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Cold And Slow

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Cold And Slow

Ministry Update November 20, 2022

Friday night was cold and slow, but there were still a few people downtown. The weather was 24 degrees and felt like 16 degrees with the windchill. It was so cold that no one stopped to talk. I brought a short message and had no mockers or encouragers. I was blessed to have Conner and a couple of his kids join me. I was surprised that his young son and daughter came with him, but they said they wanted to come. It’s great when they come out because people take tracts from them who wouldn’t take them from Conner or myself. May God bless the tracts that were taken. We had a great time handing out tracts even in the cold weather. It was cold, but not the coldest weather I’ve witnessed in. That would be the super cold Super Bowl Outreach in Minneapolis, MN in 2018.

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Only Two Conversations

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Only Two Conversations

Ministry Update September 1, 2019

Conner and I had only two conversations while witnessing downtown Friday night, but they basically lasted the whole time we were there. We started off handing out New Testaments and Gospel tracts. Right off the bat I tried to hand New Testaments to Ryan and Renee. He laughed and told me that he had a ton of these at home. So I said, “Do you read them?” He replied that he did and then he asked where we go to church. I told him I go to Crossway Baptist Church and Conner goes to Hope Baptist Church. Then Ryan told me that he “home” churches and that they are Mormons. [Read more…]

Kentucky Derby Outreach 2019

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Kentucky Derby Outreach 2019

Pure Hatred

Thirty-one evangelists from around the country participated in this year’s Kentucky Derby Outreach with Sports Fan Outreach International. Yes, it rained again, both days. But the weather was warmer than last year and we actually had periods through both days where it wasn’t raining. There was a lot of open-air preaching during the 12 ½ to 13 hour days Friday and Saturday as well as hundreds of Gospel tracts that went out, New Testaments were handed out as well as one to one conversations. There were many positives to this year’s outreach. But what struck me the most Saturday night (before and after the actual Derby race) was the pure hatred. The pure hatred toward those who were open-air preaching, the rest of us near by and especially the pure hatred toward God. [Read more…]

Hells Best Kept Secret CDs

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Vinton and Connie handing out CDs while Greg listens to Jeff witnessing to an atheist

Hell’s Best Kept Secret CD’s

Ministry Update September 2, 2018

On Wednesday, ten of us handed out 1,240 Hell’s Best Kept Secret CD’s at Missouri State University during the lunch hour. Praise God, that He held the rain off. On Monday, the weather app was calling for 80% chance of rain and possibility of hail for Wednesday morning. But the sky was clear for the first 45 minutes and then it only sprinkled a little after that.  [Read more…]

Kentucky Derby Outreach 2018

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Kentucky Derby Outreach 2018

I Love Jesus

Another Kentucky Derby Outreach and another rainy Kentucky Derby. We were blessed to have 35 evangelists around the country participate in Sports Fan Outreach International’s outreach this year. We heard the usual “God is love,” “God loves everybody,” again this year. For some reason it seemed like there were a lot of people this year that said I love Jesus.  [Read more…]

Thank You For Being Here

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Thank You For Being Here

Ministry Update August 13, 2017

I witnessed at Planned Parenthood on Friday during my lunch hour. There was only one van there when I got there and the two women inside were the only customers I saw that day. Shortly after I began preaching, they came out. They cranked their radio up as they drove away so they couldn’t hear what I was saying.  [Read more…]

Kentucky Derby Outreach 2017

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Kentucky Derby Outreach 2017

Street Evangelists Really Are Crazy

While driving eight hours to the Kentucky Derby Outreach last Thursday (including an extra hour out of the way to avoid the local flooding) I had a lot of time to think about the outreach. I thought about the long drive to the camp and I was looking forward to fellowshipping with the other 24 evangelists from around the country and the teaching that night from Dr. Gentry from Southern Seminary. But I also couldn’t help but think about how long the drive was to Louisville, how the weather forecast was calling for rain both Friday and Saturday and remembering all the mockers and scoffers from The Derby the last few years and I realized that I really am crazy and all street evangelists really are crazy.  [Read more…]