Fight Church: Can you love your neighbor and knee him in the face?
“Can you love your neighbor as yourself and at the same time knee him in the face as hard as…
“Can you love your neighbor as yourself and at the same time knee him in the face as hard as you can?”
That’s a direct quote from Paul Burress, a pastor in Rochester, N.Y., who believes mixed martial arts can help bring people together. He and fellow fighters are profiled in Fight Church, a doc from Oscar-winning director Paul Junge, and Bryan Storkel.
Storkel has started a Kickstarter campaign to finish the film; he has raised $10,000 of his $30,000 goal and is offering incentives like DVDs and a credit in the movie to supporters.
Says one fighter: “As I progress in my Christian life, I start to see a conflict. Is this having a positive impact on my Christianity?”