As you see it, does competitiveness have any place in Christianity?

No, there should be no competition. One of the most futile things people do is consider their religion better than that of others.

There is healthy and unhealthy competition. A church softball game is (usually) an example of the former. A cross burning is an example of the latter.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir – clarification – the view sought was about competition in the sense that @Poser understood the question – i.e. the softball game. Just friendly comraderie. I too see it as per @Poser‘s example. Several years ago someone asked me this question. It really made me think at the time as I realized what a divider competition really is. Since then I have much loved the analogy of the “Special Olympics” – these athletes “help” each other over the finish line. Very touching and wouldn’t the world be a more wonderful place if this was how more of us lived. There is an old poem that says “I would rather see a sermon than hear one any day” and our faith is best put into action, not debate!!

@smilingheart1 Ah, well I don’t know much about how religions interact via softball ‘cause I don’t hang around many religious people. Sorry then I’m a big ignorant on the topic.

Perhaps friendly vs. unfriendly competition would be more accurate than healthy/unhealthy.

Depends on how you look at it and how you apply it or in which domains. Competition into talking to more non Christians is always good [but give time not just say random stuff then leave].

Not really…No.

I often see the competition in Church as “I’m better than you” instead of as “We are one with God and have a similar purpose”.

Not if you take it seriously. Most people don’t or don’t always.

Every living thing is in competition with natural forces that work to disassemble it. Competition is natural. To condemn it, is to get into a fight with the facts of reality.
If Christianity refutes competition, then that is one more reason to regard it as one more fallacy ridden ancient cult of personality. Which it is.