The Way
The Way is a Christian ministry to youth via sports camps in Europe. It is based in Fort Gibson, Okla.
The Way is a Christian ministry to youth via sports camps in Europe. It is based in Fort Gibson, Okla.
The Rev. John Gibson is an associate pastor serving at St. Dominic Catholic Parish in Brookfield, Wis. A story about how his love for soccer and the church combined in his call appeared in the April 17, 2014, edition of the Catholic Herald.
Chad Gibbs is the author of God and Football: Faith and Fanaticism in the SEC. He is based in Alabama, and can be contacted through his website.
Hugh Poland is the author of two Christian devotionals on baseball, including Intentional Walk. He is a writer and music minister in Houston.
Charles Honey is a religion and education reporter and columnist for the Grand Rapids Press in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is the author of “Faith on First: Thoughts on God, Nature and Sacrifice Bunts.”
The Third Coast Sports Foundation is a sports ministry that works with major and minor league baseball teams to provide Christian acts for “Faith Nights” or “Faith Days” at ballparks. The foundation is based in Nashville, Tenn. Brent High is president.
Baseball Chapel is a Christian ministry to baseball players that provides chapel leaders to all 210 major league and minor league baseball teams and estimates 3,000 players participate. The site maintains a list of active and retired players who endorse it. It’s based in Springfield, Pa., and Vince Nauss is president.
Michael L. Butterworth is director of the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is the author of Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity: The National Pastime and American Identity During the War on Terror. He has studied Major League Baseball’s “Faith Nights” and written about them.
Mary K. Mohler is the wife of Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. She is director of the school’s Seminary Wives Institute.