I came across this article from BPSports recently and thought it would be good to share here.
Adam Wainwright is a very successful Major League pitcher that has become a believer. I was encouraged to see how several people reached out to him and were intentional in helping him grow closer to Christ. A great story of relational ministry.
Here are some excerpts:
The Atlanta Braves drafted Wainwright in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft, and in rookie ball his first roommate was Blaine Boyer, now a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In Boyer, Wainwright found someone who was a committed Christian and who lived a godly lifestyle. Wainwright took notice, and began talking to Boyer about why his life was different.
Boyer told Wainwright about the change that Jesus Christ had made in him, and though Wainwright admits that he was interested to hear Boyer’s story, he wasn’t willing to make that commitment to Christ himself.
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“They knew I had questions,” Wainwright said. “I was coming to them all the time with questions about eternity and how do you know you’re right, how do you know Christianity is the way and not Buddhism or Islam or any of these other ones.”
