Thousands of fans were counting down the hours until Saturday’s sold-out Savannah Bananas game at Kyle Field, but Friday night in College Station belonged to worship. Coach RAC and several teammates and players from the Texas Tailgaters hosted a free community worship night at Central Church as part of Sandlot Revival.
RAC said the effort grew out of a simple belief. “The only thing that will satisfy your soul is the relationship with Jesus Christ, and that is the heart behind this,” he said. He also said the idea came after asking himself, “What if we had a worship night in every city that we go to?”
The timing gave the gathering an immediate audience. Fans who had come to town for the baseball spectacle on Saturday had another event to attend the night before, and Sandlot Revival has now reached more than 5,000 people across the country. The ministry began as a team Bible study in 2024 and became a formal city-to-city worship tour in 2025.
RAC said the goal was not tied to crowd size. “The objective is simple. We don’t care if 10 people show up or 5,000 people show up. It’s about connecting people in every city we go to with their local churches and presenting them with the gospel of Jesus Christ,” he said. He added that traveling so often means the team does not always get to attend a local church, and that singing and reading scripture together makes the group feel connected to “the greater body of Christ.”
At Central Church, Lead Pastor Philip Bethencourt framed the night the same way. “Tonight’s not about baseball, it’s about worshiping Jesus and making his name known,” he said. Bethencourt said people may see the players on a big screen and assume they have had easy lives, but that “the Lord has really shown up and taken them in a new direction through a relationship with Jesus.”
For young fans like Beau Montgomery, the evening was a chance to be in the room with the players they watch from afar. Montgomery called it “a great way to worship God,” adding that he loved getting to experience it with friends and with everyone who wanted to watch them.
The worship night also showed how Sandlot Revival has become something larger than a team gathering. It is now moving city to city alongside the baseball tour, and in College Station it linked a sold-out stadium weekend with a church event built around faith rather than the game itself. Bethencourt said the church welcomed the chance to bring the community together, and RAC closed with a message for anyone following along.