Derwin Gray, Pastor/Former NFL Defensive Back

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Episode 3

Derwin Gray is a former defensive back, who played 5 seasons in the NFL with the Colts and Panthers. He's also the Pastor of Transformation Church near Charlotte, North Carolina.

In this episode, Derwin shares his story of growing up without a Dad, making it to the NFL and an encounter he has with a teammate known as "The Naked Pastor" that changes Derwin's life forever.

Derwin talks about the transition he makes from NFL player to pastoring a very large church and the tension he wrestled with in saying yes to God's calling after his football career.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports
0:11.2	calli.
0:12.2	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:14.2	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:18.6	I am Jason Romano.
0:20.4	It is great to have you back with us.
0:22.1	We hoped you enjoyed last week's episode, episode two, featuring Matt Hasselback,
0:26.8	the former NFL quarterback turned ESPN analyst and Matt Chandler, pastor of the village church in Dallas, Texas.
0:33.5	It was a wonderful conversation that it took us in a variety of directions, but the main
0:38.2	story centered around both the Matt's faith and God and how they're trusting in him and how God
0:43.2	used both of them to make his name known, obviously, through different stories and testimonies.
0:48.3	But great stuff there, as always. And if you have not heard it yet, make sure you subscribe,
0:52.5	you download, you listen, whatever it takes to make
0:55.1	sure you can hear their story. It's definitely worth it. And if you've liked what you've heard
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1:04.3	get the word out in bringing these inspirational stories to as many people as possible. So
1:09.7	check it out, Sports Spectrum on iTunes. Certainly,
1:12.8	it's everywhere else that podcasts are available as well. Today's podcast is one, I think you guys
1:19.0	are going to like this one. I really do. When I begin to think about who I was going to have on as
1:24.5	guests for this podcast, and this has been a, you know, a couple of months
1:29.0	process here. This guy went right to the top. He was definitely somebody I wanted to talk to
1:34.0	from the very beginning. And we're pleased to bring him to you today. His name is Derwin Gray.
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