This is a blog for my colleagues who are engaged in ministry with people of sport. In particular it is for those of us who refer to our roles as "Character Coach" or “Sports Chaplain."
Friday, April 24, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
rogerlipe.com is active!
Friends and colleagues,
A new ministry initiative is being launched today, https://rogerlipe.com/ is now live and I am ready to serve. In the months since my retirement and my wife’s passing, I have been contemplating how I could best fulfill my calling from God through this next season of life. The paragraphs below communicate my game plan.

Sporting organizations and Sports ministries, worldwide, are suffering from a tremendous “brain drain.” The Baby Boom generation is rapidly retiring and leaving the organizations with a deficit of senior leadership. As they depart, much of their organizational history, values, and wisdom for making decisions leaves with them. Further, these senior leaders become unavailable to the new generation of leaders due to relocation or disconnection.
I am making myself available to serve sports organizations and sports ministries as a trainer, a mentor, or a coach, in the USA and anywhere else in the world.In Training, I serve by leading curriculum driven presentations of information and development experiences.
In Mentoring, I serve by lending my expertise and experience to those being served.
In Coaching, I serve by leading growth through asking skillful questions of the one being served.
Please log onto https://rogerlipe.com/ for more information.
Background: Widower, father, and grandfather
Over thirty years of ministry in sport experience:
o 4 years as Character Coach Director with Nations of Coaches
o 27 years with Fellowship of Christian Athletes
o 8 seasons serving professional baseball with Baseball Chapel
o 31 years as Sports Chaplain or Character Coach to coaches and teams at Southern Illinois University in CarbondaleAuthor of sixteen books for ministry in sport
Trainer, mentor, and conference speaker on six continents of the world
Presenter at each of the four Global Congresses on Sport and Christianity
Blogger and YouTube content developer
Areas of Service:Sports Chaplaincy Training & Development (individuals & organizations)
Sports Ministry Leader Mentoring and Coaching
Ministry with Coaches (strategies & resources)
Team Culture Development (strategies & resources)
Team Leadership Development (strategies & resources)
Please contact me if I can be of service to you. My contact information is below.
Sport and Ministry
Training / Mentoring / Coaching
Roger D. Lipe
https://rogerlipe.com/
roger@rogerlipe.com
A new ministry initiative is being launched today, https://rogerlipe.com/ is now live and I am ready to serve. In the months since my retirement and my wife’s passing, I have been contemplating how I could best fulfill my calling from God through this next season of life. The paragraphs below communicate my game plan.

Sporting organizations and Sports ministries, worldwide, are suffering from a tremendous “brain drain.” The Baby Boom generation is rapidly retiring and leaving the organizations with a deficit of senior leadership. As they depart, much of their organizational history, values, and wisdom for making decisions leaves with them. Further, these senior leaders become unavailable to the new generation of leaders due to relocation or disconnection.
I am making myself available to serve sports organizations and sports ministries as a trainer, a mentor, or a coach, in the USA and anywhere else in the world.In Training, I serve by leading curriculum driven presentations of information and development experiences.
In Mentoring, I serve by lending my expertise and experience to those being served.
In Coaching, I serve by leading growth through asking skillful questions of the one being served.
Please log onto https://rogerlipe.com/ for more information.
Background: Widower, father, and grandfather
Over thirty years of ministry in sport experience:
o 4 years as Character Coach Director with Nations of Coaches
o 27 years with Fellowship of Christian Athletes
o 8 seasons serving professional baseball with Baseball Chapel
o 31 years as Sports Chaplain or Character Coach to coaches and teams at Southern Illinois University in CarbondaleAuthor of sixteen books for ministry in sport
Trainer, mentor, and conference speaker on six continents of the world
Presenter at each of the four Global Congresses on Sport and Christianity
Blogger and YouTube content developer
Areas of Service:Sports Chaplaincy Training & Development (individuals & organizations)
Sports Ministry Leader Mentoring and Coaching
Ministry with Coaches (strategies & resources)
Team Culture Development (strategies & resources)
Team Leadership Development (strategies & resources)
Please contact me if I can be of service to you. My contact information is below.
Sport and Ministry
Training / Mentoring / Coaching
Roger D. Lipe
https://rogerlipe.com/
roger@rogerlipe.com
Mobile – 618.559.2735
X - @RogerDLipe
Friday, April 10, 2026
Becoming Undone Podcast
I was recently a guest on the Becoming Undone podcast with my friend and colleague, Dr. Toby Brooks of Baylor University.
Here's a link to our candid discussion of the changes I've experienced across the last fourteen months.
https://undonepodcast.com/ep152/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQsBt5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqVm9saFQ2MFNJdmVTbFozc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpiX8xPVx4nCYTxb0gCNK8Akj4TPxDfapZqH-bou55jCZqqwjxigQwFkf5ae_aem_DUtxiA-_aXB9zmyB61nAQQ
By the way, this is an excellent podcast to which one can subscribe.
https://undonepodcast.com/ep152/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQsBt5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqVm9saFQ2MFNJdmVTbFozc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpiX8xPVx4nCYTxb0gCNK8Akj4TPxDfapZqH-bou55jCZqqwjxigQwFkf5ae_aem_DUtxiA-_aXB9zmyB61nAQQ
By the way, this is an excellent podcast to which one can subscribe.
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