About Us: History

History

UW Timeline

 

1997:

USA Camps kick off with over 900 kids attending

1999:

First curriculum written, over 1600 kids attend U.S. Camps, first summer intern

2000:

8 summer interns help run ministry in 8 states as well as Thailand, Australia and China.

2001:

4000 campers in 13 states. International ministry expands to Brazil

2004:

Over 10,000 campers, 65 Summer staff

2007:

100+ Camps and 50+ Resource Camps. 75 Summer Staff, 8 full time staff

 

2009:

110+ Camps and 50+ Resource Camps. 77 Summer Staff, 11 full time staff

 

 History of UW Sports Ministry

Uncharted Waters was incorporated as a 501c3 charitable religious trust on December 24, 1996. Tim and Carol Conrad founded the organization and were immediately joined by Alan and Barni Feuerhaken.

Uncharted Waters has been blessed by God and has grown significantly each year in its influence with churches and the size of its staff.

In 1999, Uncharted Waters produced its first summer camp curriculum that has become the basis of the ministry. The curriculum now has a six-year cycle and has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Estonian (more languages are planned in the future).

In 2000, the first staff joined Tim and Al in ministering to multiple churches across the US and Australia for a full summer. The summer staff continues to grow in size and influence each year.

In 2005, a publishing partnership began with Gospel Publishing House, which markets past curriculums to the thousands of churches that are separate from the approximately 200 churches that UW directly works with.

Additionally in 2005, UW also partnered with Evangecube International to produce a sports themed Evangecube to market to churches and athletes around the world.

Since 2005, UW has seen its largest growth both in the area of staff and influence. Today UW has 15 full-time employees who work in three areas of ministry, all with the same purpose of serving churches through sports outreach.

In 2008, God gave UW the vision of seeing one million kids come to Christ over the next five years. One key aspect of this is training church leaders all around the world on how to use sports as an effective outreach in their communities.

Founders
Tim and Carol Conrad