Evangelism "Strategies"

[Marrow Man]

I do have friends who operate a table with literature in Boulder, CO. There is a strong current of new-age spiritualism, the occult, eastern religions and neo-paganism. They are not warmly received by most of this group, but they have had many opportunities to share the gospel and have given away many books, some of which address new age beliefs as compared to Biblical Christianity.

Exactly how do they do this? Where is this table, and how do they utilize it?

 

[Marrow Man]

I do have friends who operate a table with literature in Boulder, CO. There is a strong current of new-age spiritualism, the occult, eastern religions and neo-paganism. They are not warmly received by most of this group, but they have had many opportunities to share the gospel and have given away many books, some of which address new age beliefs as compared to Biblical Christianity.

Exactly how do they do this? Where is this table, and how do they utilize it?

 

[CuriousNdenver]

Originally Posted by CuriousNdenver
I do have friends who operate a table with literature in Boulder, CO. There is a strong current of new-age spiritualism, the occult, eastern religions and neo-paganism. They are not warmly received by most of this group, but they have had many opportunities to share the gospel and have given away many books, some of which address new age beliefs as compared to Biblical Christianity.
Exactly how do they do this? Where is this table, and how do they utilize it?

They have a team that helps haul the books, table and signs from the parking area to the pedestrian mall in Boulder. The table is a folding table and they have a large collection of books, some DVDs and tracts that they give to those who are interested. They sometimes utilize signs that may ask some of the questions Ray Comfort uses, such as 'are you a good person'...

The area where they set up is available most weekends for them to set up without charge, along with many other street performers and vendors. They are not charged because they are not selling anything. People wander up and down this mall and many stop to browse the books, which opens a door for a spiritual conversation. Certain weekends when there are festivals they need to schedule ahead to reserve space, and there may be a fee.

Let me know if you have any other specific questions and I can ask one of them. I have joined them several times and was surprised at the interest it generates.

I forgot to mention that they do this with some regularity and have been able to establish ongoing conversations with some who frequent the area, though many of these are naysayers. An advantage of the table vs. handing out tracts is that people come to it. I find it difficult to stand for long periods of time, so walking and handing out tracts works better for me.

 

[arielann81]

After reading your post I have reconsidered my position. I want to first say that I appreciate your candor and find it refreshing to actually have those who are willing to rebuke or exhort openly when they disagree. I live in an area that is known for being passive aggressive in nature and when people disagree with something it rarely makes it back to the person they disagreed with. Of course this shouldn't happen within the church but it does. I have very few people in my life that would do this for me and if they would it's a smaller number that would do it with my heart in mind. Hence being online to further my knowledge and participate in discussion. If it wasn't for my pastor being awesome and very close to my husband and myself I would have already found another church body. Our pastor has really been there for us when we needed it and his preaching is solid.

Unfortunately, I've grown up in a variety of denominations and have been taught from various doctrines as well. It has only been a year that I have embraced the doctrines of grace and reformed theology. Evangelism has not been my primary area of study during this year. I agree however with the scripture concerning truth being the only way salvation happens (of course what the Holy Spirit uses to regenerate.. not someone giving a scriptural account alone). I guess I still have a lot to learn. Thank you for making this a safe place to do that.

 

[Marrow Man]

Thanks, Melanie. Very helpful.