From Player to Coach
About ten years ago, a young boy named Samuel* began participating on a Sports Friends soccer team in Nigeria. When he was only 10 or 11 years old, his father passed away. Samuel had to take up various menial jobs to […]
Sports Friends Nigeria
Equipped, Encouraged, Strengthened
God loves people, loves justice, loves unity, and loves to use acts of loving service to overcome the challenges of this suffering world… Even in the case of waste management in certain areas! One of the first churches in Nigeria […]
Hope Is Always On The Horizon
In Nigeria, young people face incredible barriers. The economic, political, religious, and tribal divisions within the nation threaten their identity as young men and women made in the image of God, who are born to bring refreshment and renewal to […]
Spend Yourself Well
Serving changes our lives. Surrounded constantly by all kinds of needs, we’re all daily presented with the opportunity to either give our lives to others, or try to keep them for ourselves. Our Sports Friends staff in Nigeria know firsthand […]
Encourage One Another
Sports Friends has been present in Nigeria for 14 years. Currently there are 8 full-time national staff facilitating the training and ongoing support of nearly 3,700 active coaches. There are almost 75,000 young people playing on soccer teams around the […]
Hidden in Christ
Training coaches is an integral and expanding part of the Sports Friends ministry. While it takes many forms and is an ongoing work, the Basic Training is the foundation. Churches send men and women who would like to voluntarily run […]
Meet the Team: Ishaya
On this month’s edition of Meet the Team, we’d like to introduce you to Ishaya, our SF Nigeria Director! Name: Ishaya Inuwa Durkwa Role with SF: SF Nigeria Team Leader (Country Director) Favorite Sport/Team: SFN FC (Sports Friends Nigeria Football Club) Favorite Bible Verse: “For it […]
They Call Out “Coach Wendy!”
By Ishaya Inuwa, SF Nigeria Youth are a blessing to any community because they have strength as a great advantage on their side. But when their strength is not well focused, it becomes a great disadvantage within the community they […]
The Hope of Freedom
By Ishaya Inuwa, SF Nigeria “I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.” Acts 7:34 Culturally, […]
Camp: A Powerful Starting Point
By Moses Gyok, SF Nigeria Camp is unarguably a very big event that provides an opportunity for kids to give their lives to Christ, but it is also just a beginning in the process of discipleship. Uwenruza David Dama is […]
