Making the play

Pete Nicholas  |  Features  |  Field of Dreams
Date posted:  1 Feb 2019
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Making the play

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Thousands of Christians around the UK play sport every week.

Just think of the numbers involved: 15.74 million adults play sport weekly – that’s about a third of adults in the UK. The number is higher in the young-adult bracket where 55.2% take part in at least one session of sport a week, and even higher among 11-16 year olds where it is 86.6%!

Sporting church

If the church is even partially a representation of these demographics, then it would mean that sports players are arguably one of the largest groups in any church.

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