'The two things that helped me get my life back on track are wrestling and the church.' This church is mixing sermons with suplexes.
The low-cost training nights attract about 15 people per session, with a fundraiser successfully hitting a £3,000 target for the church to buy a wrestling ring.Gareth, who has been a Christian for 10 years, continues: "Wrestling happens here on a Thursday, you've got food given to the homeless on Saturday and church on a Sunday.
"Outsiders, weirdos, geeks, nerds, people who fall under any umbrella you find, why should they be pushed down because you don't like them?Cris wears a rainbow cape as part of his costume for LGBTQ wrestling character 'Pride' "That ultimately led to us buying a wrestling ring and we thought there actually could be an emerging worshipping community coming out of this."Gareth says: "This idea of doing a wrestling church is not beyond reality, church can be whatever you need it to be to fit the audience.Gareth credits both wrestling and the church for being pivotal in turning his life around
"If you've come from a chaotic, difficult childhood like I did or you've had trauma in your background, you associate loud, noisy things - aggressive things and men throwing themselves about as being quite dangerous and unsafe.Fountains Church is situated in the centre of Bradford close to the National Science and Media Museum and the Alhambra Theatre
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