Wrestling For Jesus ?

GotZoom

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This is just wrong on so many different levels...

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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Can professional-style wrestling really be the next frontier for Christian outreach?

Small bands of masked evangelists, clad in tights and armed with biblical names, argue it is. The violence and intensity of wrestling, they claim, can be the perfect way to attract the alternative, younger crowd.

At the beginning of some "Wrestling for Jesus" shows, wrestler Chase "Darkness" Cliett is strapped to a massive wooden cross on stage as piercing music is played. A group of evil wrestlers beats and bloodies him before the good guys dramatically come to his rescue. Later, after a horned fellow in a red suit is knocked out, the preaching begins.

But it's not for everyone; many churches won't even consider letting them perform.

One performance ended with real fighting, real cursing and a repentant participant stretched-out face-down in the ring weeping.

They're not the only wrestling group to heed the call, according to The Christian Post.

Another group, Christian Wrestling Federation, is based in Texas. It has a board of eight preachers in addition to a core of dozen entertainers that use each match to entertain the crowd and preach, the newspaper reported.

Ultimate Christian Wrestling, based in Athens, Ga., is another group that features booming music and special effects, according to The Christian Post.

http://www.wftv.com/sports/8141328/detail.html

http://www.wrestlingforjesus.org/

http://www.christianwrestling.com/

http://www.ultimatechristianwrestling.com/
 
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I never understood the whole '______ for Christ' thing. Bikers for Christ...Bakers for Christ. Chess Players for Christ. All playing for Christ. I wonder if they are using Christ more as a marketing tool than anything else. :(

Christ probably doesn't care if you wear a "USMB Members for Christ" shirt out to the bar. I bet he cares more on how you develop relationships with people that serve to illustrate HIS love for them.
 
dmp said:
I never understood the whole '______ for Christ' thing. Bikers for Christ...Bakers for Christ. Chess Players for Christ. All playing for Christ. I wonder if they are using Christ more as a marketing tool than anything else. :(

Christ probably doesn't care if you wear a "USMB Members for Christ" shirt out to the bar. I bet he cares more on how you develop relationships with people that serve to illustrate HIS love for them.
Jews for Christ, Prositutes for Christ (don't laugh or attack me, I've seen someone actually be serious about that), etc. for Christ.

It's lunacy. It's utter lunacy. It's annoying too.

Also, Clay, I would so rep you, but I can't >.<
 
Kagom said:
Jews for Christ, Prositutes for Christ (don't laugh or attack me, I've seen someone actually be serious about that), etc. for Christ.

It's lunacy. It's utter lunacy. It's annoying too.

Also, Clay, I would so rep you, but I can't >.<


Jews for Christ makes the most sense...the others? No idea.
 
Kagom said:
Jews for Christ, Prositutes for Christ (don't laugh or attack me, I've seen someone actually be serious about that), etc. for Christ.

It's lunacy. It's utter lunacy. It's annoying too.

Also, Clay, I would so rep you, but I can't >.<

Prostitutes for Christ?!? Maybe Ex-Prostitutes for Christ...
 

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