Lighthouse outreach set for Plateau interdenominational soccer tourney
By Agada Daniel, Jos
A faith based organization under the auspices of Lighthouse Rescue Sports Outreach (LRSO) have concluded arrangement to hold maiden score tournament for Churches on the Plateau soon.
Lighthouse president, Geoffrey Bottson who made the revelation to newsmen in Jos the state capital, Wednesday, acknowledged that the interdenominational score tournament is aims foster loving, caring, and sharing in tandem with Christian doctrine.
Bottson said Plateau is among states selected from each geopolitical zones of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja for the tournament, saying that which ever denomination emerged champion from Plateau will went to Abuja to compete for Nigerian Christian Cup alongside winners of other zones.
On whether there is a support from somewhere championing sponsorship of the tournament, the president confirmed for this Christian Cup we are not. We’ve approached CAN, and we haven’t gotten the required response. We approach Christian Broadcasting Network, 700 Clubs, I was spoken to them, they’ve done interviews for what we are doing, the Christian Sports Evangelical Manifestation. They are not a funding organization.
“So there is no foreign sponsor. But then for Lighthouse, we have partners that we do programs together, and they are also watching to see what we are going to come up with.
He said Nigeria will be, hopefully, hosting the first African Christian Cup also. “So it’s a good opportunity, and we hope that we’ll do a lot with you people and the church as this event comes up.”
“This initiative is about the church.The church is filled with all-young people, and they need to be discipled.So there is a sports discipleship program that we are doing in partnership with a Christian body that is over 100 years old from the U.S.
“FCA, which is Fellowship of Christian Athletes, they’ve sent a lot of materials, sports-based written materials for us. Their visitors, their partners, their staff has come over and visited some of our partners, like Rebirth Basketball Academy, which is the first official partner of this organization from the U.S. They’ve hosted them here.
“And in the next month by end of July to early August Lighthouse has also been given a chance to host the leaders of 3D Institute. 3D Institute is a good sports training coaching institute in the U.S. They are coming over to do introduction to 3D to see how they can train our coaches to be better effective than in doing their work.
“knowing having in mind that at the end of the year between October to December dates are being sought for Nigerian Christian so every state have to finish enrollment right now and finish playing the state Christian Cup by end of September so that we know the teams that are qualified to go to Abuja for Nigerian Christian Cup.”
