Program areas at Revival Sport
Community youth, children, and sports outreach. This program of Revival Sport (rs) reaches out to the community by using sports that teach positive life values. It harnesses the power of Sport to build relationship bridges and grow healthy, active children. It helps these children learn important messages about life, giving them opportunities to develop compassion and community spirit. On a weekly basis, over 450 participants were touched through programs such as "league of nations", "kidsclub", and the tutoring program. The programs are focused on holistic development of all the participants including an emphasis on their personal development benefiting them in all aspects of life. See schedule o for additional information.
Equipping leaders and catalyzing movements (previously called disciple making movements). This program teaches local immigrants and refugees how to effectively lead and to make disciples of all nations through Sport, play and fitness. During the current fiscal year, rs was able to equip over 230 leaders from 37 cities in north america equipping close to 2,000 leaders globally in disciple-making strategies. These leaders are implementing the strategies and principles utilized through the rs leadership's work with the nations of houston. The cup of nations is one of the prime strategies utilized to achieve this. See schedule o for additional information.
Cup of nations and work among refugees in the usa - cup of nations is an international soccer tournament held for the international and refugee community in the usa. Following the tournament, there are weekly soccer clubs and disciple making groups. In the current fiscal year, rs was able to host 4 cup of nations in Texas: three in houston and one in austin. In the last 13 years, 99 nations have participated in the tournament, impacting more than 50,000 people. There are also 30 cities in the usa as well as 45 countries that have hosted the tournament.