OUR MISSION IS TO LOVE GOD AND OTHERS, FIRST AND MOST.

We lead Outreach and Mentoring programs to at-risk and special needs youth, student/athletes, and coaches highlighting the importance of Character with an emphasis on "generational change." We use large group special events, one on one mentoring, and Character development teaching materials. Be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me…entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also (2 Timothy 2:2). 

WINSDAY WISDOM is our weekly blog with stories and Scripture encouraging practical ways to love others, first and most.  Winsday Wisdom can be accessed via Facebook@rexblankenship23, Lovefirstlovemost.com/blog, or by email upon request. 

Be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God (Ephesians 5:1-2). 

We have authored several books: 

(1) When in Despair, Hope, a study of Romans 8:28 for women in suffering

(2) Love First, Love Most

(3) five Side by Side Spiritual Conditioning devotional books: 

*God's Big Questions (Genesis 3)

*The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6)

*A New Beginning (John 3:16)

*True Greatness and Glory (Psalm 19)

*Character Matters.

REX BLANKENSHIP PROFILE

Rex Blankenship is the President of the non-profit Side-by-Side/Champions of Character which provides media and mentoring relationships for high school and college student/athletes and their coaches. Support from Side by Side also allows Rex to mentor as the Director of Player Development and Life Skills Coach for the Owasso Oklahoma HS championship football team. The Character Matters program also mentors Side by Side interns as they help at-risk youth stay and succeed in school. Rex is the author of five Spiritual  Conditioning books for student/athletes, a women’s book, When in Despair, Hope, and his most recent unpublished work, a men’s devotional, Love First. Love Most. He also writes Winsday Wisdom, a weekly blog of encouragement.

Rex grew up in Spiro, Oklahoma, in the home of a Hall of Fame Coach and English teacher and two brothers. He pursued his undergraduate studies at Harvard University where he participated in varsity athletics as the starting quarterback of the football team and received a degree in Engineering & Applied Physics. 

Rex served on the U.S. Senate staff of the late Senator Dewey F. Bartlett, Sr. for three years before studying at the University of Tulsa Law School and Southwestern Theological Seminary. 

Rex served in Oklahoma as youth minister at Broadway Baptist in Sand Springs and Jenks First Baptist, as senior pastor at Spiro First Baptist and Guymon First Baptist, then twenty-three years as the senior pastor at Springs of Grace Church in Shreveport, Louisiana, which sent him out as a missionary to extend his teaching, writing, and mentoring ministry. Rex moved his non-profit headquarters to Tulsa to oversee the expansion of the Rose Bowl Training Center and raise additional funding for missions in Moldova, Mexico, and the Far East. 

Rex preaches in churches, teaches Men's groups, marriage seminars, and speaks at FCA rallies. He also leads weekly Bible studies for the Owasso Rams football staff and team. Rex is a member of Journey Bible Church, Tim Gibson, Pastor, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

“The joy of my journey increased as I began to interact as a mentor to young people, especially those in their prep and college years. I have served as a youth minister, senior pastor, national speaker for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, organizer and teacher of a theological training center, mentor to coaches and athletes, and founder of a non-profit servant-leadership training program to help at-risk youth experience generational change.”

“I believe in Jesus Christ as the only Lord and Savior. I believe that everything our loving sovereign God does is wise, right, and good. I believe God uses the faithful preaching of His Word to change hearts and equips lives for His purpose. I believe Character matters, publicly and privately. I believe the most important thing in life is to love God and love others the way God loves us. I believe the Lord Jesus lives in us to lead us to others He intends to love through us.”

Rex and his wife, Vicki, have been married 46 years. They are blessed with three children and seven grandchildren living in Colorado Springs, Shreveport, and Nashville.

Contact info:  Rex Blankenship   PO Box 2944 Broken Arrow, Ok 74013   318-218-9427  coachrex2@gmail.com