The World Cup of Football (soccer) is the world’s largest sporting event outside the Olympics, and Germany will host the 2006 tournament from June 9 to July 9. For the duration of the event, Germany’s evangelical churches will be engaged in a large outreach project, and The Salvation Army will be a significant player.

A Canadian Salvation Army officer, Major David Bowles, is the head of the Army’s youth work in Germany and Lithuania, based in Cologne. He talks about the international teams who will be on hand in Germany and the various way in which they will connect with soccer fans visiting Germany.

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