(CBN) – About 250,000 coaches, student-athletes and their friends have been coming together this fall for what they call “Fields of Faith.” Their goal is to show that God and sports make an awesome and powerful combo. It shows that at both public and private schools across America, there’s a thriving network of Christians, often meeting right on the same fields where they play sports.
Since 1954, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes – or FCA – has been a force helping about 2,000,000 coaches and students-athletes each year combine their love of sports with their desire to know God better. The biggest FCA events during the school year are Fields of Faith.
On various evenings across October, some 500 athletic fields see kids, coaches, friends and family worship, pray, testify and share words from the Bible. CBN News attended one such gathering in Loudoun County’s Ashburn, Virginia. Area director Matt Diener exclaimed, “On a public school field, we get to hear the Gospel presented. And that’s powerful.” FCA’s Virginia director celebrated how many schools gathered in this one spot. READ MORE
