Street
corner evangelist «Rosie» preaching at Broadway & 45th Street, New York City, 1966 Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1966 9 1/8 X 12 inches
For that street -
corner evangelist had precisely what the mass media do not have — an immediate and direct contact with his audience.
That street -
corner evangelist snared people with one of the strongest emotional hooks of all — survival — when he asked, «Brother, are you saved?»
The old - time street -
corner evangelist hardly ever shows up in the mass media anymore.
It's ridiculous that you're here preaching against faith, trying to «help» this man (hm, sounding like some street
corner evangelist?)
I bet the street
corner evangelists are really atheists trying to scare people away from Christianity.
Where do you atheists live that you have street
corner evangelists and people knocking at your door?
I am yelled at by street
corner evangelists, teenage «elders» knock on my door to tell me about their faith, I find flyers at my door telling me «the good news», there are politicians on a national level basing their entire campaign on their faith, there are people trying to enforce their beliefs through legislation, there are people holding up signs with bible verses at sporting events - the list goes on.
Not exact matches
Notice that when we understand an
evangelist in this way, the work of
evangelist is not accomplish by preaching in a street
corner, knocking on doors, or handing out gospel tracts.
Preachers give evangelistic sermons where they tell people about the Gospel;
evangelists go out to street
corners and pass out gospel tracts while shouting Scriptures through a bull horn.
First, let's look at the technology: multi-point conversations occuring online create a prepackaged army of
evangelists — people are champing at the bit to recast anything interesting, inspiring, enraging, or humorous (perhaps if each individual had a small network logo pasted in the
corner of their profile, then operatives would start to pay attention...).
Visit the
Evangelist Corner and hear from Mario Viviani (1:30 pm on Monday) when he'll present: «How far would you go to make your game successful?