In het Magazine van SIM UK staat het inspirerende verhaal over Sports Friends, hoe het begon en hoe wereldwijd coaches sport gebruiken om met kinderen en jongeren Gods Goede Nieuws te delen:

Taking it to the next level

MORE THAN 20 years ago, Serving In Mission knew that in most countries they served, populations were very young, and they didn’t have many youth-focused ministries; nor did their local church partners.

SIM needed to develop ideas that worked on the ground, and God provided the answer in the shape of two men, from opposite corners of the world. He gave them the vision to start a global movement of churches using sport to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

Sports Friends began in Ethiopia in 2002 and today, more than 14,000 godly volunteer coaches serve more than 280,00 young people in 19 countries.

In some places where Sports Friends works, churches and coaches are frequently threatened, cheated, or attacked. Yet, despite this persecution, God’s church is growing and our teams in these areas draw strength
from God’s faithfulness and from knowing other Christians are praying for them and standing with them from afar.

Lees het hele artikel in het magazine (pdf)

“Every time when we’re playing football and we do training,
we always have a talk and Tom tells us about Jesus.”