Does contact evangelism not include a stranger hearing the gospel in a Sunday morning Service?  Joe Somebody walks into 3rd Ave and hears the gospel without a personal relationship with a single soul in the church.  Greg, do you categorize this as contact evangelism?  Maybe the difference with this example and a “contact” in your local coffee shop is the person has volitionally engaged the gospel by coming to church. 

Should there be restraint on those who are passionately proclaiming the gospel left and right?  I love the zeal of some of my friends who make evey personal encounter an evangelism opportunity.  Maybe sometimes it is throwing pearls to swine??  Ray Comfort says to begin a conversation with “feeler” questions to see if the person is interested in “spiritual things.”  I tend to agree.  A witness should  depend upon the Spirit to provide discernment for each situation. 

I certainly hope this does not sound like “quenching” the Spirit. 

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