World Cup - Korea 2002

If you love God and enjoy culture and sports, this is for you! After the success of the evangelistic outreach at the Olympics in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000), the ABWE-Asia team prayed about sending a team to the World Cup soccer tournament. Since several million fans from nearly every country converge on this massive event, it is a golden opportunity to share the gospel. Essentially, this is the Great Commission in reverse. Instead of you going into all the world, the whole world comes to you!

In June 2002, a team of six (three from Asia, three from the United States) met in South Korea. Beginning in the capital, Seoul, we followed fans to games in six cities scattered around the country. For ten days, we passed out over 4,000 tracts and witnessed to people from many tribes and nations. Thanks to Gospel Literature Services, we had evangelistic booklets in 14 different languages, so many people received a tract in their own language. We shared the Good News with Bengalis, Chinese, Mexicans, Italians, and many others.

Praise God for many open hearts, and for the privilege of working with the Korean church to reach about one million guests who came to see the soccer games. Only eternity will tell the impact of this trip on their lives.