154 | Courageous Career Changes: Embracing Uncertainty and New Beginnings with Pastor & Coach Chris McCormick
4/12/202657 min
About the Guest
Chris McCormick is a former Division 1 strength and conditioning coach who worked at Gardner-Webb University and Florida Atlantic University. Throughout his career, he played a crucial role in athlete preparation and development, initially with aspirations of ascending to an Athletic Director role. However, McCormick's journey took an unexpected turn when he transitioned from collegiate sports to full-time ministry. Today, he serves as the lead pastor at Reliant Church, passionately investing in spiritual growth and fostering community, leveraging his strengths as a coach to guide his congregation.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[dramatic music] This is Becoming Undone.
Chris McCormick· Guest0:05
[tape rewinds] Um, Gardner-Webb was like everything I ever wanted in a job, and it was like, it wasn't what I wanted it to be, and it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be, and that kind of gave me one of those moments of, well then, what is the next thing that I actually want if I've gotten what I've wanted from a, a job po- position? So that kind of sent me reeling. I was, March of 2020, going to tell our staff and everybody I'm leaving, and we were at the Conference USA Tournament, and COVID shut everything down. So it essentially made me go home with my family for the first time and was like, "Okay, I'm forced to sit here, essentially, and try to figure out what is the Lord maybe calling me to." And that's where the idea of church planting and being able to talk to other people really became prevalent. Lord, is this actually what I'm even supposed to be doing? Like, I have these skills. So it took a lot of unwinding of then realizing how much my identity was actually wrapped up in being a coach. Inevitably led to me leaving coaching in July of 2021 and essentially going into full-time ministry. I'm Chris McCormick, and I am undone.
Toby Brooks· Host1:16
[upbeat music] Hey, friend. I'm glad you're here. Welcome to yet another episode of Becoming Undone, the podcast