"Here’s a good trivia question for you. Which major sport was invented as an evangelistic tool?
The inventor of basketball, James Naismith, became convinced that he stood a better chance of exemplifying the Christian life through sports rather than through preaching. So he took a job as a physical education instructor at the YMCA’s International Training School for Christian Workers in Springfield, Massachusetts. Naismith’s vision was 'to win men for the Master through the gym.'”
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