First, if contact evangelism is going to take place, I continue to think it would be best to take place on a college campus or on a beach during spring break. By the way, I mention spring break because I was thinking of short term mission trips taken to engage college students. Otherwise, you are right, the beach is just like the mall, except hotter, sandier, and more water.

Second, when contact evangelism takes place, it is of more benefit to the evangelist than the listener because, “thrilling” and “exhilirating” notwithstanding, it helps the evangelist in a pressure-situation articulate the gospel clearly and engage in a short-apologetic discussion. This type of experience will undoubtedly be useful when having longer, less pressure filled discussions over coffee.

Third, given one and two, if I have to choose an evangelistic strategy (and we all do) I’m going to seek to build and invest in relationships and not choose contact evangelism.

Fourth, to push back — Greg, are you saying that if relational evangelism is better, contact evangelism is illegitimate?

Should I end this four point post with a poem and prayer?

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