Stories tagged with: football

• Send Relief announces Mark Richt as national spokesperson

  by Brandon Elrod, posted Thursday, February 13, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Mark Richt, a former college football head coach and current college football commentator, will be a national spokesman for Send Relief, the compassion ministry arm of the North American Mission Board (NAMB). Richt made the announcement in a video released on social media.

  "I've been a part of some great teams as both a player and a coach," Richt said. "I'm so excited to announce my support of another great team -- Send Relief. It's a compassion ministry working to meet needs and change lives across North America." Read More

• SUPER BOWL: Evangelists 'go where the fish are'

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, January 31, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  MIAMI (BP) -- A couple of Bobby McCreery's fellow evangelists climbed into a New Orleans taxi in 2013 when the city was hosting the Super Bowl.

  "Are you guys here for the game?" the cab driver asked.

  "Well, sort of," they replied. "We're here to tell people about Jesus." Read More

• SUPER BOWL: For Chiefs' Wisniewski, knowing God surpasses joy of football

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Thursday, January 30, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  MIAMI (BP) -- Stefen Wisniewski of the Kansas City Chiefs thought he had everything figured out during his teenage years in Pennsylvania. Though he was raised in a Christian home with godly parents and attended church regularly, he admits that he was more self-sufficient than he should have been.

  "I thought I was doing well in life," he told Baptist Press during Super Bowl Opening Night Jan. 27 at Marlins Park. "I thought I was successful, doing well in sports and academics and all that. And God really humbled me." Read More

• SUPER BOWL: For 49ers' Matthews, locker room a place of ministry

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Wednesday, January 29, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  MIAMI (BP) -- The impact of Jordan Matthews on the San Francisco 49ers isn't something that can be measured by his football performance. The wide receiver has spent most of the season on the inactive list, playing in only three games and catching four passes.

  But that's OK with him -- because Matthews knows that the eternal impact he's having on the team is far more valuable than any contribution he can make on the field. Read More

• SUPER BOWL: NFL veteran's Sundays take on new focus

  by Tobin Perry, posted Tuesday, January 28, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  MIAMI (BP) -- Daryl Jones knows what it's like to get ready for Sundays. As a wide receiver in the NFL in the early 2000s, he played four seasons for the New York Giants, Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings.

  But this Sunday, as the eyes of the world turn toward America's biggest football game, Jones is getting ready for an even bigger Sunday. Less than 20 minutes away from Hard Rock Stadium, the site of Super Bowl LIV, Jones will preach the Gospel at The Rock Fellowship Church, a church he planted in Miami in 2016. Read More

• LSU's Smith a light and witness in Tiger locker room

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, January 10, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) -- You probably won't see LSU's Michael Smith on the field in Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship game against Clemson.

  Smith, a backup offensive lineman for LSU, has only seen playing time in one game this year. But that doesn't diminish the importance of his role on the team. Read More

• Tabernacle members cheer success, character of Clemson QB Lawrence

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, January 10, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  CARTERSVILLE, Georgia (BP) -- Their proximity to the University of Georgia -- about 100 miles away -- would naturally lend itself to Georgia football fandom. But for the members of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cartersville, Ga., a transformation of sorts has taken place over the past couple of years.

  "It's funny, we live in the heart of Bulldog country, but all of a sudden we've had a big conversion of Bulldog fans to Clemson Tiger fans," said Richard Brown, the church's education and church growth pastor. Read More

• LSU long snapper 'doing sports God's way'

  by Will Hall/Baptist Message, posted Friday, December 27, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) -- Blake Ferguson has had a remarkable football career in a unique position. He came to LSU as the country's number one long snapper as a senior in high school, and last year he was named best collegiate long snapper.

  On top of that, he took over the job for the Tigers from his brother Reid, who was signed after graduation as the long snapper for the NFL's Buffalo Bills. Scouts are predicting Blake will play at that level on Sundays, too. Read More

• Georgia church cooks up food, fellowship for football team

  by Mackenzie Ford/Christian Index, posted Monday, November 25, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (BP) -- Central Baptist Church in the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville sits right next door to Central Gwinnett High School. The close proximity sparked an idea among the small body of believers -- an idea that has grown tenfold.

  The church's Wednesday night program rebooted this fall when the church took a new approach in connecting with students at the high school, giving them a space to spend time. Read More

• Football, faith center stage at student events

  by Timothy Cockes, posted Monday, August 19, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  LEXINGTON, Tenn. (BP) -- Tommy Bowden, former college football coach at Clemson University, recently spoke to hundreds of Tennessee high school football students about the importance of making good decisions in life.

  Bowden said he wanted to emphasize for the more than 700 players, representing more than five counties and 12 schools, the importance of having the right priorities in life by putting God first. The event was held at First Baptist Church of Lexington, Tenn., on July 18. Read More