Elvis Amoh - Pro soccer player on God's will, dealing with setbacks and glorifying Jesus' name
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Elvis Amoh is a professional soccer player with Detroit City FC in the USL. Prior to Detroit, he was with Hartford Athletic, Rio Grande Valley and Colorado Springs. He is the founder of “Footballers for Christ” on Instagram.
Today on the podcast, Elvis Amoh shares his journey of faith and how his relationship with Jesus Christ transformed his perspective on life and soccer. He talks about the shift from prioritizing soccer to prioritizing his faith and how he uses soccer as a platform to glorify God and inspire others.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, guys, today on Sports Spectrum. We get to go to the continent of Africa. |
| 0:06.0 | Well, actually, we're going to Detroit, Michigan. But Elvis Amo, who is a pro soccer player with Detroit FC in the USL in America playing professional soccer. |
| 0:17.5 | He's from Ghana. And man, does this man love Jesus? And we get to talk to Elvis about growing up |
| 0:24.1 | in Ghana, about soccer slash football, as it's called over there, being the main thing in his life |
| 0:31.2 | and the shift that took place a few years back where he understood that God needed to be the |
| 0:36.9 | priority in his life, not soccer. |
| 0:39.0 | And yet he's still a pro soccer player today. |
| 0:42.1 | And we get to catch up with Elvis Amo and talk about his journey with Jesus. |
| 0:47.0 | He also is the founder of an Instagram page called Footballers for Christ. |
| 0:52.4 | So I wanted to ask him about ministry and using his platform to glorify God in the world of professional soccer. |
| 0:59.9 | Elvis Amo, it's coming up in just a moment here on Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:04.1 | Can't wait for you to hear this conversation. |
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