‘My faith is massive to me’: The Christian faith of Raheem Sterling
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Tim Bechervaise2024-09-12T08:19:00
Video footage has emerged of footballer Raheem Stirling getting baptised. Tim Bechervaise takes a look at the faith of the new Arsenal winger, the latest Premiership star to go public about following Jesus
It was an eventful summer for Raheem Sterling – in more ways than one.
The 29-year-old was one of the surprising omissions from England’s Euro 2024 squad and, soon after the new Premier League kicked off in August, he became the centre of one of the biggest transfer stories of the summer. Deemed surplus to requirements at Chelsea, he made a deadline-day move to London rivals Arsenal, where he joins fellow Christian football pro, Bukayo Saka.
But there was something else that happened to Sterling, something arguably far more significant: he got baptised. It’s believed to have happened over the summer, possibly in Jamaica where Sterling was born, but footage of the event has only begun circulating online recently.
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