I was hoping for something special on Hollywood Blvd. as 50 evangelism students from the Ambassadors’ Alliance, a new evangelism training ministry from Ray Comfort, arrived in Tinseltown—and it happened: A huge crowd gathered across the street from Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. What was going on? Didn’t know for sure, but the crowd was huge…

We rushed over to see [...]

Tom Cruise was asked, “What drew you to Scientology? Did you grow up in a faith?”
He answered, “Different faiths. Different faiths. And what drew me to it (Scientology)—it was so practical and it just made sense to me, and things that I wanted to figure out in my life…”
Cruise has described Scientology as “an [...]

One of the benefits of sharing our faith on Hollywood Blvd., like we did as members of the Ambassadors’ Academy last week, was that we had the opportunity to meet up with some very strange characters—and sometimes they even wear costumes!
An evangelism student from Texas, Alan Lee, tried to salvage the little green soul of [...]

It was a great time at The Way of the Master’s Ambassadors’ Alliance, an intensive three day evangelism training where I served as a team leader of nine committed evangelists. Nearly fifty people from around the country and around the world came to hear excellent teaching from the staff of WOTM and to be trained—hands [...]

Canada—The floor of a church filled with about 1000 people, mostly teens, collapsed during a concert, injuring at least 40 people, one of them seriously.
The youths were at the Central Heights Church in Abbotsford, British Columbia, to hear the Christian rock band Starfield when a large area in front of the stage gave way.
One concertgoer [...]

“How dare you tell me that I’m not a Christian!! I believe Jesus is my Lord and Savior!! Get away from me, now!!”
—A woman’s rebuke to fellow evangelist (and Ambassadors’ Alliance mentor) Ed Lee, after he told her that the Jesus she believed in was not the Jesus of the Bible.
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Just imagine that you are visiting L.A. from the Midwest, and on your tour of famous landmarks you end up in line at Pink’s World Famous Hotdogs. Now imagine some guy standing on a stool at the front of the line and warning of sin, Judgment Day and Hell, then giving the Good News of [...]

After months of server problems which caused this blog to be unavailable in the evenings and various times of the day, the problem is fixed. So you can now enjoy E-vangie Tales 24/7, just like in a real first world nation. Suggestion: Never use a server that advertises on the side of a cereal box and [...]

There is a new ministry at The Way of the Master called The Ambassadors’ Alliance.

This is a hands-on training ministry—sort of like a bootcamp—that takes 50 individuals a month—from around the world!—and trains them in the basics of tract passing, 1-2-1 witnessing, and open air preaching.
After a thorough screening process, would-be evangelists are selected to [...]

The Way of the Master’s soundman and techie (and all-around nice guy) Scottie, needed our help down in Huntington Beach on Saturday while Ray was away at a conference. He had a challenge on his hands: 47 choir members from a Mennonite Bible School in Pennsyvania were scheduled to visit the rough-hewn Pier where lesser [...]

A young man was shot dead early Saturday in Walnut Park after a wordless exchange of glances at a red light, L.A. County sheriffs deputies said.
The victim, Diego Rey Garcia, 20, of Los Angeles, was driving in a car with one passenger when the vehicle pulled up to a red light at Firestone Blvd. and [...]

It was a simple excursion to the 3rd St. Promenade in Santa Monica. Little did we know that we would be found outside the law, violating a code that is reserved for the most scurrilous of scumbags… The police had surrounded one of our evangelists. What could we do? I reflected on the words of Prophet/Rock Star [...]

My radio interview with KKLA talk show host Frank Pastore went well on Monday. We chatted for about seven minutes and talked a whole lot about evangelism (I was in between a segment featuring evangelist Greg Laurie). As soon as I get the CD of the segment, I will post it. The cool thing is that he [...]

This comes from an article in Parade magazine, October 2, 2007.
By the time he entered college, Pitt had scuttled his fundamentalist beliefs.
“When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn’t a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self,” he says. “I had faith that I’m capable enough to [...]

BY TATSUO AKAMINE
(This is a wonderful testimony about how God is showing His favor as we preach the Gospel in unconventional places. Tatsuo has been preaching nearly everyday at our local Social Security since starting last year. On Thursday, you will read about how Tatsuo was surrounded by the police at the 3rd St. Promenade [...]

(If you are regularly sharing your faith, sooner or later you will be hassled by people with badges, especially if you are an open air preacher. I found a great 12-point list of what to do—and what not to do—when confronted by the police. Copy this and memorize the protocols… before it’s too late!)

1. Always [...]

99.5 KKLA is the largest Christian radio station in America.
Former Reds pitcher, Frank Pastore, a top rated talk show host at the station, came out yesterday to honor our church, Hope Chapel, and my Pastor Zac Nazarian, with their “Church of the Week” award.

Unfortunately, they have found that 40% of those who listen to KKLA [...]

Here is another open air offering from our excursion to the Academy Awards in February.

This time we preached on the south side of Hollywood Blvd., right across the street from that Kansas hate church who were waving their “God Hates” signs. I emphasized that we were there to bring a message of love, so we [...]

A 31-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting as he stood holding a machete in front of a pay telephone in Montecito Heights, authorities said.
The man was acting strange shortly before the 4:40PM shooting, repeating in Spanish, “I’m looking for death” and pacing in front of a phone in the 3600 block of [...]

“Like the Bible says, ‘Every dog has it’s day.’”
—The frustrated Security guard’s response to our polite refusal to leave the public sidewalk where we were handing out Gospel tracts to students exiting a Catholic high school campus.

He then proceeded to call the principal and her assistant, and they both started grabbing tracts out of [...]

Join us for an evangelistic excursion into an area where few are bold enough to tread: Venice Beach! Liars and tigers and bares! Oh my!!!

Meet at Hope Chapel at noon. Click here for future adventures.
Read a previous entertaining article about this area by clicking here.

Dodger Stadium, Opening Day, 2007— This story was supposed to be written a year ago, but time got away from me. Besides, every baseball game looks the same whether it was played yesterday, today, or forever. And most games feel like forever, anyway… and if the truth be told, baseball is darn boring no matter [...]

Who was the very first open-air preacher in the Bible?
Val got it right! The very first open air preacher was… GOD!
“And God said…” (Genesis 1:3)
In fact, he was the very first open NO-AIR preacher. Then when He created the air, He preached! And boy what a sermon…

The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim [...]

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ON THE ISSUE OF ORIGINS, YOU MIGHT BE A FUNDY ATHEIST IF…

31. You ignore “Time Magazine’s” poll, which states that only 28% of Americans believe in evolution. But of course, “Time Magazine” must be been run by creationists.

Are the top three presidential candidates saved? Who knows? Only God can judge that. But here are some interesting perspectives on the Big Three:
JOHN MCCAIN

In an article on McCain’s biography tour, I found this tidbit in the L.A. Times:
Each speech was a catalog of sin, then secular salvation, mostly given in made-for-TV settings where he [...]

Watch this one minute video and take the test to see how well you do; it is absolutely amazing because you will probably fail. Then click on my comment below for an evangelistic application.

 
What could this possibly have to do with evangelism?

Authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case of a 62-year-old man found dead in a street with an arrow in his chest.
Authorities say retired NASA employee Angel Martinez was on one of his frequent walks in Lancaster on March 11 when he was hit in the chest. [...]

This is an anonymous email I received from a person who was not impressed with the Million Dollar Bill Gospel tract:
I was leaving the pier after dinner with a friend when I was handed the million dollar bill. We were laughing and joking when we were approached by a young man who thrusted two of [...]

Join the evangelism team as we preach at Pink’s World Famous Hotdogs, in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, at traffic signals, and up and down Hollywood Blvd.
Meet at Hope Chapel at noon. We leave promptly at 12:30. Click here for all future evangelism adventures.

Atheist week (which started on April 1) continues… 
A little over a year ago, I made a video response to “The Blasphemy Challenge,” a very popular “contest” that challenges fools to deny the Holy Spirit. It was featured in the monthly ”The Way of the Master” Newblast and exposed many atheists to the Gospel. I am rerunning it [...]