One of the strategy of International Sports Coalition is the Proclamation by Sports People. In this strategy the coalition supports sports people as they proclaim their faith. One sports person who has been proclaiming his faith on and off the field is the Confederations Cup 2009 best player, Kaka.
At 25, Kaka is a unique character among global football icons: profoundly religious and he never followed the nightclubs-casual sex script that so many of his colleagues live by. Linked to the Brazilian Pentecostal church rebirth in Christ since his teenage years, Kaka thinks his religious views explain how he can reconcile in harmony the life of a sports icon with that of a family man, without getting distracted by the millions of dollars he has amassed in the course of his career.
Kaka said, "I have my Biblical values, and I set those above everything else. In my scale of values, money is not a priority. I get pleasure and joy from playing football, I feel love for the sport."
When Kaka was presented by Real Madrid to their supporters, 50,000 came to cheer him on. In view of his popularity and great following, when Kaka speaks of his faith in the Lord Jesus, people would stop to listen.
We pray that many more Christian sports personality will take on the challenge to propagate the gospel to their fellow professionals and faithful followers.
To God be the glory.