‘When you look at Jesus’s original crew, they were roughnecks,’
says Paul Burress, a minister at Victory Church, Rochester, New
York. It’s one of the reasons he encourages members of his church
to fight one another as part of the service.
Paul is one of a surprising number of pastors who use ‘MMA’ –
mixed martial arts – in their churches. MMA is also known as cage
fighting, a sport that combines kickboxing and wrestling. Leaders
like Paul feel that the modern church is not …
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