The Ministry

About Dromos

A Christian parachurch ministry in Maple Grove, Minnesota, founded in 2026 to serve the Church, not replace it.

Our mission

Dromos walks alongside confessing Christians, helping them know the course God has given them and walk it faithfully as His witnesses wherever He places them.

Our vision

A generation that knows the course God has given them, walks it faithfully, and finishes well.

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The Ministry

Why "Dromos"

Dromos is the Greek word Paul used for "course" at the end of his life: "I have finished the course." (2 Timothy 4:7, ASV). A course is ordained by God, and it's walked in ordinary places: homes, jobs, gyms, friendships.

Dromos walks alongside confessing Christians, helping them know the course God has given them and walk it faithfully as His witnesses wherever He places them. Everything happens in partnership with the local church.

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Two Directions

Both directions begin in a Circle.

Circles are the core ministry of Dromos: the table where believers come to know their God-given design. But no one's course is walked at a table. The design you discover in a Circle is for the environments you already inhabit: your work, your team, your family's week.

So Dromos doesn't graduate people out of a Circle. We follow them out of it, in two directions.

The core ministry

It starts at the table.

Twelve believers meeting weekly with Scripture open, helping each other name the design God gave them and the course He has set before them.

Learn about Circles →
Dromos follows them out
Direction one · Mission Advancement

Into the rooms where you carry influence

Every believer at the table already holds real standing somewhere: a company, a classroom, a jobsite, a neighborhood. Dromos follows Circle participants into those environments and supports their continued walk there, so the Gospel is carried by someone the room already knows and trusts.

Direction two · Sport & Wellness

Into the world where families live

For young families, youth sports is that environment: the whole family, in the same gym, several nights a week. And a family witnesses there together simply by how it walks: how they treat teammates, honor coaches and officials, and show up in a win or a loss. Dromos builds programming inside that world, done with excellence, so the difference is impossible to miss.

Dromos Basketball · the first expression →
And the walk draws people in
The way back to the table

Every environment becomes a doorway into new Circles.

A faithful walk gets noticed. In the gym and the boardroom alike there are parents, coaches, and leaders watching, some of whom the Lord is already calling. When they ask what's different, the invitation is ready: come sit at the table where this began. Circles send believers out; the environments they serve send new leaders back.

A Circle Sent into real environments A visible walk New leaders drawn in A new Circle
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The Founding Season

Why Dromos exists.

Dromos exists to help believers integrate their faith into every part of life by understanding how their God-given design enables them to bring something holy to each space where He places them.

The result is the joy of living as God created them and the peace that comes from knowing they are living on-course.

Dromos is in its founding season. Every founding gift lays the foundation that carries this joy and peace to generations of believers.

Give to the founding season
"But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God."
Acts 20:24
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Board & Leadership

Who's accountable.

Chair
Dr. Michael Beverly Jr.
Vice Chair
Casey Van Winkle
Secretary
Steve Podobinski
Treasurer
Chris Schultheis
Executive Director
Nick Tofteland
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Contact

Talk to us.

Whether you're ready to join a Circle, get your athlete in the gym, give to the founding season, or you're simply wondering what God designed you to bring to the spaces you inhabit, email nick@yourdromos.com.

To reach the board directly: board@yourdromos.com.

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