Friday, January 23, 2009

Evangelism Tip


Let me tell you the reason God decrees junk mail. I used to hate all the fat envelopes sent to me each day from who knows where...until, it hit me. The postage paid envelopes that were always enclosed were tract holders! I now pick those out, throw everything else away, and stuff a Gospel tract (usually one of my own) into them and send 'em off the next day! Somebody has to open it up...and somebody is predestined to read it. A great way to plant seeds (metaphorically speaking, of course). If you don't have a tract then write a note or enclose a verse of Scripture. Anyway you look at it, you can be a missionary and it doesn't cost you a dime! Selah my bruthas.
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10 comments:

  1. John WillisJanuary 23, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    Glad to see I'm not the only one that does that. What an easy way to witness to someone we would never have met otherwise.

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  2. hymns that preachJanuary 23, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    Of course you know this is illegal but it is amusing.

    If you like this idea, I have another one you are sure to love. It's called bathroom evangelism. This is a true story. Read about it here:

    http://notallowed2laff.blogspot.com/2008/03/silent-witness-stealth-evangelism.html

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  3. Eddie EddingsJanuary 23, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    I have to confess, Ralph...I was doing "illegal" tract-planting when I was in Kuwait City and Dubai last year. I "snuck" tracts into clothing at the malls and "planted" them in the grocery stores and marketplaces. You are not allowed to publically preach the Gospel. I have had many conversations with Muslim friends in their homes. And I have to admit it was a delight to sneak tracts into the pages of books and leave them on tables. I just like scattering seeds of Truth...and I know it doesn't replace face-to-face communication. And it's not extreme. Spurgeon told his students to always have good tracts on their person.

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  4. John WillisJanuary 24, 2009 at 12:22 AM

    Ralph - could you cite what law is being broken, thus making this illegal?

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  5. DanaJanuary 24, 2009 at 1:42 AM

    I must be the only one that has never heard or thought of this. However, I'm really looking forward to getting some junk mail now...

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  6. Pastor JimJanuary 24, 2009 at 7:48 AM

    Nope, Dana, you're not the only one! Now I can see that my tract budget will have to dramatically increase--I get a LOT of junk mail. I can't wait to replace the dreaded paper prayer cloth with a For Your Joy booklet!

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  7. hymns that preachJanuary 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM

    My apologies; I misread the post. John Willis asked if I could cite the law.

    When I first read the post I was not paying careful attention and I thought you were REusing the original envelopes. I see now that you were using the enclosed pre-posted envelopes.

    That really is a clever idea. Now I am looking forward to junk mail.

    John, thanks for the correction. Next time I leave a comment I'll try to read more carefully to be accurate.

    That is the only mistake I have ever made.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 15, 2009 at 2:31 AM

    Awesome idea!

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  9. HelenMay 14, 2011 at 2:32 AM

    I've just started doing this in the UK - 14 so far but early days. Good suggestion, I would never have thought of it otherwise.

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  10. Rev. Dave DeppischNovember 8, 2013 at 3:29 AM

    This is from 2011--Boy do I have some catching up to do! However, it is not illegal if, when you return the envelope you include the following: Please take me off the mailing list.
    Don't worry-- they won't. But it justifies sending the return mail.

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