Did street evangelism get run over?

[crossnote]

Back in the late 60's to mid 70's (USA ) you couldn't go a day in a major city without someone confronting you with the Gospel in any major city. Now, I have gone the last 20 years without being approached once. Wot hoppened?

 

[kenisyes]

I think people found more efficient ways. Treasure hunting, prayer walking. Besides, the streets of today are the internet, and there's plenty of it going on there.

 

[Donkeyfish07]

I've seen it a few times.....I've seen groups in public parks coming around and giving homeless people bottled water with scripture on it and food (Good food too, like footlong subs) and praying for them/with them. It hasn't entirely disappeared. Also, as Ken says.....the biggest percentage of evangelism is probably being done on the Internet right now.

 

[crossnote]

I've seen it a few times.....I've seen groups in public parks coming around and giving homeless people bottled water with scripture on it and food (Good food too, like footlong subs) and praying for them/with them. It hasn't entirely disappeared. Also, as Ken says.....the biggest percentage of evangelism is probably being done on the Internet right now.

I guess it's martyr proof. Where can you go on the internet where it's one on one without 20 or 30 heretics jumping in?

 

[crossnote]

Besides many street people and such don't have internet.

 

[Donkeyfish07]

I guess it's martyr proof. Where can you go on the internet where it's one on one without 20 or 30 heretics jumping in?

I'm a member of a Skype group and we have a couple newly saved people in there. Plenty of one on one and it's a nice group. Small enough to maintain intimacy but large enough to be sizable. Not to mention we have private messaging functions here and I've had quite a few good one on one's here myself.....In an open forum though? Your right, that's a lot trickier.

 

[notuptome]

Street evangelism is disappearing because we have failed to teach it to the following generation. We have exchanged serving God for entertaining the youth. Most teen groups have all kinds of activities but almost never include going out and passing out gospel tracts as an activity. When is the last time you heard of a father taking his children out to pass out gospel tracts at a public activity?
We have become too concerned about creating offense instead of being concerned about being faithful. The internet is good but not nearly as good as face to face. Can't see tears on the internet.

For the cause of Christ
Roger