[preciousjeni]

I'm reading a book right now called Lost in America. It's a new way of looking at evangelism. In my situation, I'm lucky that the people in my village are familiar with my seminary. My group (before I joined up with them) would go into downtown and talk to people on the street. We are so helpless, so all we can do is ask the Holy Spirit for the right words. Sometimes people will hear us. In that case, we tell them about our experience with God, give our testimony (how we came to Christ/became Christians) and try to express the greatness of God in all aspects of life. Many times, people are desperate to hear more and they give their lives to God right then and there. We offer to take them with us to Worship Service/Church to learn about discipleship - since we are called in the Great Commission to "make disciples" not just spread the Gospel.

The people who are not interested will either get nasty and walk away, simply say they don't want to hear anymore or say they've heard it before. We simply pray that we run into them again when they're more receptive.

In my case, we just started walking in the village and knocking on doors. Most of the people did hear us. There was one man who is Jewish who was very interested to hear about a Messianic Jewish congregation in the next village over that welcomed Jews who want to learn more about Jesus.

We also ran into a Catholic clergyman. Personally, I see that there is so much we can all learn from Catholicism...the reverence for God, the devotion to what we're all supposed to be doing. But, I do find that many Catholics aren't certain that they have the relationship with God that will put their names in the Book of Life. You can be Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, etc. and not be a Christian. Likewise, you can be a Christian and not subscribe to a particular denomination. Just going to Church does not make one a Christian. (Just going to school does not make one a student. You have to have a devotion to study.)

We also ran into a woman who said she was of a different religion, but didn't say what, who was offended at what we were doing.

Hope that explains!!

Oh, to respond to another question, I am a believing and convicted Christian woman, doing my best to fulfill the Great Commission to the best of my ability with the direction and support of the Holy Spirit.