In less than a week, MLB star Adam Wainwright is reaching 13.6 thousand followers in Christ through Twitter.

The  St. Louis Cardinals pitcher is asking fellow Christians to join him in community as they "walk through God's Word."

"It's my prayer that this would be a blessing and a daily encouragement to you all," the athlete tweets.

The Twitter account Walking With Waino will share a Bible passage each day with his followers. Followers can engage with each other in the comment section and have been discussing what "sticks out" to them as they read the passages. Starting on January 12, the social media Bible study group is invited to open discourse about what they thought about after reading the passage.

Twitter users have been using the study as a way to interact with others and share their opinions on the chosen scripture. 

St. Simons Community Church is Wainwright's partner in the project and his family's home church. Together, they created an emailing subscription campaign and an introduction video. Wainwright will be using the church's website to share his daily blog.