Rachel Allison is an assistant profession in the department of sociology at Mississippi State University. She is the coordinator of a session called  “Soccer and the Politics of Inequality,” which will look at the social and racial issues raised by professional soccer and the FIFA World Cup, at the 2014 conference of the North American […]

The National Christian College Athletic Association is a nonprofit that promotes intercollegiate sports among Christian schools and Christian athletes. It covers 100 Christian colleges and universities, 13,000 student-athletes and 850 coaches. It is based in Greenville, S.C., and Dan Wood is executive director.

Christian Skaters International is an evangelical ministry that reaches out to young people in developing nations with skateboards, skateboard teachers, demonstrations and camps. The ministry is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ USA is a national Christian ministry that partners with local churches in the U.S. to focus on youth. The national office is in Dillon, Colo., but there are offices all around the nation, which it breaks down into four regions. The ministry has overseas branches in New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan, […]

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.

Daniel Stuart is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of South Carolina. He is a scholar of South Asian religions, literary cultures and meditation traditions who specializes in the texts and practices of the Buddhist tradition.