Using Sports for Outreach and Friendship with Sports Ministry Enthusiast and Professional Speaker Duane Eger

Sports has a special place in so many of our hearts. We love the competitiveness, adrenaline, and passion that comes out of sports, but something that is undermined is how sports can be used for outreach, for finding friends (even a family), and the good that comes from playing with people that you may never meet otherwise.

Today, we’re talking about how we as Christian athletes can use the sports that we play and watch as a way of reaching out to people and using sports to relate with people within your community. Sports Ministry Enthusiast and Professional Speaker Duane Eger joins the show to talk about this intriguing, yet important topic, what he’s learned about friendship through playing sports, and being inviting and inclusive with all who play sports.

Listen as we discuss:

• Maintaining a Christian friendship mindset in the sports that we watch and play
• An inspirational story of friendship found in sports from Jack Twyman and Maurice Stokes
• Why he has a passion for sports ministry and outreach
• Sports being a way of reaching others of different values or beliefs
• How athletes can step out of their comfort zone to be inclusive to anyone that they meet in sports

New Segment:

How do you see God in sports today? Send us an email or DM on social media describing how you see Christ in the sports you watch and play for a shoutout in the next episode!

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