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GLOBAL SPORTS MISSION INITIATIVE
ABOUT GLOBAL SPORTS MISSION INITIATIVE
The Dallas Baptist University Patriot Athletic Department launched the Global Sports Mission Initiative in 2007 to allow DBU student-athletes the opportunity to share the love of Christ, while using their God-given athletics talents and gifts to minister and spread the Word of God abroad. The Global Sports Mission Initiative was created as a vision by Patriot Athletics and the DBU Global Missions Department and has included trips to Guatemala, Peru, Dominican Republic, South Korea, England, Brazil, Chile, Liberia, Scotland, Israel, China, Honduras, Curacao, Spain, and Cuba, with plans for more trips in the near future.
Since the beginning of DBU’s Global Sports Mission Initiative, the Patriot Athletic Department and its student-athletes have been involved in 21 mission trips abroad and many local mission opportunities. The student-athletes, faculty, and staff that have been involved in DBU’s Global Sports Mission Initiative have learned that when you serve and when you give, you receive a blessing in return. What started out as one mission trip for student-athletes has blossomed to an established program of sport missions with more than 200 student-athletes participating in global missions work.
“The Global Sports Mission Initiative provides our student- athletes the trip of a lifetime where they can glorify God through their love and service, and their God-given talents,”
stated Matt Duce, Dallas Baptist University’s Director of Athletics.
NCAA rules prohibit teams from traveling and competing on
a foreign tour more than once every four years, which has worked out perfectly for DBU, with the Athletic Department scheduling six trips over four years, and then starting the cycle of trips again among the athletic teams.
Besides these international mission trips, DBU student-athletes have been involved in many local opportunities to be servant leaders to those around them.
Global Sports Mission Initiative Trips Costa Rica in 2024
Volleyball & Women’s Soccer
Dominican Republic in 2023
Baseball
Spain in 2022
Men’s Basketball
Cuba in August 2019
Baseball
Peru in June 2019
Cross Country/Track & Field
Israel in August 2018
Tennis
Spain in July 2018
Men’s Soccer
Spain in October 2017
Men’s Basketball/Cheerleading
England in May 2017
Women’s Soccer
Chile in March 2017
Volleyball
London in January 2017
Patriettes
Israel in May 2015
Cross Country/Track
Curacao in October 2015
Baseball
Brazil in June 2014
Men’s Soccer
Chile in October 2014
Men’s and Women’s Tennis
Scotland in October 2014
Men’s and Women’s Golf
Chile in October 2013
Men’s Basketball
Liberia in May 2013
Women’s Soccer
China in March 2013
Women’s Volleyball
London in January 2013
Patriettes
The Dominican Republic in October 2011
Baseball
Brazil in May 2011
Cross Country/Trac
Honduras in May 2011
Athletic Department (All student-athletes)
The United Kingdom in July 2010 Patriot
Men’s and Women’s Golf
Northern England in May 2010
Men’s and Women’s Tennis
South Korea in October 2009
Men’s Basketball Team and Cheerleading Squad
Peru in March 2009
Women’s Volleyball and Soccer
Guatemala in October 2007
Baseball
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