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Everything for the Christian Cowboy Your online source of teaching, news and features and inspiration for the Christian Cowboy traveling the rodeo and bull riding circuits. Check back monthly for new stories and lessons from Cowboy Church. The site also serves to inform and update supporters of Riding for Christ Ministries, the ministry that serves the bull riders of the Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association as well as rodeo cowboys in Ontario and across North America. Dec. 8 Addition A Christmas Message and still needing to raise $2,000 August 18, 2011 Additions Down the Road: A Cowboy Revival is Needed. Features: New Website coming August 30 Additions Behind the Bucking Chutes: Lessons from Cowboy Church. A lesson in humility Features: Join us in our 5th year of ministry by helping support Riding for Christ Ministries. Actually doing what James suggests about the Bible, and a bit about anger James 1:19-27 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is [...] Your help is needed to continue down the road. Just $9,000 more We’re more than half-way through the fund raising goal for a sixth year of ministry but still have approximately $9,000 to raise toward a $24,000 budget. That budget includes both living expenses and ministry expenses making it a very small budget for what can be accomplished through this ministry. Through this ministry, I [...] Discipleship leads to deeper friendship Read below for this week’s Down the Road story about how ministry can end up blending discipleship into a deeper friendship. FUND RAISING UPDATE Just 17 more people needed to commit to raising or contributing $500 and a sixth year of ministry is fulfilled Of those who support me financially, many do so because they recognize [...]
Riding for Christ Ministries: cowboy church, discipleship, teaching and Bible distribution to hundreds of cowboys and bull riders unable to participate in traditional church life because of their chosen career. Please read the "About us" section below for more details. Features Two Words can Make All the Difference: Merry Christmas Merry Christmas: Saying it matters \| Read More 08 12 2011 Two Words can Make All the Difference: Merry Christmas Down the Road-Two Words can make a difference Merry Christmas. In a culture that accepts those two words less and less, they come to mean more and more. It makes me exceptionally grateful to be working in an industry that still accepts, if not sometimes even embraces, Christianity. While there are always exceptions and I have literally been screamed at for leading prayer in a locker room... Read More No Comments » Your help is needed to continue down the road. Just $9,000 more You can help me get down the road \| Read More 04 10 2011 Your help is needed to continue down the road. Just $9,000 more We’re more than half-way through the fund raising goal for a sixth year of ministry but still have approximately $9,000 to raise toward a $24,000 budget. That budget includes both living expenses and ministry expenses making it a very small budget for what can be accomplished through this ministry. Through this ministry, I travel to bull ridings leading cowboy church (a short service with a message,... Read More No Comments » Behind the Bucking Chutes 04 10 2011 Actually doing what James suggests about the Bible, and a bit about anger Posted by: ridingforchrist Actually doing what James suggests about the Bible, and a bit about anger \| Read More James 1:19-27 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which... Read More No Comments » 05 04 2011 The Death of Rob Smets’ grandson teaches much from James Posted by: ridingforchrist The Death of Rob Smets' grandson teaches much from James Rob Smets' grandson was brutally murdered but for Smets, it became an opportunity to grow in his faith \| Read More James 1: 2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Almost five years ago, world famous bull... Read More No Comments » 16 11 2010 The Prodigal stands in the way of Cowboy Justice Posted by: ridingforchrist The Prodigal stands in the way of Cowboy Justice \| Read More Part 2 of 2 of a look at the Prodigal Son One of the ways Jesus used parables was to teach hard lessons to the Pharisees. A parable was a story Jesus told with illustrations the culture at that time could understand and draw from that taught a message often about the kinds of choices the people should... Read More No Comments » Going Deeper 28 04 2010 Call vs Vocation Posted by: ridingforchrist Call vs Vocation Youth Pastor at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church in Knoxville, TN \| Read More In today’s post-modern world, the terms “call” and “vocation” are used to delineate a person’s sacred (call)... Read More No Comments » 24 02 2010 Bridge-builders or political powers Posted by: ridingforchrist Bridge-builders or political powers \| Read More Recently, a friend of mine asked me if I was a Republican or a Democrat…and how my faith fa ctored into that decision…complicated... Read More No Comments » Prayer Requests Would you ride without a bull rope? Rope without a saddle? Would you ride without a bull rope? Rope without a saddle? \| Read More A rider no one knew from Colorado entered a bull riding in Georgia for the Saturday night performance out of a Friday and Saturday show. He managed to get there a day early, his equipment still with a car load of other riders who had broken down somewhere in Florida. The bull riding came up short on... Read More No Comments » About Riding for Christ Ministries About Us Posted by: ridingforchrist The sports of bull riding and rodeo are among the fastest growing sports in North America. They require dedication and commitment for just a few to make it to the top. Cowboys give up much to chase a dream and compete in a sport that is shrouded in dangers both to their physical health and, for those of faith, dangers to their Christian walks with many temptations and challenges facing them down the road. Christianity has long been rooted in the cowboy culture and that history ties it to the sports... Read More No Comments » How to Help Posted by: ridingforchrist (To donate, please use the “donate” button in the column to the left or see mailing information below) Scott Hilgendorff of Riding for Christ Ministries ended a full time career as a successful journalist for a large media company in Ontario, Canada in November, 2006 to pursue this ministry full time after much prayer and as an answer to a strong call from God to take this step. Since then, he has been able to operate on a small budget of between $12,000 and $18,000 a year which... Read More No Comments » More About Riding for Christ Ministries Down the Road ------------------- Where Ministry and Cowboys Meet Discipleship leads to deeper friendship \| Read More Discipleship leads to deeper friendship Read below for this week’s Down the Road story about how ministry can end up blending discipleship into a deeper friendship. FUND RAISING UPDATE Just 17 more people needed to commit to raising... Read More Praying for a Cowboy Revival A revival is needed in the cowboy community. \| Read More Praying for a Cowboy Revival When I first got involved in rodeo, I was in the early stages of my Christian walk and I would marvel at the cowboys who shared during cowboy church. I’d get to go to some shows while on vacation... Read More Discipleship or Evangelism? More than a chicken and egg situation What does the Bible teach about discipleship vs evangelism \| Read More Discipleship or Evangelism? More than a chicken and egg situation <!– @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> Evangelism or discipleship? What did Jesus call us to do? Christians who believe in salvation through Christ are... Read More More Down the Road ------------------- Where Ministry and Cowboys Meet Christian Cowboys Have Fun Too ‘Cowboy School’ Game http://www.flashgames247.com/play/853.html Give it time to load. A simple and free Flash-based game. No Comments » The Cowboy and the Preacher One Sunday, a cowboy went to church. When he entered, he saw that he and the preacher were the only ones present. The preacher... Read More No Comments » Marshall Grover Most of you are too young to remember this… Marshall Grover No Comments » More Christian Cowboys Have Fun Too	Welcome Welcome to the Riding for Christ Ministries website. Check back regularly for new content and features including rider profiles and stories of how Christ is at work in their lives. Regularly updated features currently include "Down the Road"--stories of encouragement and news from the ministry, "Behind the Bucking Chutes"-- a current sermon delivered at cowboy church, and "Going Deeper"-- short devotionals to inspire a deeper relationship with Christ. UPCOMING EVENTS April 5--Abingdon, VA, SEBRA bull riding April 12--Abingdon, VA, SEBRA bull riding April 28, 29--Meansville, GA SEBRA bull riding Dates are subject to change, please contact us directly if you are interested in attending service or helping at one of our events. Quick Links Latest Two Words can Make All the Difference: Merry Christmas* Discipleship leads to deeper friendship Read below for this week’s Down the Road story about how ministry... Your help is needed to continue down the road. Just $9,000 more Actually doing what James suggests about the Bible, and a bit about anger New Website Coming I’ve recently begun talks with three cowboys deeply rooted... 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