100% of the entry fees go to this year’s beneficiaries:
BETTER WAY MINISTRIES
Better Way (thebetterway.webs.com) is a street ministry and mission work founded by Steve Campbell and his wife, Wanda. Better Way stands as a place of hope to homeless and poor in the Short North area of the Columbus inner city. Race for the Soul is the only fund-raising event of the year for Better Way. Better Way is housed at 38 W. Greenwood Avenue, the closest intersection being 5th Avenue and High Street. Since 1986, over 400,000 people have come through their doors seeking assistance.
Through Race for the Soul you will be helping Better Way reach out to the meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of people mired in urban poverty, the distressed, the disadvantaged, the disregarded, and those who society pushes aside. They will reach out through community action, educating and equipping people through life-changing programs and by nurturing healthy relationships.
GLOBAL OUTREACH - UGANDA
The Mission of Global Outreach (globaloutreach.org) is to recruit, train, and undergird the ministry of a growing interdenominational family of career and short-term missionaries that reach out internationally with the love of Jesus Christ by sharing the gospel through holistic ministry that compassionately meets the needs of hurting people, evangelizes the lost, disciples the saved, and establishes new converts into the body and ministry of local indigenous Christian churches.
Race for the Soul will be suppoting a missionary family in Uganda. John and Rebecca have been serving the Lord in Uganda since 1999. They have five children: Johnny, Jacob, Lynnsi, Aaron, and Benjamin. John is currently the President of the Global Theological Seminary (GTS) in Jinja, Uganda. GTS is a non-denominational school committed to equipping pastors and church leaders for the ministry of preaching and teaching the Bible. There are three programs: Global Bible Institutes, a one-year Bible certificate taught in the local villages in the local language by GTS graduates; GTS Three-Year Advanced Diploma, taught on the campus; GTS Bachelor of Arts Degree, created to equip students to become more qualified teachers of the Word of God in training other pastors and church leaders.
The Mission of Global Outreach (globaloutreach.org) is to recruit, train, and undergird the ministry of a growing interdenominational family of career and short-term missionaries that reach out internationally with the love of Jesus Christ by sharing the gospel through holistic ministry that compassionately meets the needs of hurting people, evangelizes the lost, disciples the saved, and establishes new converts into the body and ministry of local indigenous Christian churches.
Race for the Soul will be suppoting a missionary family in Uganda. John and Rebecca have been serving the Lord in Uganda since 1999. They have five children: Johnny, Jacob, Lynnsi, Aaron, and Benjamin. John is currently the President of the Global Theological Seminary (GTS) in Jinja, Uganda. GTS is a non-denominational school committed to equipping pastors and church leaders for the ministry of preaching and teaching the Bible. There are three programs: Global Bible Institutes, a one-year Bible certificate taught in the local villages in the local language by GTS graduates; GTS Three-Year Advanced Diploma, taught on the campus; GTS Bachelor of Arts Degree, created to equip students to become more qualified teachers of the Word of God in training other pastors and church leaders.