Prayers, miracles and gospel opportunities: How God is changing lives in the Wimbledon queue

Every year, a group of Christians gather together to serve the world’s most famous tennis queue. Carolyn Skinner reports on what God has been doing

Each July, a corner of South West London gears up to eat strawberries and drink Pimms, cheer on the British hopefuls, and stand in extremely long queues. The Wimbledon Tennis Championships is a uniquely British tradition and, as it descends upon SW19, there is something special about being part of it. 

At Third Space Ministries, we love to welcome people from all around the globe to the most famous queue in the world, and demonstrate something of the kindness of God to them. We gather together a team of volunteers (mainly from local churches) and, playing on some tennis terminology, call what we do ‘Love All Serve All’. But our branding also has a deeper underpinning; we firmly believe that this is what Jesus came to do, and what he calls us, as his followers, to do also.