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College sports teams can unify their community on and off the field \u2014 and one football team is doing just that by using its platform to spread faith to students.<\/p>\n

University of Pittsburgh football players delivered the gospel in front of nearly 600 people during a stirring \u2018Pitt for Jesus\u2019 event on the university\u2019s campus on September 18. Tight end Jake Overman and Pastor Jason Howard, who organized the function, discussed the event during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.”<\/a><\/p>\n

CHARLIE KIRK SHIRTS SEEN IN PENN STATE FOOTBALL STADIUM AS HIS FAVORITE TEAM OREGON WINS THRILLING GAME<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Overman expressed how important his team\u2019s voice is on campus, and the responsibility that comes with it. “I just think that as athletes, we have such a platform,” he told “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We said at the beginning of the event that as athletes we don’t want this platform to build up our name. We want to build up the name [of] Jesus.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the event, 65 individuals made a commitment to Christ, 80 others were baptized, and 45 football players declared their faith.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Howard stressed the need to introduce faith to younger Americans, and to give their lives greater meaning.<\/p>\n

BLUE-CITY PASTOR SEES SIGNS OF REVIVAL AFTER TENS OF THOUSANDS ATTEND CHRISTIAN CRUSADE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“There is\u2026 a hole inside everyone that only God can fill,” he said. “It\u2019s like we need a personal relationship with Jesus. And I think that for a lot of years, that’s been missing. And you know, you look for fulfillment in a lot of other places, but it really just doesn’t meet the bill \u2014 it doesn’t satisfy.”<\/p>\n

Overman went on to emphasize that student-athletes are more than just the sport they compete in, and that faith can deliver that higher meaning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There are many guys on the team who are following Jesus \u2014 it’s just such an example for the other kids on our team that, hey, follow us as we follow Jesus, and there’s more to your story than just being a football player, more your story than just being a student-athlete. And it\u2019s actually about being a son and a daughter of Jesus.”<\/p>\n

FAITH REVIVAL FOLLOWS CHARLIE KIRK’S DEATH AS MORE PEOPLE ATTEND MASS AND READ THE BIBLE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The \u2018Pitt for Jesus\u2019 event, which went viral on social media platforms, comes amid reports of rising student faith engagement across the country. Some experts are contributing the increase to the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk<\/a>, who was outspoken about his Christian beliefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– FOX NEWS<\/p>\n

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