Prior Lake consistently reaches more than 70 students each week. An outreach event last spring drew over 1,000 students, leading to a noticeable spike in Huddle attendance this fall. Bible distribution has been strong, and two new Huddles launched this year, bringing the total to six active Huddles in the area.
God Is Moving Across Minnesota: A 2025 Ministry Update
Tanja Hansen • December 29, 2025
As we conclude this calendar year of ministry, we are seeing God move across Minnesota in ways that are both unmistakable and deeply encouraging. From small rural communities to large suburban districts to college campuses, coaches and athletes are seeking truth, opening God’s Word, and stepping forward as Christ-centered leaders. The hunger is real, the momentum is growing, and the impact is multiplying far beyond anything we could orchestrate ourselves.
Below is a snapshot of how God is working through FCA across the state - and why this moment matters.
A Statewide Movement of Growth and Hunger
One theme is rising everywhere: growth.
More Huddles are launching. More students are attending. More coaches are engaging Scripture. More volunteers are stepping into leadership. And more schools than ever are reaching out asking how to bring FCA to their campus.
Across Minnesota, students are inviting teammates, crowding into classrooms before school, and showing up hungry to understand God’s Word. Coaches are asking for community, training, and discipleship. Entire teams are gathering for Bible study. Momentum is spreading from one person and one campus to the next!
And this growth is not shallow. It is marked by a desire for depth - deeper relationships, deeper understanding of God's Word, and deeper character formation rooted in Christ.
We’re Seeing Kingdom Impact
This area has experienced some of the fastest growth in the state. Many Huddles have doubled in size in just one year, with several approaching or exceeding 100 students weekly. New Huddles launched at Hopkins, Central High School, and within the Hopkins Football program. More adults are stepping into leadership, forming healthy teams that support long-term ministry rather than relying on a single leader.
North Metro
Huddles in the North Metro continue to grow - not just in size and number, but in impact. Many are taking their faith beyond school walls through community service projects. Student athletes are also stepping up to lead team huddles, creating spaces where their teammates and peers open scripture and grow together. Nearly half of the North Metro communities have a Moblized FCA Volunteer leading ministry. The momentum is strong, and the desire for even more FCA ministry and discipleship opportunity is evident.
Every Huddle saw attendance climb this year. Hastings, Woodbury, and Park High School now draw 60 to 100 students at a time. Leaders describe a growing zeal among students who expect God to move in their schools. They are asking for discipleship, inviting friends, and opening Scripture together.
The Central Lakes region has seen a remarkable surge. With expanded staff capacity, Huddles have nearly doubled to around 40 in the last two years. Attendance has grown significantly, with many teams now sending four or five athletes instead of just one or two. At St. Cloud State, more than 200 student-athletes gather weekly across 11 team Huddles to study the Gospel of Luke, and many are responding with renewed faith.
Youth leagues in Rochester now serve more than 780 athletes across flag football and basketball, and local FCA camps reached more than 500 students this summer. Eight new Huddles launched in the past two years. Zumbrota-Mazzeppa now averages 70 students weekly. Staff describe the ministry as wide-reaching but stretched, with a strong desire to move into deeper relational discipleship.
Growth continues in powerful ways. Le Sueur has grown from six or eight students to more than 40. St. Peter has expanded from around 30 students to more than 65. Teacher-coaches are actively requesting FCA presence in their schools because they see the impact on student leadership and school culture. Additional staff would allow this growth to deepen and expand into unstaffed communities. >> Read the Fall 2025 Newsletter
Monthly reach has grown from approximately 650 to 775 students. Fields of Faith alone gathered more than 1,000 students and adults to hear the Gospel. New Huddles are forming in schools that have not seen FCA ministry for more than a decade. The harvest is expanding, and leaders are stepping up, but additional staff are needed to meet the demand across a wide geographic area.
In Northwest Minnesota, growth is also accelerating. Bemidji High School’s Huddle nearly doubled, growing from 30 to 60 students weekly. The Bemidji State University Huddle increased from around 30 to 45 student-athletes. Leaders consistently report that students are hungry for God’s Word and open to the Gospel when approached with love and truth. More staff would allow for intentional discipleship and multiplication at both the high school and collegiate levels.
Five new Huddles launched in the past year, with Duluth East and Esko each reaching around 40 students. Esko is even considering adding a second weekly meeting due to demand. This highly unchurched region is seeing increasing hunger for truth, prompting the posting of three new staff positions to help meet the growing need.
At Edison High School, the Huddle has grown from two students in 2022 to nearly 30 today! A new female Huddle is forming with strong interest. Urban ministry is heavily focused on life-on-life discipleship where they often gather to share meals together. Students are engaging Scripture and asking thoughtful questions about faith, life, and purpose.
One of the clearest pictures of multiplication is unfolding among women at the University of St. Thomas. What began with one athlete has grown into a disciple-making network reaching dozens of students and multiple teams. Athletes served have grown from 15 to 52, with projections of 65 next year. Empowered leaders have grown from 4 to 22, and teams reached from 2 to 12, with continued growth expected. The visual disciple map tells the story clearly: one life investing in another, multiplying across campus.
Among collegiate men, focused staffing has led to explosive growth. When full-time attention shifted to the University of St. Thomas three years ago, only one FCA Huddle existed on campus. Today, thriving Huddles are active within football, basketball, baseball, cross country and track, and swimming, with minor discipleship connections to hockey and soccer. Football alone now averages 35 participants.
In addition, weekly discipleship is happening with 13 apprentices and 18 core leaders who are equipped to lead Huddle Bible studies. Multiple staff and volunteers support this work through one-on-one discipleship and leader training.
At Macalester, ministry expanded from a single football-focused effort to include baseball, soccer, golf, and a newly launched coaches Huddle. Student-led Huddles are now active, and leaders report a clear desire among students for depth - depth of relationships, depth of faith, and rootedness in something real. Many students are also prioritizing involvement in the local church.
Across collegiate ministry, the need for women staff remains urgent, particularly at schools such as Bethel, Northwestern, St. Catherine, Concordia-St. Paul, and Macalester.
FCA Golf continues to grow, impacting more than 320 coaches and athletes through camps, clinics, Huddles, donor engagement, and PGA partnerships. FCA Lacrosse is gaining momentum through weekly training clinics and the potential development of a summer team, opening new doors for discipleship.
Looking Ahead
Across Minnesota, the story is consistent. Students are hungry. Coaches are asking for help. Leaders are stepping up. Doors are opening faster than we can walk through them.
This is not simply organizational growth. It is Kingdom growth.
The harvest is plentiful, and God is clearly at work through FCA across our state. As additional stories and regions are added, the picture will continue to grow clearer and stronger.
We are grateful to witness it - and excited to see what God will do next.
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