Volume 9.3
Sports have incredible power to transform, inspire, empower, and unite people in a way that little else does. With 32 Olympic sports and over 8,000 indigenous sports worldwide involving over 5.5 billion people weekly, sports speak a universal language. The unfinished task of missions faces significant gaps that sports can uniquely fill. By leveraging the universal appeal of sports, ministries can bridge these gaps, effectively advancing the Great Commission. Enjoy our latest issue of AfriGO on the theme, "Sports Ministry: A game-changer in missions" which highlights the amazing opportunities sports offer for reaching the unreached and the unchurched.
A powerful platform for missions
Kaleel’s newfound faith and passion to reach his community hit a major obstacle when his family and neighbours turned against him, seeking his life. Forced to flee, Khaleel found refuge and support among fellow believers. He eventually connected...
The mission field on the football field
ABI’S STORY, GHANA: Abigail Mensah did not play football, but she loved the game and keenly followed happenings in the sport’s world. She loved Jesus and young people, and knew the Lord wanted her to reach out to youth outsid...
The 13th African games for the gospel
In the vibrant and diverse landscape of Africa, sports hold a unique and powerful place. Recognizing this potential, the Ghana Sports Movement (GSM) and the Bible Society of Ghana launched the Much More Than Gold (MMTG) outreach initiative around...
Called: Siyanda Landzela – making disciples among the fatherless
Fatherlessness is rampant in the Cape Town suburbs, with roots in the colonial era when many Xhosa fathers left their wives and children to work in the mines. Though those days are gone, absentee fathers have become a generational trend.
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Prayer as access for women in sports ministry
At the end of practice, fellow female football players gathered around me. I had sensed God call me to ask, “Would anyone like prayer?” It was a simple invitation. Many of these ladies were high school dropouts struggling in poverty and y...
Sports chaplaincy: bridging the sports missionary gap
Sports Chaplaincy is the provision of spiritual care to believers and non-believers in the sports world. By integrating faith with sports, sports chaplaincy can bridge missionary gaps on the African continent. The Church has done little or no...
Engage West Africa: Fresh Training for West Africa’s Cross-Border Missions
“The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity, but its sending capacity.” — Mike Stachura
The newly rolled out Engage West Africa (EWA) combines decades of experience in missions and education with the ...
Impacting lives through sports ministry
For the past 25 years, I have witnessed first-hand the transformative power of sports for missions. They are a strategic tool for evangelism, discipleship, and church planting leading to changed lives and transformed communities.
Sports mi...
People group: the Makwe of Tanzania and Mozambique
The Makwe of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique may be the amalgamation of several people groups who migrated out to the coasts of Mozambique and Tanzania during the late 1800s looking for work, but who stayed and formed their own group. ...
