Soccer star turned pastor Gavin Peacock shares his story of redemption and finding a new purpose in life

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Gavin Peacock was born in England and is a former professional soccer player who spent 18 seasons representing Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea and Newcastle United amongst others over his 600 game career.

After returning from soccer, Peacock worked for the BBC covering soccer on television and radio before entering into full-time ministry. He is currently the Associate Pastor for Calvary Grace Church in Calgary, Alberta Canada and the director of international outreach for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

His new book "A Greater Glory: From Pitch to Pulpit" released in May of 2021.

On today's podcast, Gavin shares how his identity went from being in soccer to being in Christ, how his new faith was received in the locker room with his soccer clubs, feeling the calling to enter full-time ministry and what he wants his legacy to be.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, our conversation today with former pro soccer player turned pastor Gavin Peacock is fantastic.
0:08.8	And he's got maybe my favorite accent of any guest we've had on this show.
0:12.7	It's coming up in just a minute right here on Sports Spectrum.
0:20.2	Music Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports
0:28.5	collide.
0:29.6	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:32.0	Hey guys, welcome to the show.
0:33.7	I am Jason, and this is the Sports Spectrum podcast.
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1:51.8	Convoy of Hope.com. Convoynation.com. We are so excited today for our conversation with Gavin Peacock,
2:00.0	the former pro soccer player turned pastor
2:02.4	and now author. He's got a brand new book. It's called A Greater Glory from Pitch to Pulp it.
2:09.0	It released May 7th, 2021. Gavin is from England. He played pro soccer from 1984 to 2002 with organizations like Newcastle United and Chelsea.
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