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Dennis and Mary Throckmorton II
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We work with Athletes In Action and help athletes and coaches use their platform of sports to spread the Gospel around the world. During college, we saw how our lives were changed through AIA and we wanted to be part of something that helps reach the world for Christ through the avenue of sports.
We joined staff with Athletes In Action in July of 2005. We spent the first two and half years at the Athletes In Actions World Resource and Training Center in Xenia, Ohio. During our time in Ohio we were trained in how to effectively do ministry with AIA. We learned a ton about being ministers and how to help others grow in their faith, more importantly we grew in our personal relationships with the Lord and our marriage in unbelievable ways. God really used that time in Ohio to begin a transformation process in our lives. While in Ohio we worked at Wittenberg University. In May of 2008, we moved to Raleigh to give leadership to the ministry in Raleigh at the NC State and Shaw University.
Mary will primarily work with the women's side of the ministry while Russ works with the men. Much of our ministry is 1-on-1/small group discipleship with the athletes and coaches. Basically, we are spiritual coaches for them through this journey of faith. We will also lead bible studies, outreaches, have them over for home-cooked meals, and just live life with our disciples. Our hope is to win them to Christ, Build them up in their faith, and Send them out to the WORLD as trained missionaries for Christ. Thanks for visiting our site.
We now have three boys Silas (10), Eli (9), and Judah (6).
We will be joining the staff team in Cape Town South Africa soon. We will help resource and serve the existing staff team and ministry that is taking place in Cape Town. We will be working with the athletes and coaches at the University of Western Cape and Stellenbosch. We will continue the same work we have been doing here in the states just in a different zip code. Sharing the gospel with college athletes and coaches, helping them grow in their faith in Christ, and then equipping them with a vision for how they can make a difference in the world for the Kingdom of God!
We have been blown away at how the Lord has used us since joining staff and eagerly await what HE is going to do in and through us while we are in Cape Town.
Would you consider helping us make a difference in the lives of athletes and coaches around the world?
Please feel free to contact us at:
russ.throckmorton@athletesinaction.org
mary.throckmorton@athletesinaction.org
Website: http://www.teamthrock.com
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