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A Deeper Walk With Christ
Nothing pushes you back to Jesus like trying to point others to Him. Volunteers consistently report a richer prayer life and a hungrier Bible within a single season.
A Call to Volunteers
The most
meaningful season
of your life.
You don’t have to be a pastor, a former pro, or a Bible scholar. FCA needs ordinary adults willing to show up for athletes and coaches — and almost everyone who does says the same thing: they came to give, and ended up receiving more.
- Who It’s For
- Parents, former athletes, business professionals, retirees, college students — anyone willing to be present in a student-athlete’s life.
- What You Do
- Lead a huddle, chaplain a team, serve a camp, pray for a coach, host an event, mentor an athlete — one season at a time.
- What You Get
- A deeper walk with Christ, a sharper Bible, real friendships, and a front-row seat to lives changing.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Engaging coaches and athletes since 1954.
Prepared for the next generation of FCA volunteers — and for the person quietly wondering, “Could God use me?”
The Field Is White
The harvest is plentiful.
The workers are few.
Sports gather more people than almost any other space in American life — and Jesus said the workers are the bottleneck, not the harvest.
FCA serves coaches and athletes on thousands of campuses across all 50 states and in dozens of countries — and still, every area has more open huddles, teams without chaplains, and camps short on staff than it has people to fill them. The mission isn’t held back by need. It’s held back by the number of ordinary believers willing to say yes.
Coaches walking through hard seasons aloneLocker rooms with no spiritual mentorAthletes asking real questionsHuddles waiting for a leaderCamps short on staffSchools no pastor will ever enterParents who don’t know how to discipleCommunities sports already gather
70+
Years of FCA ministry
50
U.S. states served
12K+
Active huddles globally
2M+
Coaches & athletes engaged annually
Source: fca.org · figures are approximate, reflective of recent reporting.
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers.”
Matthew 9:37–38
The Personal Call
God isn’t looking for experts.
He’s looking for the available.
FCA is a movement of ordinary people God is using to reach the sports world. The huddle leader who changed a kid’s life last season was almost certainly a normal adult with a job, a family, and a calendar that was already full.
Parents
You’re already in the stands. Step one row closer and offer a weekly huddle to kids, coaches, and families.
Former athletes
Hand down what someone once handed to you. Nobody relates to an athlete like another athlete. Use your influence to encourage the youth.
Business professionals
Your skills, network, and integrity are gifts to a local huddle. There are practical life skills our youth need.
Retirees
Your time and presence are the rarest currency a teenager will ever receive. FCA affords you an incredible opportunity to live a life of significance over success.
College students
Lead a huddle on your campus. Few things will form you faster than stepping up and stepping out in faith.
Coaches’ spouses
Do you have a heart for marriage ministry? Walk alongside the women and men who just need someone to meet them where they are.
Church members
Bring discipleship out of the building and onto the field, court, yard, or campus.
The quietly willing
It is about humbly serving God with the heart of Christ for those who are lost, seeking and hurting ...through sports.
“Here I am. Send me.”
Isaiah 6:8
What Volunteers Receive
YOU CAME TO GIVE. YOU LEAVE CHANGED.
Almost every FCA volunteer testifies to the same paradox: they walked in hoping to help athletes, and walked out years later with a stronger marriage, a deeper faith, and friendships that outlast every season.
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GREATER COMPASSION
You gain greater understanding and compassion for the pressures and struggles our youth battle daily. As a result, the Word stops being theoretical and becomes daily bread for you and your athletes.
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A Renewed Sense of Purpose
Many adults drift into a slow comfort. Volunteering reintroduces holy inconvenience — the kind that makes your faith feel alive again.
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Real Friendships
Co-leaders, chaplains, parents, and area staff become some of the most honest, prayerful relationships in your life.
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Leadership Formation
Leading a huddle is leadership school: listening, shepherding, navigating hard moments, and trusting the Holy Spirit in real time.
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A Story Worth Telling
Decades from now, the seasons you spent with FCA will be among the stories your kids and grandkids ask you to tell again.
“I started leading a huddle to bless kids. God used it to rebuild me.”
“VOLUNTEERING WITH FCA WAS THE RICHEST, DEEPEST DISCIPLESHIP I’VE EVER WALKED THROUGH — FOR THE STUDENTS, AND FOR ME.”
Eternal Stakes
One yes.
A generation reached.
Volunteering with FCA isn’t a side hobby. It’s frontline ministry in the spaces where the Church often has no presence: the locker room, the bus, the bleachers, the post-game text thread. One adult who shows up faithfully changes math the world can’t see.
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Volunteer says yes
12
Athletes in the huddle
100s
Teammates & friends watching
1
Coach encouraged
Next
Student leader raised up
Future
Disciples who make disciples
Discipleship
You teach Scripture by living it in front of athletes who are watching every move.
Multiplication
Today’s huddle member is tomorrow’s captain, coach, parent, and pastor.
Eternity
Some of the athletes in your huddle will meet Jesus this season because you said yes.
“DISCIPLES DON’T COME FROM PROGRAMS. THEY COME FROM PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP.”
Pathways to Serve
THERE IS A ROLE SHAPED FOR YOU.
FCA volunteers are trained, supported, and surrounded by a team. Pick the on-ramp that fits your season of life — and trust that God will grow the rest.
- 01ON CAMPUS
Huddle Coach
1 hr / week · school year
Lead a weekly huddle (fellowship) for middle school, high school, or college athletes. FCA provides the curriculum, training, and a local team that supports you.
- 02WITH A TEAM
Team Chaplain
Season-long · varies by sport
Come alongside a coach and team as a consistent spiritual presence — pre-game prayer, post-game conversations, character development support.
- 03AT CAMP
Camp Staff
3–7 days · summer
Serve at an FCA camp as a small-group leader, coach, chaplain, or behind-the-scenes hospitality. Camps are where many athletes first meet Jesus.
- 04AT EVENTS
Event Volunteer
A few hours · per event
Help host Fields of Faith, banquets, golf tournaments, coaches breakfasts, and parent nights. Easy on-ramps with real impact.
- 05ON YOUR KNEES
Prayer Team
Weekly · from anywhere
Cover athletes, coaches, huddles, camps, and staff in prayer. The most strategic role in the ministry — and the one nobody sees.
- 06BEHIND THE SCENES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ongoing · by gifting
Serve your local FCA area through governance, finance, marketing, hospitality, or fundraising. Use your professional skills as ministry.
Honest Answers
THE REASONS YOU’RE HESITATING
ARE THE REASONS GOD USES PEOPLE.
Every adult who has ever served with FCA started exactly where you are — unsure, busy, unqualified, and quietly willing. Here’s what we’d say back.
“I’m not qualified.”
FCA trains every volunteer. You don’t need a seminary degree — you need a willingness to be present, to pray, and to point athletes to Jesus.
“I don’t have time.”
Most roles are one hour a week or one week a summer. The smallest commitment, made faithfully, multiplies in ways you can’t schedule.
“I’m not an athlete.”
Sports is the doorway, not the requirement. Athletes need adults who care about them, not adults who can outrun them.
“I’m not bold enough to share my faith.”
FCA is a relational ministry. Boldness grows as relationships grow. You won’t be thrown in alone — you’ll be sent with a team.
“What if I mess it up?”
You will. So did Peter. So did Paul. God’s pattern is to use available people, not flawless ones — and to grow you through the awkward seasons.
“I’m in a hard season.”
Sometimes serving in your weakness is exactly how God carries you. Many volunteers say their hardest year was also their richest spiritually — because they kept showing up.
“God doesn’t call the equipped.
HE EQUIPS THE CALLED.”
Three Next Steps
Somewhere, an athlete is waiting on A faithful adult.
You don’t have to figure it out alone. Take one small step today — FCA will meet you with training, a team, and a place to serve.
01 · Pray
Ask the Lord what season of serving He’s inviting you into. Bring your fears, your schedule, your family.
02 · Reach Out
Contact your local FCA area office. Tell them you’re open. They’ll help you find the right on-ramp.
03 · Show Up
Say yes to one role for one season. You will never be the same — and neither will the athletes you serve.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Engaging coaches and athletes to make disciples for Jesus Christ.
“To see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.”