As local entertainers hit the streets of Vancouver to play for change, Southern Baptists gather on the same streets and pray for change. Volunteers from across the U.S. and Canada provide radical hospitality to Olympic spectators by serving coffee, providing maps of the city and sharing smiles to sow seeds of the gospel.
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Olympic pins originated in Athens, Greece at the 1896 Summer Games as a way to identify the athletes, but for Sid “The Pin Man” Hopkins it began 100 years later during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Sid does not trade pins for profit. He has a much greater purpose. In this video see how Southern Baptist Volunteer Sid Hopkins uses pin trading as a tool to share the gospel of Christ with thousands of Olympic spectators.
God is at work at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and Southern Baptists are too. In this video, travel to Vancouver with North American Mission Board missionary Derek Spain and see the creative ways that missions volunteers are sharing Christ’s love with people who are in Canada for the Olympics.