SPORT OUTREACH PLAN 2
Abstract
The interactive section through discussion board targeting ideas with each student's outreach plan
has induced significant recommendations to improve the projects. The classmates' feedback has
provided insights about the outreach plan, including the recommendable strengths of the plan and
identifying areas of improvement. After reviewing the feedback, this section addresses the
identified weakness by showing how the recommendations from the feedback will be
incorporated to improve the project.0
Key words: target population, staffing, evangelism, discipleship, mentoring, coaching, funding.
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Sports Outreach Project: Incorporating Peer Feedback
Based on the peer feedback, there are improvements to be done in the target population,
staffing of the program, programming activities, and evangelism and discipleship plans:
Target Population
The peer feedback on the target population for the Health Black Lives (HBL) outreach
revealed some weaknesses that should be addressed. First, the target age group and appropriate
area to base the project should have been mentioned. This feedback is essential for ensuring that
the program is straightforward for all the stakeholders to participate adequately. The HBL
program targets black adolescent boys in public schools in Anderson, Texas. The inclusion
criteria for the target population emphasizes their skin color and the risks of toxic masculinity
due to inequitable physical development and spiritual growth (Hylton et al., 2020). With the
motive of teaching the children the right way while they are young so they do not depart from it
in their old age, there will be no fear of the cancelation of the project based on the community's
religious views (English Standard Version, 2001/2024, Proverbs 22:6). God's empowerment is
beyond doubt, and all the stakeholders will embrace faith in God to influence innocent black
children into righteousness. Most importantly, the project will emphasize public testimonials on
religion to draw more athletes to follow Christ.
Mission and Vision Statement
While the mission and vision statements align with the program's goal as depicted by the
name "Healthy Black Lives," staffing will be based on the impact of particular individuals on the
project's success. The HBL project focuses on enhancing the physical and spiritual health of the
participants. Hence, the key stakeholders must be significant influencers in sports and
Christianity. For this reason, the project prioritizes evangelists, coaches, mentors, and teachers as
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essential staff. Hiring an evangelist enables effective sharing of the word of God through real-
time preaching, bible studies, and discussion forums with black adolescents. Evangelists know
the bible and Christian values and would provide the best tone for developing youths who fear
God. The relevance of teachers is seen in teaching religious education and testing the learners'
intellect through examination. The students probably need to learn the connection between sports
and religion through the teachers and apply the sporting skills in the field with the help of
coaches and mentors while they share the word of God.
Despite the program's more comprehensive perception of improving the lives of black
youths, the funding seems less diverse, and there might be a need for diversification to meet the
project's needs. However, the project is an ongoing program that starts small and grows
significantly with time. As a result, funding will be diversified as the project grows. Believably,
the community will learn the significance of the project with time and foster growth with
complete support: At this time, the funding methods will be reviewed and diversified for more
reliable resources. Meanwhile, overreliance on grants will be avoided by integrating other
funding sources, particularly from church ministries (Turner Haynes, 2021).00
Programming Activities
The programming activities such as coaching, evangelism, and mentorship are meant to
reach and recruit the black teenagers in public schools within Anderson and share the word of
God through sporting activities. This project is not meant to discriminate against whites from
preaching and sports but to foster equal opportunities for their counterparts. In one way or
another, the whites will be involved in the program to mobilize the vulnerable population and
give hope for growth and access to the anticipated opportunities. Romans 10:12 says we are
equal before God, no difference between Jews and Gentiles, because God will always bless those
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who call upon Him (New International Version, 1978/2024). The blacks need this opportunity to
learn more about Christ and the Bible. Coaching and mentorship might overlap, but they will be
used for different purposes in this program. Coaching will involve direct interactions between the
sports participants and their coach, unlike mentorship, which will engage role models in the
sporting field, preferably blacks, to grant hope for their fellow blacks and attract more in the
outreach. Successful black athletes could motivate black adolescents to hopefully participate in
sports by sharing their experiences in school, intercollegiate sports, and later in professional
sports (Ohlson & Gregg, 2021). Ideally, the program's success depends on the number of
participants recruited and their acceptance of Christ.
Evangelism and Discipleship
In the evangelism and discipleship program in sharing love for Christ, the new wins are
mentored and taught about Christ to understand what kind of love is expected of Christians. This
way, engaging bible study sections and discussion sessions, followed by sports participation
where bible quotes and learned values are integrated to control actions taken in various
circumstances, the young blacks will understand and share the love of Christ with one another
(Piercy, 2021). Compliance with sporting rules and sharing equipment while supporting one
another for improved performance is more of showing love as Christians. 1 John 3:11 commands
us to love one another (New International Version, 1978/2024). Evangelists and other
stakeholders in the program should show love for the target group, which the participants
reciprocate in different ways. This value is what Christ expects of His followers.
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References
English Standard Version, (2024). Bibleref. https://www.bibleref.com/Proverbs/22/Proverbs-22-
6.html#:~:text=ESV%20Train%20up%20a%20child,will%20not%20depart%20from
%20it. (Original work published in 2001).
Hylton, K., Evans, A., Agergaard, S., Campbell, P. I., & Lenneis, V. (2020). ‘Black Lives
Matter:’sport, race and ethnicity in challenging times.0European Journal for Sport and
Society.
New International Version, (2024). Bible Gateway. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?
search=1%20John%203%3A11&version=NIV. (Original work published in 1978).
Ohlson, M., & Gregg, E. (2021). Ready to serve: Community-based leadership learning through
a student-athlete mentorship program.0Journal of Education and Recreation
Patterns,02(1).
Piercy, E. L. (2021).0Using Sports Ministry for Church Outreach and Evangelism.0(Doctoral
dissertation, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary).
Turner Haynes, S. (2021). Government Funding for Faith‐Based International Development:
Empirical Evidence from a US Survey.0Politics & Policy,049(3), 594-618.
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