Missionary Athletes International

Teams (Ages 10-30): MAI owns two franchises of soccer teams, annually involving a total of about 50 players and their coaches that in 2019 competed in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) in the USA: The Charlotte Eagles Mens team and the Southern California Seahorses compete in the USL2, considered one of the top-level mens amateur soccer competitions in the United States.

International Outreach: Since 1985, MAI has organized and sent over 240 teams of youth and adults to approximately 40 countries. The objectives of these tours are to share the Gospel of Jesus, support local church growth and planting efforts, and to encourage the training of local sports ministers and the and the growth of local sports ministries. MAI has also sent sports ministry coaches to train pastors, ministry leaders and local coaches in soccer skills, coaching, and sports ministry best practices. As a result, many coaches have been trained in the context of their churchs ministry to the community. These local churches, in turn, have trained other coaches and teams resulting in thousands of soccer players using the skills and MAIs sports ministry best practices to see lives changed.