Kate’s Story
“Kate came to university from a church family, but Christianity was never something she was really bothered with. She knew all the stories about Jesus, but it wasn't ever something which she applied to her own life. But when she started uni, Kate, because she plays sport, came along to the weekly Christians in Sport group. For the first few meetings she was always quite quiet, then she began coming along on to church too.

"One day she asking if we could meet up and have a chat about a few things. At this point I assumed that she was a Christian. Kate said that she didn't really understand, she could see me and what I had in my life but she knew she didn't have that and she didn't really understand why. So although she had heard loads about Jesus while growing up, she didn't really understand the gospel. I spent a bit of time explaining that it’s not just a case of believing the stories that she heard but actually accepting Jesus into her life.

"Kate said she understood that she needed Jesus, that he had died for her so she could be forgiven and be in a relationship with God. We carried on chatting about what a big commitment it is to become a Christian, after which I explained the A,B,C to becoming a Christian which I had seen on the Christians in Sport evangelism DVD.  Kate gave her life to Jesus sat on a park bench!

She's been going well since then, getting involved with church, and we have been meeting most weeks to do Bible studies together.”

Gemma - Christians in Sport University Group Leader

*Names have been changed