The Christians in Sport Podcast

Feb 19 2025 107 ep. 27 mins 48
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The podcast of Christians in Sport - the movement of competitors, coaches and officials which exists to reach the world of sport for Christ. Featuring interviews with people from the world of elite sport - from Olympians to major golf winners, Premier League footballers to high level athletes - we seek to find out how they connect their sport and faith together. We also deal with some of the key questions you might have as a Christian in the world of sport with #AskCIS.

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E69 - Sharing faith over food at university | Student Special

Feb 19 2025 36 mins  
'Dialogue dinners' or 'meals with a message', are a brilliant way to discuss and share faith with friends at university, yet it can feel intimidating inviting friends over to talk about Jesus. In this special podcast episode, Duncan chats with three students about their experience of sharing their faith at university. 0:00 Intro 1:27 The joys and challenges of university sport 7:3

E68 - 6 ways people are becoming Christians today with Phil Knox from the Evangelical Alliance

Jun 03 2024 46 mins  
Over 9 million people play sport each week and millions more watch and talk about sport regularly. At the start of one of the biggest sporting summers in history, we sit down with missiologist and evangelist Phil Knox, to discuss six ways people come to faith today, and how we can make the most of this summer of sport to share the good news of Jesus. Thanks to the Evangelical Alli

E67 - Mental Health Awareness Week Special with Heather Lewis

May 13 2024 41 mins  
This year's Mental Health Awareness Week is themed around movement, including sport and this week we have a special episode with Heather Lewis, project manager at the Mental Health Foundation. Alongside her work, Heather has a specific academic interest in elite sport, having completed a Master's at St. Mary's Twickenham on mental health within a Rugby World Cup context. The Menta

E66 - Jason Romano, the ESPN sports broadcaster

Apr 29 2024 39 mins  
Jason Romano is the Director of Media with Sports Spectrum and the host of the popular Sports Spectrum Podcast – probably the most popular sports and faith podcast and blog globally. For 17 years, he was an Emmy-Award winning Producer and Senior Manager at ESPN. He has created and produced content for shows such as SportsCenter, NFL LIVE, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Sunday NFL

E65 - Gill Bland, The Marathon Runner

Mar 07 2024 35 mins  
Gill's story as a Christian, mother and marathon runner is inspiring. Taking up marathon running in 2011, Gill progressed to a personal best of 2:53:22 in 2016, all while working and more recently becoming a mum. Listen for how Gill's identity in Christ is game-changing for her sport, church, to family life. (0:00) Intro and Jan's bio (1:30) What does it mean to have your sport a

AskCIS #37 | Should I smoke to have gospel conversations with my teammates?

Mar 01 2024 8 mins  
On nights out the best opportunity to chat may well be outside in the smoking area, away from the noise and where it’s natural to have a deeper conversation. So, should you smoke on a night out to have gospel conversations with your teammates? (0:00) Intro (0:22) Today's question (0:53) We're called to share our faith (1:40) Permittable vs beneficial (2:42) Temple bodies (3:19)

E64 - Jan Achterberg, Former Long Track Speed Skater

Feb 02 2024 29 mins  
Jan is a former long track and marathon speed skater, now working for Next Move Sports Ministries in the Netherlands. Jan decided to retire from skating at 22 because he struggled to connect his Christian faith with his passion for sport, yet now he helps top-level athletes to think through how they can combine faith in Christ with competing at the top level of sport. Listen to f

E63 - John Bostock, Founder of Ballers in God

Nov 24 2023 44 mins  
John Bostock debuted for Crystal Palace at just 15 years old, still their youngest-ever first-team player. He signed for Spurs a year later but his career wasn't straightforward, spending years on loan and playing abroad. He came to faith as a teenager and, in 2015, founded Ballers in God, an organisation that aims to disciple professional football players and to make Jesus known

E62 - Jennifer Tait, The International Volleyball Player

Oct 12 2023 30 mins  
Jenny Tait is an Australian volleyball player, earning 66 caps for the Volleyroos indoor team as well as playing for Campbell University in the NCAA and at the top level in Europe. Jenny retired in 2020 and is now studying theology at Moore College in Sydney. Danno caught up with Jenny to talk about her career in elite sport and her passion to continue working alongside Christian

E61 - Alison Nicholas, The Solheim Cup Captain

Sep 21 2023 30 mins  
Alison Nicholas is a British golfer who reached the pinnacle of the sport in a highly successful career as both a player and then later on as the captain of a victorious Solheim Cup winning team in 2011. In a fascinating interview with Graham Daniels, she talks about what it looks like to be a successful leader and coach in elite sport and how her faith has helped her throughout he