Sophie Cunningham Tells Theo Von She Feels a Revival Happening and Relies on Faith

“I love Jesus.” Sophie Cunningham, 30, a veteran guard for the Indiana Fever, said those words about her faith journey on “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von”, the Christian Post reports. The episode aired last week, the Christian Post and Church Leaders report.

Cunningham described a faith that has changed shape as she has grown up. “I was raised Catholic but now I'm just like more Christian,” she said, identifying herself as nondenominational, the Christian Post reports. Church Leaders describes her as a non-denominational Christian without a home church.

She said she does not have a home church because of her lifestyle, the Christian Post reports. The Christian Post adds, in its own words, that this was presumably due to the travel required to play on a professional sports team. That word matters: “presumably” is the reporter's inference, not a reason Cunningham gave, and it is not presented here as her explanation.

What she did say, in her own words, was that faith holds her steady in a life lived in public. “I rely a lot on my faith because of what I do for a living,” she said, the Christian Post reports, adding: “[It] keeps me stable and it keeps me to be who I am.” Church Leaders reports the same quote.

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The line that travelled furthest was her sense that something wider is stirring. “I feel like there's a revival happening,” she said, noting that more and more people with large platforms are embracing the Christian faith, the Christian Post reports. “It's cool to see them be able to be bold and courageous and come out about Jesus,” she added, in the Christian Post's version of her words.

Church Leaders reports a close version, with Cunningham saying she loves that more people are coming out as Christians. This article uses the Christian Post version, attributed, rather than blending the two wordings into one quote. The claim is hers: a feeling, not a statistic, with no figures given in either source.

Cunningham also spoke about standing firm when other people's opinions press in. “I don't care what people's opinions are about me because I'm not living for their praise,” she said, the Christian Post reports. For a player who lives in front of crowds and cameras, it sounds like a working rule for staying herself.

Her baptism story sits at the centre of the conversation, because it marks the moment her faith became her own choice. Earlier in 2026 she shared a video of herself getting baptized at Christ's Church of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona, the Christian Post reports. “I got baptized when I was little, but I was feeling a tug on my heart to do it on my terms as an adult!” she said.

At a news conference afterwards she called the baptism one of the better things she had done in her life, the Christian Post reports. “I've always been a faithful person, but I just feel like now it's my own decision,” she said.

Church Leaders puts it simply: raised Catholic and baptized as a child, she chose adult rebaptism. No exact baptism date is given in either opened source, and none is invented here.

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Church Leaders reports one more image. She said she used to be “one foot in, one foot out with my faith” but now she is “two feet in” and determined to stay that way, according to Church Leaders' account. That detail is attributed to Church Leaders here.

Her message to Von and listeners was direct. “There's nothing that you can or can't do that's going to separate you from God's love and grace and forgiveness,” she said, the Christian Post reports. Church Leaders reports her adding: “That's why Jesus came and died on the cross, because he already knew everything you were going to do… You're already forgiven.”

Cunningham wants listeners to beleive forgiveness is already given, not a test to pass, because she frames it as given before anyone has earned it. Von spoke honestly about his own distance from prayer. He said prayer was his favourite part of his faith, but busyness left him disconnected, and he wished the connection was stronger.

Nothing in either source says Von converted, prayed a sinner's prayer, or became a Christian, and nothing of that kind is claimed here. He told Cunningham he wants to invite more religious figures onto his podcast, and she suggested people who love history and science. She said top scientists figured out that Jesus did live and is real, the Christian Post reports, a claim of hers, not a scholarly consensus.

Von joked that he would like to invite Pope Leo XIV and wondered if he even has a phone, the Christian Post reports. Von had earlier in 2026 said he was asking God for a new story amid personal struggles, and that he was looking for the Lord, the Christian Post reports. Both outlets note, briefly and neutrally, that Cunningham has drawn national attention for opposing men in women's sports.

Related testimonies and revivals: Franklin Graham Sees Pockets of Revival After 800 Turn to Christ in Manchester, Mike Posner Baptism Testimony 2026: 'Following Christ Has Changed My Life', Thousands Baptized at Oceanside Beach: Inside the Movement San Diego Revival 2026, and UniteUS South Alabama Revival: 596 Decisions and 52 Baptisms October 27 2026.

Von was left with an invitation list to build, and Cunningham with a story told in her own words. Whether Von's stronger prayer connection follows, and who he invites next, are questions the next episodes may answer, and listeners who heard Cunningham speak of revival will be listening for what happens next.

But the most surprising part of this story is yet to come — keep reading.