Derek Carrier - Former Raiders tight end on saying yes to a call to ministry
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🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Derek Carrier is a former NFL tight end who is currently in ministry as an assistant pastor at Cornerstone Chapel in the Washington D.C. area. In college, Carrier was a standout tight end at Division III Beloit college in Beloit, Wisconsin. He went undrafted in 2012 but was quickly signed by the San Francisco 49ers.
His NFL career saw him play for 10 seasons with San Francisco, Washington, the Los Angeles Rams and the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Derek Carrier about saying yes to Jesus at an NFL chapel service, playing with Derek Carr, seeking the Lord in everything and moving into ministry as a pastor.
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| 0:00.0 | coming up today on sports spectrum derrick carrier former nflb tight end he's now a pastor 10 years in |
| 0:07.4 | the nfl came from division three beloit university division three play 10 years in the nfl that |
| 0:14.1 | alone is god's hand on your journey right if you go division three and somehow end up in the |
| 0:20.2 | NFL for 10 years. |
| 0:21.8 | And then feels the calling to go into ministry. He's now a pastor at Cornerstone Chapel in the |
| 0:27.1 | Washington, D.C. area. Derek Carrier's got a great story of how he became a follower of Christ |
| 0:33.5 | in 2014 while he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers. That story alone is worth its weight in gold. We appreciate Derek. He's awesome. I think you guys are going to love hearing his story. It's coming up in a moment. First, I want to remind you about our Sports Spectrum magazine. It's the best thing that we do. A quarterly magazine, you can get your subscription right now a one year or a two year subscription and we |
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