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In the past week, I have been home more often than normal. During that time I have had several people come to my door to hawk their wares. Several were people selling magazines and one was from a church. I am reminded of Seth Godin’s idea that interruption marketing is dead. People just don’t want their lives interrupted. Everyone of the people who came to my door were nice but they were interruptions just the same. Usually they came at the worst time (lunch and right after). Today’s visitor came right after Elizabeth had thrown up. They could hear her screaming in the background and see her right behind me, but they were just pushy - and really slow.
I wonder if the old methods of evangelism are just as dead. Are people willing to listen to someone stumble through the four spiritual laws with them, or ask them two questions, or ask them if I made an omelet with one bad egg would they eat it? I don’t want to hear it from anyone, even if they have something great to tell me. That is if they present well and so on. Add to that the prevailing perception of the church, and I wonder if anyone would be willing to listen to those types of evangelism.
So what should evangelism look like today?
Certainly there are other methods from Just Walk Across the Room to Friendship Evangelism. I’m all about giving people tools to feel more comfortable talking about their beliefs, but isn’t there a way to get out of canned presentations?
My friend Johnny confessed recently that he is a Settlers of Catan evangelist. He says in all humility and conviction that he has more converts to the game than to his faith. He loves that game and I don’t question his love for God, but there has to be something there for people to be honest and real about.
I would love to hear from some of you evangelists out there. Give me a clue, cause I don’t have one right now.
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