Faith & Fitness Magazine’s 2025 Fitness Ministry Awards recognize a unique and dynamic class of fitness programming and services that excel in delivering distinct Christian ministry. If you want to do “fitness ministry” then these are the examples you should study. We encourage you to connect with them directly and when at all possible go to where they do ministry to experience it first hand.
Fitness Ministry Awards are given to businesses, ministries, organizations and individuals that demonstrate the following qualitIes:
- attentiveness and innovation
- clarity of purpose and mission
- humility
- all-in commitment
- deliver big-as-God results
These five qualities are described more fully below.
2025 Faith & Fitness Magazine Fitness Ministry Award Recipients
Gym Bus
Founder: Takara Fuller Doby
Location: Tampa, Florida
Dare You To Move
Founder: Mario Escobar
Location: Cancún, Mexico
Anyone can nominate from one of the following candidate categories to be considered for a Faith & Fitness Magazine Fitness Ministry Award by using the form below. Candidates categories are:
- a church fitness ministry large or small
- a gym
- personal training service
- studio fitness
- school or university
- community organization
- health/wellness provider
- recreational facility/group
- online community
- entreprenuer
- individual or volunteer
ATTENTIVE AND INNOVATIVE
Fitness ministries that make a difference in today’s culture pay attention to the unique (often local) needs of the people around them. These fitness businesses also pay close attention to God, getting direction that exceeds business strategies and profit motives. They drill down deeper and find opportunities to show God’s grace, compassion and strength to all they serve, who frequently include those who are underserved by the majority of the fitness industry. They develop and introduce ideas and solutions that pioneer new standards and redefine how fitness can be done.
CLARITY
This attention and innovation leads to a clear focus to impact lives daily and also foster (often aggressively) forward-thinking plans well into the future. Their daily drive is contagious spiritual gumption fueled by a strong confidence in God. Fitness ministries need the ability to be unwavering in their convictions and demonstrate a high level of tenacity to reach for and grab hold of the ever increasing potential that God produces.
HUMBLE
Perhaps the greatest strength great fitness ministry have is their ability to have humility. They recognize that the most important place to stay is in a place of following God’s lead. They aren’t shy in what they do and how they do it, rather they subject their decisions, actions, business practices, public relations and logic to the divine guidance of God’s Spirit. Greater success for these businesses continually cultivates deeper spiritual obedience. The public impact is profound and compelling thus directing attention toward Christ.
ALL-IN
Exemplary fitness ministries grab hold of intangible skills to shape new realities. They invest to a level far beyond where others stop. Challenges quickly and consistently become their best tools for resilience. They recognize that God is the chief stakeholder in their business and thus take ownership in driving the appreciation of spiritual value. Their enthusiasm sets the pace for tremendous capacity building. For these ministries this all-in spirit leaves no room for reservations. Instead they become the conduit for God to release creative momentum and life giving hope.
BIG AS GOD RESULTS
These fitness ministries have a bottom line that ultimately defies the normal scope of high yielding outcomes. Far different from AI, they don’t just rely on divine intelligence, they know God’s leading is distinct and beyond reason. They’ve ventured into a level of effectiveness that moves the human spirit to long for and find new definitions in high performance. Their faith-equity invested in the lives of others drives new standards in measurables. These organizations strengthen all of us with a greater ability to comprehend the greatness of God.
NOMINATE A CANDIDATE FOR THE 2025 FITNESS MINISTRY AWARDS
Help us identify potential Fitness Ministry Award Recipients. Use this form and submit a candidate for consideration*.
