About CSRM
History
of CSRM
In 1960 only a handful of local churches were involved in sports and
recreation outreach. By 1980 thousands of local churches had built
athletic facilities and most were struggling to deal with unique
challenges sports outreach had created. Individual Church Recreators
and Sports Ministers were isolated, overworked, under-appreciated and
woefully under-resourced. By 1988 a small group of Local Church Sports
Outreach Pastors began to "associate" and communicate. Out of these
relationships a vision developed to form an organization for those who
use recreation and sports as a ministry in the church. This
organization would provide a way for these church leaders to come
together as a profession to learn from each other, to find support for
their chosen ministry field, to meet others working in churches and to
share resources. Through the efforts of many people, representing
several denominations, from
churches of all sizes, CSRM was born. A board was elected in 1994 and
the "association was incorporated in 1996. Staff were hired: Executive
Director - Dr. Greg Linville - 1999; European Director - Bryan Mason -
2003; Operations Director - Steve Quatro - 2005; Dr. Vickie Byler -
2007; Conference Coordinator - Maranda Curl - 2007; Office Coordinator
- Martha Wertz – 2003
Where We Are
Now
This dream
is becoming a reality. Each and every day the CSRM Staff, Board of
Directors and its individual members expedite the vision "to equip
local churches to change lives through sport" through a four-fold
strategy based in our Four "C"
Initiatives:
Conference, Consulting, Certification, Connection. All of these are
supported by our Core, the staff and board who serve to support these
initiatives.
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