About Us

Mission & Values

     

Vision

We are a global organisation that connects people to Jesus through football

Mission

We want to:

• Invest in churches – show churches how to serve their local communities through football
• Invest in people – we want to mentor and train individuals to be confident Christians who can share their faith through football.
• Share Jesus through football – we want to see many hear the good news of Jesus through football in Britain and around the world through investing in others to enable this to happen.

Values

Church: We uphold the long-term, transformative role of the Church in the world.

Team: We identify and collaborate with others in the pursuit of shared goals.

Innovation: We seek to develop ministry that engages the culture.

Servant Heart: We follow the example of Jesus by leading through service.

Those in need: We look to particularly work with those who are physically and spiritually in need.

We welcome you to read our Statement of Faith

How

Training churches & individuals:We believe in the local church and want to train them to transform lives and communities. We train volunteers, interns, staff and partners to be life-long disciples of Christ.

Community Football outreach (CFO): We run community football projects in partnership with the local church.

Events & Tours:We run events and tours to support community projects and all individuals to reach their full potential.

Why Football?

Football is played all over the world and has the power to bring people together, to break down barriers and build friendships to enable us to share faith and support.

“A coach will influence more people in a year than the average person will in a lifetime.” – Billy Graham

“Sport has the power to change the world…” – Nelson Mandela

“Football brings people together. I always feel that it’s something that just happens naturally with football because you can just go into a bunch of strangers and you can get on with it because football’s its own language, its own vibe.” – Ian Wright

History

In August 1990, 3 overseas amateur footballers who had relocated to the northern England town of Bolton decided to start a football team by placing an advert in a local newspaper. From these humble beginnings, a movement started that was called ‘Ambassadors in Sport’ which eventually became known as ‘Ambassadors Football’ from August 2013. This movement has grown both nationally across the UK and internationally to over 35 countries globally. The ambitions of these founders of the Ambassadors football club have always extended beyond the field itself; their Christian faith, ethos and values drove them to go beyond the game and actually seek to bring transformation both to individuals and communities through the combination of Football, Faith, Future.

Since becoming a UK registered charity and a limited company in 1997 Ambassadors have aspired to help churches run quality football outreach programmes, which will draw people towards Jesus through effective discipleship both on and off the pitch. We believe football is a great way to build fellowship, friendship and trust that breaks down all barriers. We bring this aim together under three pillars:

• Investing in churches
• Investing in people
• Sharing Jesus through football

The British work of Ambassadors Football is one of about 35 similar national charitable ongoing works around the world that are joined by an international covenant of agreement under the banner of Ambassadors Football International.