2013 MINISTRY REPORT

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1 2013 MINISTRY REPORT

2 RELENTLESS CELEBRATING A YEAR OF UNYIELDING, NEVER-CEASING IMPACT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. FCA is relentlessly pursuing Jesus Christ. Fierce persistence. Unyielding determination. Passionate pursuit. Intense devotion. This year of ministry was all about living and playing with fierce persistence and unyielding determination in both sport and faith. Just as God s love for us and His pursuit of us are relentless, so is His plan for an abundant and eternal life in Jesus Christ. Through God s power and our over 1,100 staff, 74,000 donors and thousands of volunteers, FCA reached nearly two million people through our Four C s of Ministry Coaches, Camp, Campus and Community. We celebrate the incredible impact in 2013 and thank God for blessing FCA as we continue to focus on His vision to see the world impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.

3 2013 A YEAR OF RELENTLESS IMPACT As a faith-funded ministry, we give thanks to the Lord for His provision. FCA achieved a record year of $87.9 million in revenue. FCA gained tremendous growth and record-setting numbers in reaching coaches and athletes through our 4 C s of Ministry Coaches, Campus, Camps and Community. FCA Staff jumped to over 1,100 in the U.S. and internationally. FCA distributed 218,174 Bibles worldwide. FCA has nine different Bibles, and recently released two sport-specifi c New Testament Bibles, The Goal Soccer New Testament and The Wrestling New Testament. FCA teamed up with YouVersion, the most popular Bible app, to offer a variety of Bible reading plans. Over 12,000 have started our fi rst reading plan called FCA: The Relentless Devotional for Competitors. The Automatic Monthly Partner (AMP) program reached a record $12.8 million in revenue, a 42% increase over the prior year and made up over 19% of FCA s total donors. Over 100,000 people visit an FCA-related website each day to learn more about the ministry, download free resources and connect with ministry in their area. FCA launched its fi rst online donation and account management system, myfca. This one-stop personal account management system allows donors to easily manage giving online, look up FCA staff and local areas and read about different areas to support. FCA s Hall of Champions honors 2013 inductees Dick Abel, FCA President from ; Jose Campo, wrestling coach; Mark Johnson, former college baseball coach; and Frank Kelly III, longtime FCA athlete, volunteer, donor and board member FCA released three new publications: The Heart of a Competitor, a devotional for the competitor; The Heart of a Coach Playbook, a coach s devotional; and The Heart of an Athlete published in Mandarin, the fi rst Christian sports devotional to be legally published in China.

4 VALUES - I NTEG RITY SERVI N G TEAMWO RK EXCELLEN CE Vision: To see the world impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. FCA changed me from a coach who only cared about winning to a coach who has a passion for sharing Christ to students.

5 THE FOUR C s OF MINISTRY Coaches Ministry Coaches are the heart of FCA. Our philosophy in Coaches Ministry is to minister to and through the coach to see transformation. We desire to see biblical coaches who are Christians who happen to coach, rather than just coaches who happen to be Christians. When coaches become followers of Jesus Christ, their character, their relationships and their approach to coaching will be authentic. In 2013, we saw incredible impact with a record 9,780 coaches attending Bible studies across the country. Also, we have recently developed 3Dimensional Coaching, an online curriculum of video training modules that allows coaches to determine their transformational purpose in coaching. As a result, the coach is released into the FCA ministry with purpose, support and resources to have maximum impact for Jesus Christ. To help our staff better engage coaches, we hosted our second annual Coaches Ministry Academy, where 40 selected national and international staff were trained on effective ways to minister to coaches and connect them to Christ and ministry. FCA also participated in eight national coaches conventions, where coaches were encouraged and challenged to grow in their faith. FCA has helped me understand that God gave me the gift of sport, so I need to use it for HIS glory and not my own.

6 THE FOUR C s OF MINISTRY Campus Ministry The school campus is one of the most strategic mission fields. FCA focuses on equipping, enabling, empowering and encouraging student-athletes, coaches and adult leaders to impact and influence their campus for Christ. This is accomplished through certified ministry that is initiated and led by student-athletes, sponsored by coaches, supported by staff, established on junior high, high school or college campuses and meets on a regular basis. There are four ministry types: Club Huddles, Team Huddles, Chaplain Huddles and Coaches Huddles. Additionally, outreach events take place on the campus such as One Way 2 Play Drug Free programs, school assemblies and the annual Fields of Faith events. In 2013, over 450,000 students were reached on 9,323 campuses across America. The eighth annual Fields of Faith event had more than 170,000 students participate on approximately 463 athletic fields. Of those, 5,397 commitments to Christ, 7,921 recommitments to Christ, and 9,834 commitments to read the Bible were made. God has used Fields of Faith to impact over one million people since it first began in Camp Ministry Camps are a time of inspiration and perspiration. FCA provides athletes and coaches the opportunity to reach their God-given potential by offering comprehensive athletic, spiritual and leadership training in a camp environment. These types of camps are Sports Camp, Leadership Camp, Coaches Camp, Power Camp, Partnership Camp, Team Camp and International Camp. Camp Ministry experienced an incredible year with more than 59,000 coaches and athletes attending 429 FCA Camps in 38 states and 25 countries around the world. Many lives were impacted and transformed by outstanding competition and spiritual growth during FCA s 57th camp season. The 2013 camp theme, RELENTLESS, challenged attendees to relentlessly pursue God and their sport with a desperate, determined heart. That is exactly what happened with 5,002 salvation decisions and 7,120 recommitments to the Lord.

7 Community Ministry With the majority of athletes playing sports in the community (off-campus programs), FCA is ministering to the club, recreational and youth sports teams with the goal of establishing on-going ministry for coaches and athletes to compete for Jesus Christ with character, passion and excellence. This includes any off-campus opportunities such as Team Huddles, Chaplain Huddles, Coaches Huddles, Club Huddles and FCA Sports Teams. FCA Expanded Ministries FCA continues to reach more coaches and athletes in their unique sports culture through Sport-Specific Ministry and International Ministry. Sport-Specific Ministry impacts specific sports communities for Christ by ministering to those united around a particular sport. It has established executive directors in Baseball, Cheerleading, Endurance, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Motocross, Soccer and Wrestling. Our strategy to grow Sport-Specific Ministries is to start locally, grow regionally and support nationally. FCA International has exploded in It continues to impact coaches and athletes throughout the world by connecting FCA s 505 field offices and 1,100 staff to the world, training those who lead sports ministries overseas with FCA staff, distributing resources worldwide and developing affiliates and partners with leaders to work in unity. Currently FCA is working in 30 different countries, and camps have grown from 11 to 87 in five years! In 2013, a total of 13,115 coaches and athletes were reached through the camps (up from 5,352 in 2012). I love Jesus Christ with all of my heart, and I can t explain or put into words how drastically FCA Camp has changed my life and the way I walk with Christ!

8 2013 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS At FCA, we re thankful for our teammates who invest their gifts of time, talents and treasures. We re also thankful for the faithfulness of our staff, volunteers and donors as we strive to be effective and efficient with the funds given. Revenue increased to $87.9 million, up 10.9% from Major sources of gift revenue included individuals (59.6%), businesses (18.9%), foundations/donor-advised funds (12.5%) and churches (6.2%). 84% of expenses related directly to ministry program services and events, while only 10% to general/administrative and 6% to fundraising. Staff grew to 1,119 with 836 field staff in 505 offices. FCA changed me as an athlete by playing not for people but for God alone Leeds Road Kansas City, MO fca.org facebook.com/fcafans All information on this page refl ects data from September 1, 2012 through August 31, FCA s full Ministry Report, IRS form 990 and audited fi nancial statements are available at FCA.org.