Momentum
Sports
Partnering with the local church to make sports an effective and mission-critical outreach ministry.
Momentum is building a community of sports ministry leaders and equipping them through coaching, curriculum, and conferences to maximize their ministry impact.
A Leadership Strategy for the Local Church
The Current Sports Landscape
Every week, families in your community gather at fields, courts, tracks, diamonds, and gyms. For many parents and students, sports are one of the primary places where relationships are formed, values are shaped, and community is built.
The question is not whether sports are influencing families.
The question is whether the Church is intentionally engaging them there.
Why Sports Ministry Matters
For decades, churches have invested heavily in trying to reach families, but are they currently looking in the right places? Sports have become one of the largest gathering spaces in our culture. Rather than waiting for these families to find the church, Momentum Sports will help the church bridge the gap to seek out those families.
Six Ways Sports Become Ministry
01
Reach Families Where They Are
Engage families in the places they already gather every week.
02
Build Trusted Relationships
Use consistent sports environments to form real connections with parents, students, coaches, and volunteers.
03
Develop Leaders and Volunteers
Turn sports ministry into a practical pipeline for identifying, training, and mobilizing leaders.
04
Shape Character and Faith
Move beyond recreation by modeling biblical values in teachable, formative moments.
05
Create Community Presence
Build visible, consistent trust with families and organizations in your local community.
06
Connect People to Discipleship
Create natural next steps from sports participation into the broader life and mission of the church.
Built on Experience.
Driven by Vision.
Momentum Sports is built from real-world local church experience, not theory alone. Through years of sports ministry leadership, Nick Demos has seen how athletics can reach families, mobilize volunteers, develop leaders, and create sustainable ministry environments that connect people to the life and mission of the local church.
years of youth sports and ministry leadership experience.
annual participants served through prior sports ministry leadership.
annual volunteers mobilized.
campuses scaled through a multi-site church sports model.
A Strategic Partnership for the Local Church
Momentum Sports brings together Momentum’s leadership development legacy and proven sports ministry experience to help churches reach families and build leaders.
Momentum has long been dedicated to equipping local church leaders. Now, we are taking that legacy onto the playing field.
Momentum VP Donny Varney brings the organization’s long-standing commitment to local church leadership development, while Executive Director Nick Demos brings proven experience building and scaling the country’s largest local church sports ministry.
Meet Our Executive Director, Nick Demos
Nick Demos brings more than 20 years of youth sports leadership experience, including 17 years leading at CCV Stars. During his time there, CCV Stars grew to 18 campuses, mobilized 3,500 annual volunteers, and served 28,000 annual participants.
Nick joined Momentum to help churches see sports not as an optional activity, but as a mission-critical strategy for outreach, discipleship, leadership development, and community impact.
"I believe that sports serve as the church’s greatest outreach opportunity, and I’m passionate about helping churches maximize their impact."
— Nick Demos
"Proven practitioners will be our movement multipliers’ is a principle we have adopted for Momentum Sports. I believe there’s no one better to lead this movement forward than Nick Demos."
— Donny Varney, Vice President
How We Equip Your Church
Momentum Sports meets your church right where you are. No matter your church size or resources, we are here to help with a ministry menu that can be personalized to help your church use sports to reach your community.
COMING SOON
The Momentum Sports Conference
Many church leaders understand the influence of sports. Few, however, have been equipped to use that influence intentionally for outreach, discipleship, and leadership development. The Momentum Sports Conference will help pastors, sports ministry directors, youth leaders, coaches, and volunteers discover how sports can become a powerful extension of the local church’s mission. This is not a conference about winning games. It is about reaching people.
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A Strategy for the Sports Ministry Era
Momentum Sports is part of Momentum’s ongoing strategy to help churches respond to the leadership gap, engage families, and prepare for a new sports ministry era. Explore the full strategic initiative to see where we are heading.
Free Resources for Your Sports Ministry
Explore the Momentum Podcast and our other resources for expert strategy and honest conversations about faith, ministry, and sports.
EPISODE FEATUREA New Chapter (Featuring Nick Demos)
What if sports isn't the obstacle, but the opportunity? On this episode of the podcast, Eric sits down with Nick Demos to share his journey into sports ministry and discuss how a simple shift in perspective can help your church turn cultural tension into a powerful bridge for community outreach.
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EPISODE FEATUREDeveloping and Leading a Sports Ministry
How can churches of any size use sports to reach families? Eric Miller sits down with Nick Demos to share strategies for launching programs, recruiting volunteers, and turning everyday athletic opportunities into a powerful bridge for the gospel.
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EPISODE FEATURESports as Ministry
How can your church navigate youth sports culture for the Kingdom? Brian Smith and Ed Uszynski share practical ways pastors can turn athletics into a space for discipleship—from teaching a theology of play to equipping parents to show up intentionally in the stands.
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EPISODE FEATUREParenting Christian Athletes
How can parents use youth sports for discipleship? On this episode of the podcast, Eric sits down with Brian Smith and Ed Uszynski to unpack the pressures of modern sports culture and share practical ways to help your kids find their true identity in faith rather than performance.
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Are you ready to use sports to build momentum?
Let us help your church use sports to reach families, develop leaders, and create lasting community impact.
No matter your church's size or starting point, we are here to walk with you.
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