Aaron Edwards has written here about “When the State bans Street preaching”. I agree with him that such a ban is possible and likely to happen, not so much through directly anti-Christian legislation but by action, as we are currently seeing in Birmingham in the name of public order and protection from nuisance. Now, I’m… Continue reading Why street evangelism matters and why we need to do more than just react to attempts to restrict it
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“But we were there just to witness to the Tommy Robinson marchers”
One of those sermons that has stuck in my mind over the years (40 plus) is one my dad preached on the bit where those who settled West of Jordan built an altar to remind those in the east of their unity. The rest of the people mistook it for a UDI. My dad’s refrain… Continue reading “But we were there just to witness to the Tommy Robinson marchers”
Public Space Protection Orders: The legal stuff
Birmingham City Council have introduced a PSPO in parts of the city centre which will prevent street entertainers and street preachers from using amplification equipment and musical instruments.[1] I thought it would be helpful to give some of the legal background. PSPOs were introduced through the Anti Social Behaviour Act 2014, section 59[2] The Act… Continue reading Public Space Protection Orders: The legal stuff
Cold contact: Going door to door
Steve Kneale writes here about the pros and cons of door to door evangelism. He does so by helpfully comparing Christian outreach to the methods used by charity fund raisers.It’s worth noting that all he says about door knocking could be said about other forms of cold contact evangelism including street evangelism I should also… Continue reading Cold contact: Going door to door
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Why we are doing evangelism for the Commonwealth Games
Today marks the start of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The Commonwealth is an association of countries whose primary relationship is historical through the British Empire and the Queen. When countries gained their independence the empire evolved into this voluntary association and in that respect provides evidence of how positive relationships are possible despite that… Continue reading Why we are doing evangelism for the Commonwealth Games
Evangelism and the local church (2) cold contact
In part one, I said that my approach to evangelism is: “We live in an area and get to know people and we go and knock on some doors.” You will also have picked up through the article that I envisage this happening in the context of being part of the local church. Now, whilst… Continue reading Evangelism and the local church (2) cold contact
Evangelism and the local church (1) Keep it simple
I’m sometimes asked about my approach to evangelism. I’ve particularly been asked this question a lot recently as we’ve been in conversations with churches about future ministry and I remember it coming up when I was interviewed at Bearwood. My answer to the question is: “We live in an area and get to know people… Continue reading Evangelism and the local church (1) Keep it simple
COVID and Cold Contact Evangelism
I’ve been writing about how we go about building back our outreach as we move out of lockdown. In a recent post, I wrote that I didn’t think we should rush to put back some of of our traditional outreach ministries such as children’s clubs and Toddlers groups. The reason for this is that we… Continue reading COVID and Cold Contact Evangelism
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