Coffee shops and illegal proselytizing….

From Merriam Webster:

proselytize: intransitive verb 1 : to induce someone to convert to one’s faith 2 : to recruit someone to join one’s party, institution, or cause

In Indonesia it’s illegal to do this.  We’re doing the next best thing – going to the local coffee shop and preaching to each other.  Opening the Word of God and loudly proclaiming to each other that Jesus is the one True God – and all else is false.  Reading scripture and reasoning about passages about the Lord Jesus.  Praying that these around us would not just stare and whisper but come to us and engage.  Trusting God that He will use seeds and the mighty strength of the Word of God to draw folks to Himself.

We received glares, pictures were taken of us, furtive glances.

We smiled.  We spoke louder about our God. 

Pray for these encounters.  Pray that someone will come up to us as we discuss loudly our Savior and Lord.  We’re going to recruit another from our team to help “be loud” with us.

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3 Responses to “Coffee shops and illegal proselytizing….”

Aimee March 6th, 2009 at 5:40 am

But if I say, “I will not mention Him
or speak any more His name,”
His word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
Jeremiah 20:9
May you speak His glorious name with power from on high! Tell of His wondrous glories!!

Charlotte March 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am

Allen, Thanks for keeping us updated. We are praying that God’s Word will be proclaimed all over Surabaya. “..preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke and exhort with complete patience and teaching.” 2 Tim. 4:2

Mark April 27th, 2009 at 8:48 am

Tony Miano, the author of The Lawman Chronicles and the Director of the Ambassador’s Alliance, gave a similar idea to me. Arrange with a friend to make a cell phone call and start discussing the Gospel with that friend. People are voyeuristic by nature and like to listen in to phone conversations. This can be used anywhere that you would normally get kicked out of for “street-preaching!!”

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