ABOUT US
G1 Outdoors is a Christian Nonprofit Organization that helps churches and individuals launch adventure sports ministries designed to attract and attach people to Jesus and His Church.
Founded in 2019, it is the long time vision of Greg Weisman, who, as a pastor of Bayside Church in Northern California, launched Bayside Adventure Sports back in 1998. That ministry was organically launched because there were a group of men who wanted help launching some sort of a dirt bike riding club or ministry at Bayside. Greg helped them out. That then led to mountain biking, camping and more. With a new group of volunteers passionate about this, they launched the Extreme Sports Ministry (now Bayside Adventure Sports.)
As the ministry grew, the need arose to protect Bayside Church from potential liability issues so BAS incorporated as a California tax exempt Non-Profit 501c3 in 2003.
Bayside Adventure Sports now hosts over 350 events per year in 20+ sports from beginner to advanced levels for adults, families, and kids. From educational seminars and small groups, to day-long mountain bike rides and weekend camping trips, to multi-week Epic Adventures around the world. BAS is run by a large team of volunteers headed by Greg Weisman with Administrative Contractor, Pam Harvey.
For years other churches have been hearing about this ministry and asking for information on how it functions. In response, the BAS leadership team began putting together the pieces to not only coach other churches but a whole system to enable them to connect with one another and pull off epic adventures of their own.
There are now five parts to the system:
So many people have come through the doors of Bayside Adventure Sports to be come followers of Jesus and members of Bayside Church. They serve, they lead, and they have become passionate about using their sports to attract other people to Jesus and His Church. Interested in finding out more? Fill out an information form and we’ll see you on the trail!
Founded in 2019, it is the long time vision of Greg Weisman, who, as a pastor of Bayside Church in Northern California, launched Bayside Adventure Sports back in 1998. That ministry was organically launched because there were a group of men who wanted help launching some sort of a dirt bike riding club or ministry at Bayside. Greg helped them out. That then led to mountain biking, camping and more. With a new group of volunteers passionate about this, they launched the Extreme Sports Ministry (now Bayside Adventure Sports.)
As the ministry grew, the need arose to protect Bayside Church from potential liability issues so BAS incorporated as a California tax exempt Non-Profit 501c3 in 2003.
Bayside Adventure Sports now hosts over 350 events per year in 20+ sports from beginner to advanced levels for adults, families, and kids. From educational seminars and small groups, to day-long mountain bike rides and weekend camping trips, to multi-week Epic Adventures around the world. BAS is run by a large team of volunteers headed by Greg Weisman with Administrative Contractor, Pam Harvey.
For years other churches have been hearing about this ministry and asking for information on how it functions. In response, the BAS leadership team began putting together the pieces to not only coach other churches but a whole system to enable them to connect with one another and pull off epic adventures of their own.
There are now five parts to the system:
- The models: Bayside Adventure Sports is a great model for Mega Churches; newlife Church (Seattle, WA) for mid-size churches; and Bend Christian Fellowship (Bend, OR) for smaller churches.
- The Network: G1 Outdoors is being developed to connect churches and ministries together through a custom application that will enable all member churches into the database and the powerful resources. Through this system members around the country can be notified of special opportunities, discounts from National Sponsors, or Christian Discipleship Tools designed for them.
- The Coaching: G1 Outdoors is also the coaching platform as operation manuals, adventure devotionals, coaching tips, planning tips, and all intellectual property developed by the team will be available. Consultants will also be available for phone, email, video calls, or onsite consulting.
- The Conference: The annual conference is designed for both connection building and coaching. From Thursday afternoon to Friday night there will be general sessions and breakouts designed for churches of all sizes and at all stages to be equipped for growth to the next level. Saturday and Sunday are designed to connect in small groups out on actual local adventures with leaders from current Adventure Ministries. This is hands on learning as groups live out the motto of G1 Outdoors, “God Created the Earth…ride it climb it catch it explore it protect it.” Eventually, as more chapters launch around the country, there will be regional conferences hosted by the leaders of those ministries.
- Epic Adventures through G1 Adventure Tours (G1AT): Greg Weisman and the team began taking their adventures to the next level with the first climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2010. Since then there have been four trips to Peru to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, a trip to Nepal to hike the Annapurna Circuit, SCUBA Dive trips to Haiti and Cozumel, Ski trips to Utah, White Water Rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, and coming in 2020, the brand new and unique Adventure Israel. Members of G1 Outdoors have access to all G1AT Trips and have the option of hosting their own, with the assistance and training of G1AT staff.
So many people have come through the doors of Bayside Adventure Sports to be come followers of Jesus and members of Bayside Church. They serve, they lead, and they have become passionate about using their sports to attract other people to Jesus and His Church. Interested in finding out more? Fill out an information form and we’ll see you on the trail!