Purpose
Our Purpose: Connecting the Basketball World to Jesus
1. Connecting Churches to Their Community
- Through providing the program, equipment, and personnel for evangelistic 3 on 3 tournaments
- Through Teaching a Biblical philosophy of sports ministry to the local church
2. Connecting the Unsaved to the Gospel
- Through providing Gospel preaching at camps, tournaments, and other sports events
- Through written material
3. Connecting the Next Generation to Training
- Through written material and training for discipleship
- Through developing leaders and programs in other countries
Philosophy
Our philosophy of ministry is to do our best to share the burden of Christ. Christ had a burden for evangelism as expressed in Matthew 28:19-20 and II Peter 3:10. We believe Christ has a burden for all to be saved. We want to reach our world without compromising in the areas of separation or Biblical preaching to do so. There are many tools that are valuable in getting people in a position where they can be impacted by the power of the Gospel. This ministry is not about basketball, but about Christ—and seeing those needy souls come to Him. Basketball is just a simple tool. Our burden is to give the Lord glory in the excellence of our program. We want to be able to shine as lights in the community with an excellent program, equipment, and staff. Our burden is to help the local church reach THEIR community. We are not interested in operating on our own, but know that the strength of Christianity lies in the local church, as God’s design. We partner with local, likeminded churches that could be described as sound in doctrine, both in faith in practice, and believe in the sufficiency of Scriptures.
Program
The National Hoops Program can be divided into two parts: The 3 on 3 evangelistic tournament and the Spiritual Emphasis week for the youth group or Christian School.
3 on 3 Tournament:
National Hoops provides great prizes for the teens to compete for including:
- Scholarships to NH Camp
- Trophies, T-Shirts, and pictures on the web.
National Hoops provides equipment as we conduct the tournament including:
- Goals
- Sound System
- Electric Scoreboard
- Bracket Software
- Flip Charts
- Bracket Boards
- Signs
- Court Stencil
National Hoops provides the staff to be involved in/assist in:
- Recruiting players for the tournament
- Training volunteers for the Saturday event
- Setting up the tournament on location
- Conducting the tournament
- Special music, preaching, counseling, record keeping
National Hoops provides materials for:
- Promotion (signs, fliers and posters)
- Planning and organizing
- Discipleship and follow-up
The Spiritual Emphasis Week (Youth Group or Christian School)
National Hoops provides a program to include:
- Basketball competitions (trash ball, trivia, dunk contests)
National Hoops provides the staff to be involved in:
- Giving testimonies
- Singing special music
- Preaching
- Counseling
Sample Schedule
- Monday: Team Arrives
- Tuesday-Friday: Team recruits, prepares, conducts services for youth group or school.
- Saturday: Tournament
- Sunday: Team available to participate with special music, preaching, Sunday School, etc
Discipleship Program
It is a very important matter to obey the Lord’s teaching on discipleship. Much of this burden rests on the local church, yet we have been burdened to do all that we are able to do in order to fulfill the Great Commission.
Training Camp, a 112 page discipleship book, was written with sports fans in mind. This book is given to those making a decision.
Costs:
Ministry Expenses: There is no set fee or official requirement for this ministry to come serve in your church. We depend on the free-will expense gift from the church to help cover the cost of travel, equipment, and normal operating expenses.
Evangelist’s Income: The income of the evangelist and his family comes from mission support and a free-will love offering taken by your church. This is not a requirement for our family to come serve with you.
