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- A sports chaplain provides pastoral care for the sports community, including athletes, coaches, administrators and their families. In 2017, a Global Summit of Sports Chaplaincy ministries defined sports chaplaincy as “ongoing pastoral and spiritual care, by permission, to those of faith or no faith, for the holistic well-being of all involved in the community of sport.” Different sports and cultures may adopt the practice of sports chaplaincy but under different titles - Sports Mentor, Life Coach, Character Coach. Consequently, the practical outworking of sports chaplaincy in wide in scope, but broadly fits into 5 models of delivery but it is primarily a relational approach. In AD 336 St. Martin of Tours was a soldier, and legend has it that on seeing a scantily clad beggar he cut his own military cape (capella) in half to share with him. In the fourth century, the Capellani guarded the half of the cape shared with this beggar, and it is from these protectors of an old relic that the word chaplain originates. Historically, chaplains have performed ceremonial religious functions, but the need for this formal responsibility has declined. However the growth of instances where elite sports people discuss their beliefs in the public arena has rejuvenated sports ministry from the 1980s onwards. Sports chaplains consist of people from many different walks of life. Most commonly, the chaplains are ministers or full-time Christian workers but always, chaplaincy work is done without charge or any financial remuneration. Often, sports chaplains to a particular sport are former participants of that sport. This helps the chaplain to not only provide spiritual support and guidance to a player, but gives them the ability to empathize and relate to some of the challenges facing the participant with whom they are ministering. (en)
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- A sports chaplain provides pastoral care for the sports community, including athletes, coaches, administrators and their families. In 2017, a Global Summit of Sports Chaplaincy ministries defined sports chaplaincy as “ongoing pastoral and spiritual care, by permission, to those of faith or no faith, for the holistic well-being of all involved in the community of sport.” Different sports and cultures may adopt the practice of sports chaplaincy but under different titles - Sports Mentor, Life Coach, Character Coach. Consequently, the practical outworking of sports chaplaincy in wide in scope, but broadly fits into 5 models of delivery but it is primarily a relational approach. (en)
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