After prayer and consideration, Jobe is stepping away from her role as Chief Advancement Officer and moving to part-time work in a senior advisor role, pouring into female leaders in the ministry. Her slower pace will allow her and her husband, Dave, to travel in their RV and spend more time with their children and grandchildren.
I’ve loved being a part of training staff. I've done it in a variety of roles through the years: regional director back in the day, which was more like an RVP, part of Training Camp and Boot Camp, and regional staff training. All of that has given me the opportunity to meet new staff at the beginning of their journey. I've loved watching them say yes to what God has for them.
FCA still means Fellowship of Christian Athletes. That hasn’t changed. Everything else has! That's not a bad thing. Our vision has always been for us to make an impact for Christ in the world of sports. Today, we are better at being disciples who make disciples. So, our depth, our focus has changed. Though it was started by a basketball coach, it quickly gained traction in the football world. But now, not only has there been an incredible growth of women to both serve in staff and volunteer roles, it’s also every sport environment in all the ways athletes compete. That’s exciting.
How has God moved and shaped you through these years?
I’ve become more of a prayer warrior. I am a “get ‘er done” kind of person, so I think on the front end I would just get at it. As I’ve grown through the years, I have learned to depend more on God’s leadership and a heart posture to hear from Him first before the counsel of others. And I think I’ve learned to speak the truth in love. I had seasons where I just spoke the truth. I’m hoping He’s molding and shaping me into who He wants me to be today and tomorrow.
What would you say to someone just starting out in the ministry?
The sooner you figure out it’s not about you, the better. I think a foothold that the enemy can use is to make us think it’s about us. If it’s “my ministry, my donors, my coaches, my board, my camp,” we make it ours and not see it as something He has allowed us to steward. Give the ministry away and give the glory to the Lord.
Can you sum up your time with FCA in few words?
But God. It makes no sense why I was hired — music ed major, not an athlete, not a coach. I wasn’t qualified the way we look for a candidate today, but God intervened and this is exactly what He called me to. I turn around now and go, “Oh, almost 46 years. What in the world?” That’s insane.
What are you most thankful for about your time with FCA?
His faithfulness and kindness. He is just generous in so many ways when we are so undeserving. That God called me and revealed Himself to me. I’m thankful for all the people through the years, how He brought people by my side along the way during different seasons. We get to see and experience the transformation when a heart turns toward God. That’s the main thing I’m thankful for, getting a front row seat to it.
Now, I’m moving into a different season, and I’m nonetheless confident He has purpose in that, too. The Lord has made it really clear the time has come for me to change my pace and not give so much energy and brain focus to FCA. I’m grandma to eight and my husband and I love to travel and fly fish, so I’m excited to have more concentrated time with family and friends. We’ll see what He does with that.