Building Athletes Who Lead with Faith and Discipline
Providing athletes with the tools to excel in their sport while living out their faith.
At Legacy Minded Athlete, we believe that sports can be a powerful platform for leadership, discipline, and faith. Our mission is to equip athletes with the spiritual and leadership tools they need to thrive both on and off the field. Through faith-based training, mentorship, and community support, we help athletes develop character, live out their faith, and create lasting legacies. Whether you're a student-athlete, a coach, or a professional player, Legacy Minded Athlete is here to help you grow spiritually, lead with integrity, and impact others through your sport.
Athletes Leading with Integrity, Faith, and Purpose
Stories of athletes transforming their teams and communities through Legacy Minded Ministries.
Athletes who have partnered with Legacy Minded Ministries are leading with faith and purpose, both on and off the field. Through mentorship, leadership training, and spiritual guidance, these athletes have become role models in their communities, demonstrating the power of discipline, teamwork, and faith. Hear from athletes who have embraced their calling to lead, inspiring others to follow Christ while excelling in their sport. These stories highlight how faith-driven athletes are building legacies that last long after the final whistle.
Connecting Athletes with Ministries that Inspire and Equip
Partnering with organizations focused on supporting athletes in their faith journey and athletic career.
Legacy Minded Athlete partners with ministries dedicated to helping athletes grow spiritually while excelling in their sport. These ministries offer mentorship, spiritual resources, and leadership training to support athletes at every level. Whether you're looking for fellowship with other athletes, guidance on living out your faith in the competitive world of sports, or ways to serve your community through athletics, these ministries are here to help. Connect with like-minded athletes and grow in your faith while making an impact on and off the field.
Athletes in Action
Focus:
At Athletes in Action, we dream of a day when there are Christ-followers on every team, in every sport, in every nation.
Details:
Brokenness exists in every area of life, including sport. But we believe there is a remedy to the brokenness of the world in the gospel of Jesus.
Athletes experience brokenness both personally and as part of sport-culture. They also have unmatched influence in their communities and around the globe.
Since 1966, we have been helping athletes experience the hope and purpose that comes from following Jesus, and equipping them to use their platform to be part of God’s mission in the world to make disciples of all nations. By serving, training, and sending athletes as influencers into the world, we are building spiritual movements everywhere through the platform of sport so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus.
Into the Light Documentary
Focus:
A Powerful Documentary on Overcoming Porn Addiction
Details:
Into The light is a Teaching Documentary on freedom from pornography that walks through the fundamentals of change from bondage in sin to freedom in Christ. This documentary is a hope-filled, Gospel-centered resource to help you beat porn once and for all!
Missionary Athletes International
Focus:
Missionary Athletes International is a Gospel-centered ministry that introduces people to Jesus Christ, teaches them to follow Him, and empowers them as leaders through the global environment of soccer.
Details:
Today, MAI has 6 Divisions in the United States. These Divisions are located in: Southern California; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; the NC Triad; Phoenix, AZ; and Orlando, FL, with additional ministry partner programs occurring in other states and countries.
MAI’s main methods of evangelism and discipleship have been the organizing of soccer teams, conducting soccer camps and taking short-term soccer tours overseas. These programs are augmented by other ministries, including: clinics, school programs and inner city ministries; training leaders to be sports ministers and sending them out to partner with other Christian agencies.
Sport Outreach Institute
Focus:
The mission of Sports Outreach Institute (SOI) is to recruit, train, equip and deploy committed Christian leaders in the effective use of sports ministry for the purposes of sharing the Gospel and alleviating human suffering.
Details:
Our sports ministry models and principles have been proven countless times to be cross-cultural and effective. They were developed and fine-tuned over many years by our founder, Russ Carr. On the field, soccer and chess are our primary sports. Additionally, we do or have done basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball and about any activity that gets kids running around! It all leads to relationships and opportunities to connect off the field with the Gospel message and life. We partner with churches in the places we minister to connect people to a local body of believers.
Unlimited Potential
Focus:
Discover the Life of Unlimited Potential in the Kingdom of God
Details:
Identify the lies that are influencing your view of God, yourself and the world around you. Learn a new way of life and a new way of seeing the world based on the life and teaching of Jesus. Discover the life of wholeness that Jesus has come to give us — a life of unlimited potential.
Upward Sports
Focus:
Our Mission is promoting the discovery of Jesus through sports.
Details:
Today, there are over 2,000 Upward sports experiences across the U.S. serving hundreds of thousands of young athletes playing basketball, soccer, cheerleading, volleyball, flag football, baseball and softball. What began as a local, recreational basketball league focused on reaching the surrounding community with the message of Jesus Christ has grown into a nationwide movement helping churches use sports to engage their local communities with the gospel.
Athletes in Action
Website
Mission Focus
At Athletes in Action, we dream of a day when there are Christ-followers on every team, in every sport, in every nation.
Details:
Brokenness exists in every area of life, including sport. But we believe there is a remedy to the brokenness of the world in the gospel of Jesus.
Athletes experience brokenness both personally and as part of sport-culture. They also have unmatched influence in their communities and around the globe.
Since 1966, we have been helping athletes experience the hope and purpose that comes from following Jesus, and equipping them to use their platform to be part of God’s mission in the world to make disciples of all nations. By serving, training, and sending athletes as influencers into the world, we are building spiritual movements everywhere through the platform of sport so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus.
Into the Light Documentary
Documentary
Mission Focus
A Powerful Documentary on Overcoming Porn Addiction
Details:
Into The light is a Teaching Documentary on freedom from pornography that walks through the fundamentals of change from bondage in sin to freedom in Christ. This documentary is a hope-filled, Gospel-centered resource to help you beat porn once and for all!
Missionary Athletes International
Website
Mission Focus
Missionary Athletes International is a Gospel-centered ministry that introduces people to Jesus Christ, teaches them to follow Him, and empowers them as leaders through the global environment of soccer.
Details:
Today, MAI has 6 Divisions in the United States. These Divisions are located in: Southern California; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; the NC Triad; Phoenix, AZ; and Orlando, FL, with additional ministry partner programs occurring in other states and countries.
MAI’s main methods of evangelism and discipleship have been the organizing of soccer teams, conducting soccer camps and taking short-term soccer tours overseas. These programs are augmented by other ministries, including: clinics, school programs and inner city ministries; training leaders to be sports ministers and sending them out to partner with other Christian agencies.
Sport Outreach Institute
Website
Mission Focus
The mission of Sports Outreach Institute (SOI) is to recruit, train, equip and deploy committed Christian leaders in the effective use of sports ministry for the purposes of sharing the Gospel and alleviating human suffering.
Details:
Our sports ministry models and principles have been proven countless times to be cross-cultural and effective. They were developed and fine-tuned over many years by our founder, Russ Carr. On the field, soccer and chess are our primary sports. Additionally, we do or have done basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball and about any activity that gets kids running around! It all leads to relationships and opportunities to connect off the field with the Gospel message and life. We partner with churches in the places we minister to connect people to a local body of believers.
Unlimited Potential
Website
Mission Focus
Discover the Life of Unlimited Potential in the Kingdom of God
Details:
Identify the lies that are influencing your view of God, yourself and the world around you. Learn a new way of life and a new way of seeing the world based on the life and teaching of Jesus. Discover the life of wholeness that Jesus has come to give us — a life of unlimited potential.
Upward Sports
Website
Mission Focus
Our Mission is promoting the discovery of Jesus through sports.
Details:
Today, there are over 2,000 Upward sports experiences across the U.S. serving hundreds of thousands of young athletes playing basketball, soccer, cheerleading, volleyball, flag football, baseball and softball. What began as a local, recreational basketball league focused on reaching the surrounding community with the message of Jesus Christ has grown into a nationwide movement helping churches use sports to engage their local communities with the gospel.
