Bricktown Update

Another night in Bricktown.

We currently have an active evangelism ministry in Bricktown. We meet every Saturday evening for the purposes of handing out tracts, having conversations with individuals/small groups, and preaching the Gospel in the open air.

I am going to attempt to write up a short blog summarizing each Saturday night outreach.

Tonight, our team was able to pass out many tracts (which contain the word of God, which will NEVER return void--Isaiah 55:11). Many people take them. Some people don't. God decides which ones will receive one and which ones will brush them off. To God be the glory.

We were also able to have quite a few conversations with folks. These conversations ranged from good (Marcos and Daniel, two young men who listened intently and then shared their concerns) to altogether hostile (Brady had a conversation with an angry man who thought street evangelists were wasting their time in Bricktown because "Jesus died for everybody therefore everybody is saved"--he might want to read the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:13).

We were also quite excited because we found a new preaching spot. The local bar across the canal had a live band playing which--for the most part--drowned out our preaching (even with our amp) in our usual spot. We walked a little further down and found a great little spot where our voice echoed off the walls on either side of the canal. We were told that we could be heard on the upper levels by the fountain (which--if you're familiar with the layout of the fountain/canal area--is most impressive). Some stopped and listened. Some mocked. Some jeered. But God's word went forth. He uses the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe (1 Corinthians 1:21). To God be the glory.

All in all, a good night. We were greatly encouraged by the words of believers who stopped to talk to us. A few young people told us they were looking to join an evangelism team, and we exchanged contact information. When I told the girl that the ministry I belong to--Bezeugen--offers evangelism training in churches--her face lit up. Pray that we would be able to train up laborers in the local church to do the work of the church.

Please pray for our small but dedicated group of street evangelists. Please pray that we would not grow weary, but press forward (2 Thessalonians 3:13). And pray that our focus would not become ourselves, but Jesus Christ and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 2:1-2).

Until next time, keep on proclaiming.

- Shane