Pastor Salano
“When you plug into the community and start speaking their language – with the vision of allowing God to work in their lives – the Holy Spirit will do the rest.” This is Pastor Kennedy Salano, Director of Sports Evangelism for Assemblies of God Church in Nairobi, and a big football fan.
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Words Jess Bee Photos Lucy Favier
Five years ago, the leadership of Pastor Salano’s church wanted to engage young people and reach out to them through football. “We realised many years ago that the only language that these young people understand is the language of sport,” says Pastor Salano. The church community was hesitant. “It was the first time that as a community and as a church we
were engaging in sport,” says Pastor Salano. “I told them, ‘On Saturday, we are going to meet, we are going to connect with the community, and play sports.’ And amazingly, on that Saturday, people came out, in their hundreds. Some of the young people we were meeting got connected with the church. We have seen God doing tremendous things and lives being changed.”
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