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STEVE MCCONKEY
Steve McConkey is the President of 4 WINDS USA, a world-class track and field ministry. Starting in 1981, they have worked through eleven Olympic cycles. Ministry centers have been in Eugene (OR), Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN), and Madison (WI). Over the years, Steve had hundreds of worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews. He graduated from Western Kentucky University (Master of Public Health), Minnesota State University (BS-Community Health), and Webster High School (WI). Steve was born in Des Moines (IA) and moved to Northwest Wisconsin after the sixth grade. Also, he stands up for Olympic and Christian athletes. From 1982 through 1992, Steve was a successful USA National Track and Field Club Coach.
HISTORY
--On October 19, 1955, Steve was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended Dunlap Elementary School and went on two field trips to the Drake Relays where he was introduced to world-class track and field. In 1968, Steve’s family moved to Northwest Wisconsin.
--Steve ran 70,256 miles from 1971 through 2019, forty-eight years at 4.01 miles per day.
--Steve became a Christian in March 1976 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior after reading a Bible left in the student union.
--Steve graduated from Western Kentucky University (Master of Public Health), Minnesota State University (BS-Community Health), and Webster High School (WI).
--From 1982 through 1992, Steve was a successful USA National Track and Field Club Coach for Athletes in Action (82-83), Lay Witnesses for Christ (83-88), and 4 Winds Christian Athletics (88-92). Team centers were in Eugene (OR), Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), and Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN). After 1992, 4 Winds Christian Athletics dropped the team to work with athletes on all teams.
--After moving to Madison, Wisconsin in the fall of 2006, 4 WINDS USA is near the University of Wisconsin's Camp Randall Football Stadium. Before moving to Madison, Steve and Liz checked out Colorado Springs and Flagstaff, Arizona.
--Since 1981, Steve has been to most USA Track and Field Championships, Olympic Trials, and some Olympics. The 2024 Olympics was their eleventh Olympic cycle. During the 2024 Olympic Trials, Steve had a successful outreach to the Olympic track and field team. They went on to win thirty-four medals in Paris, the most since the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Steve’s first Olympics was in Los Angeles in 1984, where the Olympics will be held in 2028.
--Over the years, Steve had hundreds of worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews.
BELIEFS
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. His virgin birth, sinless life, vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, bodily resurrection, ascension to the right hand of the Father, and his personal return in power and glory.
4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful humanity, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, those who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.