Every Coach | Every Athlete | Every Sport | Every Country

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) was established in Kansas City, MO in 1954. We launched in Cincinnati in 1979. In the decades since, FCA has grown it's ministry throughout the US and around the world, now serving over 115 countries!! FCA ministry serves on school campuses, in club/league sports, at camps and retreats, at events and online. Our mission is to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church. 

What FCA Ministry Look Like in Cincinnati

West Clermont Huddle

STUDENT CLUBS CALLED HUDDLES

Our primary opportunity for engaging with student-athletes is through an FCA "Huddle" - the Huddle is an on-campus school club where student-athletes gather weekly to study the Bible, learn about God, pray together and encourage one another. It’s a place for community and connection.


Every week across Cincinnati, nearly 1,000 athletes meet in their Huddles at school. We are seeing new Huddles starting and existing Huddles growing. 


In the FCA Huddle, athletes learn to use the Bible as their “game plan” for life and help others do the same. 



Find Your School
Student Discipleship Event

DISCIPLESHIP & SERVING EVENTS

FCA seeks to connect with coaches and athletes on a relational level to engage them where they are on their spiritual journey. After cultivating relationships, we equip them with God’s word so they grow in Christ and help others know and grow in Him. 


Then we empower coaches and athletes to help others experience salvation in Jesus, grow in their faith, and share Him with others. 


We offer student-athlete discipleship events to connect them with other Christian student-athletes, equip them with God's Word in large group messages and small group discussions, offer fun competition and encourage participants to live boldly for Christ in their circles of influence. 


Each semester, we schedule opportunities for our school Huddle participants from across the city to gather in a day of serving.

Upcoming Events
College Camp

CAMPS & RETREATS FOR STUDENTS + COACHES

FCA hosts a variety of camps for youth, middle school/high school, and college/university student-athletes. Ranging from 3 days of 1/2-day local-area camp to week-long overnight camps around the region, athletes have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a caring and challenging spiritual environment. They will spend time with peers and awesome staff & volunteers to help them have fun, recharge and - most importantly - grow closer to God.


Our annual Coaches TimeOut (CTO) marriage retreat is a weekend for coaches and their spouses to reinvest relationally, rest meaningfully and renew spiritually. It's designed to help coaches and spouses win where it matters most — at home. 

Upcoming Camps & Retreats

About FCA

Vision & Mission

  • Vision

    To see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.

  • Mission

    To lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church.

Values

Our relationships will demonstrate steadfast commitment to Jesus Christ and His Word  through Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.

  • Integrity (Proverbs 11:3)

    We will demonstrate Christ-like wholeness, privately and publicly.

  • Serving (John 13:1-17)

    We will model Jesus’ example of serving.

  • Teamwork (Philippians 2:1-4)

    We will express our unity in Christ in all our relationships.

  • Excellence (Colossians 3:23-24)

    We will honor and glorify God in all we do.

Strategy

We seek to make disciples through our strategy of engaging, equipping and empowering coaches and athletes to know and grow in Christ and lead others to do the same.

  • Engage (1 Thessalonians 2:8)

    We engage coaches and athletes through genuine relationships sharing our lives and the Gospel.

  • Equip (Ephesians 4:12)

    We equip coaches and athletes to grow in Christ through God’s Word.

  • Empower (2 Timothy 2:2)

    We empower coaches and athletes to engage and equip others to know and grow in Christ.

Statement of Faith

  • We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, trustworthy and true, without error, Word of God.

    2 Timothy 3:16-17

  • We believe there is only one God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

    Matthew 28:19

  • We believe Jesus Christ is God, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His death that paid for our sin through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension/rising up to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

    John 1:1; Matthew 1:18,25; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 9:15-22; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 9:27-28

  • We believe that acceptance of Jesus Christ and the corresponding renewal of the Holy Spirit is the only path to salvation for lost/sinful men and women.

    John 3:16; John 5:24; Titus 3:3-7

  • We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, who lives within and guides Christians, so they are enabled to live godly lives.

    John 14:15-26; John 16:5-16; Ephesians 1:13-14

  • We believe in eternal life and that through belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, we spend eternity with the Lord in Heaven. We believe that in rejecting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, we receive eternal suffering in hell.

    Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

  • We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ that all believers are members of His body, the church.

    Philippians 2:1-4