Who is AIA?

Athletes in Action around the World

Basketball…cricket…rugby…soccer…field hockey…table tennis…around the world AIA is using the one language of sport to offer hope and life to hurting and broken people.

There are over 6,000 spoken languages around the world today. But there is one language that rises above all spoken languages—the language of sport. It was recently estimated that 3.5 billion people viewed parts of the Summer Olympics recently held in Athens, Greece.
From Albania to Zambia kids know what to do when a soccer ball is tossed onto a field. From Zimbabwe to Australia a rugby ball has the potential to build bridges between people of diverse backgrounds, cultures and languages.

In most cultures the value system highly esteems the performance of the athlete and gives him or her a national platform of influence. The nations that look up to athletes as heroes must find those heroes looking up to God. AIA wants to help build an army of sport heroes around that have a character worth modeling.

Recently, the President and First Lady of Guatemala commended AIA national leader Cristobal Chamales and his wife Ixi for their role in building godly character into the lives of Guatemalan athletes. In a November 2004 ceremony at the National Palace, the Chamales were exhorted to continue their good work among the nation’s athletes.

AIA staff members and trained associated currently serve the needs of athletes in 75 countries around the world. You are invited to help us make a difference and get into the game that counts for eternity!