A cousin of door to door evangelism is street corner evangelism. There's often a contingent of "Jesus freaks" on one corner outside of Knott's Berry Farm in SoCal, often exhibiting John the Baptist style hygiene and exuberance (yeah let's call it that). We were standing on that corner once waiting for the walk signal and these guys were in everyone's faces about this and that. One of them got in mine and I stopped him and said, dude, I believe in everything you are saying, but do you realize just how ridiculous you are making us all look? He countered with, what, are you ashamed of your Lord? I answered him "no, I'm not ashamed of Jesus at all, but I'm for sure ashamed of you!" The crowd on the corner applauded and that seemed to let the air out his rant.
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I was in Charleston, WV and during lunch hour a guy was singing gospel songs on the main street corner. In between songs he'd give a 30 second sharing of God's love and grace then went into another song. I smiled, gave him a fist pump and he returned it approvingly. I really admired his evangelistic style. God bless him.
Oh yeah, he wasn't collecting money, he was simply sharing God's love.
Oh yeah, he wasn't collecting money, he was simply sharing God's love.
S
I remember in the 60's that was a very common thing and alot of people were very aggravated with it. It's better to live your Christian life as Jesus intended and He will bring people into your life for you to share Christ with. Nobody likes to feel as if they are having it crammed down their throat.
M
That reminds of a friend, an older Christian lady who the JWs use to call on frequently.
She use to really give them a good run for their money and take them through
everything in the bible.
It got to the point where they ran out of a defence and so started asking others to visit
wih them to put forward their case. But she still managed to run rings around them.
Then they started visiting asking her questions and reading the bible for
themselves. It got to the point where one day there was a knock at the door and it was the
head of the JW church . He asked her to stop speaking to the other JWs about her beliefs as
it was causing too many problems in their church!
She said they kept coming to visit her, not the othe way around!
In the end the Head of the church banned the JWs from going to her house as they
were questioning what they had been taught!
She use to really give them a good run for their money and take them through
everything in the bible.
It got to the point where they ran out of a defence and so started asking others to visit
wih them to put forward their case. But she still managed to run rings around them.
Then they started visiting asking her questions and reading the bible for
themselves. It got to the point where one day there was a knock at the door and it was the
head of the JW church . He asked her to stop speaking to the other JWs about her beliefs as
it was causing too many problems in their church!
She said they kept coming to visit her, not the othe way around!
In the end the Head of the church banned the JWs from going to her house as they
were questioning what they had been taught!
In Canada, the JW's are really big on door to door witnessing. Although once, in Northern BC some Mormans straight out of Utah tried to win me to their religion, and even gave me a book of Mormon to read. I found contradictions with the Bible in the first few pages, even though I was a new Christian and told them so.
I gave them back the book and they never came back.
JW's in Canada will hound you forever. Apparently, even accepting their little news rags gives them brownie points to go to heaven. In my last home, I had them on my door and and brought out my study Bible and theology books. They asked if I wanted to be on their "do not call" list, and I said yes. I had spent the previous 12 years in a home with a JW visit monthly, and never got anywhere with them, despite being well prepared.
We have had 2 visits in our new home already, hubby chased them off the first time, the second time they left their literature. I will have to deal with them again next time but with my Hebrew and Greek books too.
As for Christians doing this, it has never been a tradition in Canada. A former pastor of mine who came from Texas, said it was very acceptable in the south when he was growing up. Not sure about these days. Canadians are very private people, and we don't like people we don't like knocking at our doors. My goal is to pray for the neighbours, meet them naturally and take advantage of natural opportunities to share Christ with them.
I gave them back the book and they never came back.
JW's in Canada will hound you forever. Apparently, even accepting their little news rags gives them brownie points to go to heaven. In my last home, I had them on my door and and brought out my study Bible and theology books. They asked if I wanted to be on their "do not call" list, and I said yes. I had spent the previous 12 years in a home with a JW visit monthly, and never got anywhere with them, despite being well prepared.
We have had 2 visits in our new home already, hubby chased them off the first time, the second time they left their literature. I will have to deal with them again next time but with my Hebrew and Greek books too.
As for Christians doing this, it has never been a tradition in Canada. A former pastor of mine who came from Texas, said it was very acceptable in the south when he was growing up. Not sure about these days. Canadians are very private people, and we don't like people we don't like knocking at our doors. My goal is to pray for the neighbours, meet them naturally and take advantage of natural opportunities to share Christ with them.
It depends. If it's an actual Christian person then maybe. I guess the thing with me is that if the person knows I am Christian, will they be like "Ok bye" ? Like I think the worst hurt I've ever had was a person at my community college who initiated a converstaion with me for like 45 mins, saying they were Christian and asked about my church, ect. Then they began to give a sales pitch about cosmetics. As soon as I honestly confessed I had no money, they immediately broke the conversation in the most polite way they could, but they made it quite clear they had no interest in me as a person whatsoever.
I was crushed. It honestly still stings to talk about it. And it was a lady so it wasn't like she was flirting, but still.
I guess if they are actually willing to treat you like a person and not a check on the list or only a jewel in the crown, then yes. And again they need to be an actual Christian and not do that bring their kids to get your sympathy card. It's not just rude to the kid but is clearly manipulative, even and especially if they were evangelical Christians.
I was crushed. It honestly still stings to talk about it. And it was a lady so it wasn't like she was flirting, but still.
I guess if they are actually willing to treat you like a person and not a check on the list or only a jewel in the crown, then yes. And again they need to be an actual Christian and not do that bring their kids to get your sympathy card. It's not just rude to the kid but is clearly manipulative, even and especially if they were evangelical Christians.
M
I think we have be careful of that
"Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men."Mark 7:7
But I do believe all genuine work for the cause of Christ is valid. Remember we're are not working for us, but for God's Kingdom.
"Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain."
Philippians 2:16
"Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men."Mark 7:7
But I do believe all genuine work for the cause of Christ is valid. Remember we're are not working for us, but for God's Kingdom.
"Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain."
Philippians 2:16
M
That's so interesting the acts of God with us, mere humans. He comes into the darkness where we hide ourselves (like prophet Elijah did too, in the cave). Ezekiel is another great example to us. Do you think he would like to be taken by God to that valley of very dry bones? I'm sure he would prefer to stay at a beautiful beach, drinking coconut water...
When God asked him (Ez. 37:3): "And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?" ... he answered: "O Lord GOD, thou knowest."...
We're living and seeing through the society we live, homes with a valley of dry bones, marriage of dry bones... which are waiting for the life-giving word of the Lord. It's not about us, is about the power of the Lord, and who wants to be used by Him, and who He wants to use to spread His holy word, the word that transforms.
When God asked him (Ez. 37:3): "And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?" ... he answered: "O Lord GOD, thou knowest."...
We're living and seeing through the society we live, homes with a valley of dry bones, marriage of dry bones... which are waiting for the life-giving word of the Lord. It's not about us, is about the power of the Lord, and who wants to be used by Him, and who He wants to use to spread His holy word, the word that transforms.
That coconut water got me to thinking =), would it be different if these "cult visitors" had truer motives. What if they really did love us and had genuine concern about our souls. What if they were not feverishly running about trying to fill their visiting quotas for the week? Maybe then their minds would be open to our responses and we could have meaningful conversations with each other.