreation to be a witness for Jesus Christ. We are called by God to cultivate the gifts, abilities, and talents that He bestows (Ephesians 4:16). The court, the field, the track becomes an "altar" for the athlete to offer his or her talent as an expression of worship. Just as a musician has the capacity to offer each note heavenward in worship of God, the athlete, likewise, offers each maneuver and technical skill heavenward as their "note" of praise and thanksgiving.

"Sports ministry is a concept which enables us as athletes and teams to use our respective sport as a platform for representing Christ. Sports provides a means of connection and identification with opponents and local and global community in which we have an opportunity to share Christ through our words and actions."

- Matt Webb, head men's soccer coach