Congress on SPORT & CHRISTIANITY
Hosted by the Faith & Sports Institute at Baylor’s Truett Seminary, in partnership with Sport.Faith.Life, Ridley Hall, the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure, and Sports Studies, wired4sport, and the University of Tennessee’s Sport & Religion Research Alliance. Visit the GCSC webpage to learn more.
4th Global Congress on Sport and Christianity
DATE: July 31 – August 2, 2025
LOCATION: Truett Seminary at Baylor University
Fee/Registration includes: Full access to conference sessions and panels; two lunches and two dinners for the Global Congress; and one lunch for those attending the FLEX Preconference.
Flex Preconference
This year the GCSC includes the FLEX Preconference (Female Leadership Excellence), a one-day event for women leading at the intersection of faith and sports. Please note that women who register for the Global Congress can register for the FLEX Preconference at no additional cost.
TIME: 9 AM to 4:15 PM
DATE: July 31, the day the conference begins. An itinerary and additional details are available at the GCSC webpage
CSKLS sponsorship of this conference:
Because of the major sponsorship and CSKLS involvement with the Global Congress this year, in lieu of a separately branded CSKLS conference, we will be joining with the Global Congress in sponsorship.
We will also announce the 2026 CSKLS Conference dates and location at the Congress in Waco.
Let's all book together in the same hotel!
We ask all CSKLS members to try and book at The Courtyard Waco below so we can still be close together and let this feel as much like a CSKLS conference as in the past. We are looking forward to the increased visibility of CSKLS and can’t wait to see everyone in Waco.”
Courtyard Waco
- 101 Washington Avenue, Waco, TX 76701 USA
- Rates: $113 / night
- Nights available: July 31 – August 2 (four rooms available July 30)
CSKLS Conferences
Our annual conference is the marquee event of our organization and its membership. They are held each year at various campuses around the US.
At these events you will have the option of attending, learning, networking and collaborating, or you can be a presenter.
This years conference will be held at LeTouneau U. In Longview Texas June 5-8th. More information coming soon.
Our annual conference objectives are to:
- Develop and contribute faith-integrated scholarly work to those in higher education and the Church in our related disciplines.
- Strengthen Christian professional relationships and foster collaborative scholarly efforts.
- Provide quality presentations to meet professional development needs.
- Share faith-integration pedagogical approaches.
- Awards are formally recognized
The conferences have produced a number of quality papers that were compiled into books
- Christianity and leisure: Issues in a pluralistic society (Dordt Press, 1994, 2006).
- Physical education, sports, and wellness: Looking to God as we look at ourselves, was published in 1999
- Christianity and Leisure: Issues for the Twenty-first Century was released by Dordt Press in 2017.
- In addition, many of the Webinars from past conferences become an ongoing resource for our members and others.
We look forward to seeing you at our 2024 Conference (info coming soon)
Past Conference Proceedings.
Click on the image or text link below to view proceedings for past CSKLS conferences.
(Conference was hybrid due to COVID-19 pandemic; Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN)
(Conference was held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic; California Baptist University, Riverside, CA)
(Conference was held in conjunction with the Second Global Congress on Sport & Christianity; 30th Anniversary; Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI)
