My name is Jimmy Page and I am the Executive Director of the FCA Fitness ministry.  I wanted to take this opportunity to share my personal vision for this ministry - a vision that has been and will continue to be shaped by many of you!

I have been involved in various leadership roles in the fitness industry for the last 15 years.  For the past ten years, God has planted in my heart a desire and vision to reach the world for Jesus Christ through Fitness.  In His Providence, God has woven a series of events and experiences together to create a new ministry through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the largest youth sports ministry in the world.  This new ministry is FCA Fitness. 

This past year I have started to work on the foundation of FCA Fitness by creating a website, writing a monthly fitness column in the FCA national magazine – STV, and networking with other believers in the fitness industry. 

I have found that God has planted the same vision and desire in the hearts of many others to use the vehicle of fitness and athletic training to change lives for eternity.  I am convinced now more than ever before that God is leading me in this venture and that the message of health - both spiritual and physical - is more relevant today than at any other point in our nation's history.   

I believe that the most effective ministry is done in the trenches.  It happens when believers are intentional in how they live and interact with others in their everyday lives.  This can happen in the workplace, in the neighborhood, at Starbucks©, at Home Depot©, in our schools, on the athletic field, or in the health club.

During the past 50+ years, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has given people with a passion for sports a platform and resources to share their faith “in the trenches” – to literally merge faith and sport.  And, millions of lives have been changed.

Now, we set out to get “in the trenches” in the fitness community – to literally merge faith and fitness.  With almost 75 million people going to health clubs on a regular basis and the entire culture focused on appearance, weight loss, diets and calories, the opportunities to bring a Godly perspective to health are limited only by our imagination and our resources.

Our Vision is twofold:

1. To bring Spiritual Transformation to the fitness world – here we will equip believers with resources and empower them to use their time for workouts to build relationships and bring the message of the gospel.  We will create plug-and-play, cutting edge, Christian programming that will be an alternative to the new age/eastern religious movement that is so prevalent in clubs around the country.  We will network, encourage, and equip Christian leaders within the fitness industry to lead and influence their teams and clients.
   
2. To bring Physical Transformation to the spiritual world – here we will bring the best exercise and nutrition tools and resources available to help you live your healthiest life possible.  We believe that God, the body’s builder, created exercise and food for our bodies to give us energy, sustain life, prevent disease, improve performance, and facilitate healing.  A life of poor health and disease can inhibit our ability to fulfill our mission.  We hope to revive the Christian community to see that our bodies are His temple, that our health does matter to God, that God gives clear instruction for optimal health, and that we must be good stewards of our health.  

Please partner with us to fulfill this vision!   There are so many ways for you to get involved and use your love of fitness, training for competition, or bodybuilding to Glorify God and make a difference - all you have to do is be willing! 

For more information or to discover ways that you can get involved and use your gifts to change lives for eternity, email me at jpage@fca.org and send me an email message!  I can't wait to hear from you!

For His Glory,