27 Oct 2014
Fight Church: Masculinity, Sport, and Love
“Can you love your neighbor as yourself and at the same time knee him in the face as hard as you can?” The recently released documentary Fight Church is a fascinating narrative that seeks to understand the intriguing intersection between Christianity and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). It spotlights the ministries of numerous pastors who live both as leaders of church congregations and of MMA “fight ministries,” where “feet, fist, and faith collide.” Numerous subplots