{"id":11401,"date":"2026-06-08T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambassadorsfootball.org\/?page_id=11401"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:57:16","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambassadorsfootball.org\/uk\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11401\" class=\"elementor elementor-11401\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69f55925 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69f55925\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463600d7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"463600d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b98a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24b98a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our History<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545cf992 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"545cf992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What began in 1987 as a small soccer ministry running camps and international tours has grown \u2014 through decades of faithfulness, prayer, and God's provision \u2014 into a global movement active in over 35 countries with more than 150 staff. 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.ue_timeline_item_img_wrapper{\n  justify-content: flex-start;\n}\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e\" class=\"uc-items-wrapper\"  >\n  \n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-5de0339\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item1\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >1981<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Early Days<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>Rich Hay an AIA wrestler, Tim Conrad who had been the Biola University soccer coach and Dave Irby who had been the coach at Azusa Pacific established Sports Life an international soccer ministry based in Tacoma, WA. The soccer ministry focused on camps in the USA and international tours as short-term mission trips.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-e4b3d19\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item2\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >1985<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Soccer in Austria<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>Jonathan Ortlip the leader of a tour to Austria was challenged by the leader of OM, Johan van Dam to establish a long-term work in Austria because 3000 towns and villages had no church. Johan saw that through football the Gospel was being shared with Austrian men after a match.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-a0e47c3\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item3\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >1987<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Missionary Athletes International<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>This vision of soccer as a means to share the gospel was cemented in Jon\u2019s heart and in 1987 he followed Tim Conrad and Dave Irby to an organization called Missionary Athletes International (MAI).<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-a937efd\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item4\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >1989<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Focus on England<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>God brought together John Squires from New Zealand and Garrick Pang from Seattle to join Jon and recruit 10 additional staff. Over the course of time and events God clearly refocused the direction of the ministry towards England and in 1989 the team sent a proposal named the \u201cEuropean Project\u201d to Christians in Sport (CIS) in Oxford, where they stated the desire to establish the work in England but only with the blessing of CIS. God made it clear to CIS that they should invite the team.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-b3d1d6c\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item5\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >1990<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Ambassadors in Sport<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>The vision led to the establishing of a soccer ministry called \u201cAmbassadors in Sport\u201d in Bolton England in 1990. The vision was for it to become British and be able to reach the communities of England through the mobilization of the Church. In Bolton, Jonathan Ortlip and two others who grew up in Haiti, one from New Zealand, one from Spain, one Chinese-born American, and three Americans were soon joined by a number of British staff.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-5205b48\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item6\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >1990<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Laying the Foundation<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>There was no manual on how to do cross-cultural football ministry. For the small group who started \u201cAmbassadors in Sport\u201d in Bolton (England) in 1990, the Word of God and prayer built the foundation of everything they did. It remains the center for the worldwide team of \u201cAmbassadors Football\u201d to this day. They started a local football team and ran annual camps (which continue to this day). Tours went out to Asia and the Middle East and within a few years a second work was started in Czech Republic.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-08e5d47\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item7\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >1996-1999<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >A New Chapter<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\">In 1999, with the blessing of MAI leaders, Jon established the International Office for Ambassadors in Sport in Northeast Ohio.<\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-45e7b1b\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item8\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2000-2010<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Expanding Around the World<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>From 2000 to 2010 God blessed the work and it expanded rapidly around the world, as more and more leaders were identified from within their own country. Initially, the starting of new works had required the recruiting and sending of a team of foreigners.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-f2d5ee6\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item9\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2014<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Ambassadors Football<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>The name was changed from Ambassadors in Sport to Ambassadors Football in 2014 to clarify that it is the simple yet powerful, universal language of football that God has called Ambassadors to use. Our name comes from our founding verse, 2 Corinthians 5:20: <strong>\u201cWe are therefore Christ\u2019s Ambassador...\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-7b9a08e\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item10\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2014-2017<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >A Divine Appointment<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>In 2014 the President of Ambassadors Football met a Canadian pastor\/missionary in Brussels, Belgium due to a cancelled flight. Their conversation led to an invitation to visit Rwanda. Subsequently the <strong>partnership between Ambassadors Football and ADEPR<\/strong>, one of the largest denominations, became official in 2017.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-d571e12\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item11\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2017-Present<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Generational Impact<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>In 2017 the partnership between Ambassadors Football and ADEPR began with the training of <strong>more than 70 coaches<\/strong>, sent by the Church, who would return to their communities from <strong>more than 20 locations<\/strong> to focus on giving children in primary schools a biblical worldview.<\/p><p>Over the ensuing years <strong>more than 200 children<\/strong> have gone back to school, <strong>more than 500 have been baptized<\/strong> by the Church and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in some community\u2019s teen pregnancies have all but disappeared<\/span>.<\/p><p>And almost <strong>10,000 children<\/strong> are now being discipled through the Church in weekly football programs in Rwanda alone. Since April 2024, several thousand more are also being discipled now in Kenya.<\/p><p>More and more church and denominational leaders grasp the vision of changing their nations when discipling the young generation through football ministry with the Word of God at the center. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ambassadorsfootball.org\/uk\/dt6\/\">Learn more about Ambassadors' DT6 program here &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-calendar-alt'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-4aa2a72\" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_5117483e_item12\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >Present<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >One Team Sharing the Gospel Through Football<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><strong>It is our privilege to be part of what God is doing around the world<\/strong>. Today <strong>over 150 staff<\/strong> are committed to God\u2019s work with Ambassadors Football. 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