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What is my conclusion after having the privelege of leading nine students at the first-ever evangelism training put on by the best evangelism ministry in the world?
Everybody needs to go.
Though I have been sharing my faith nearly everyday since January 1, 2004, I have never had a more impactful experience than [...]

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It was horrible. Awful. Stomach-churning. I wanted to turn my head to avoid the tragedy that was destined to happen. I didn’t. But what I witnessed, no man should ever see…
The persecution took place at Huntington Beach during the last day of training at the Ambassadors’ Academy, a new evangelism [...]

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I laughed to myself.
At the first day’s training of the Ambassadors’ Alliance, a ministry where people from all over the country came to be coached in a three day evangelism bootcamp, a couple of the teachers assured the class that no one would be pushed to do [...]

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Last week I wrote about how I totally blew it on Hollywood Boulevard.
I was demonstrating to the students attending an evangelism bootcamp put on by Ray Comfort’s ministry, the importance of open air preaching in the midst of distractions. As I started to preach John Travolta [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Right across the street from Oscar I launched into a seven minute sermon. Would the stars be offended at the message delivered on this most hallowed of Hollywood nights? Would the thousands of gawkers consider me foolish for preaching the cross at the crossroads of Hollywood and Highland?
I sure hoped so…

This was one of about [...]

On occasion, we get some encouragement. Here are two emails I received from happy customers waiting in line at Pink’s World Famous Hot Dogs (read the article with photos and bad puns here), an eatery that has been a staple tourist attraction for nearly 70 years in L.A.. Every time we go to Hollywood, we [...]

Tatsuo Akimine had an interesting encounter while preaching in front of the Social Security office last week.
As he stood on his preaching stool, a large, well-dressed black man pushed him off. “I don’t want to hear that!” he complained. “Shut-up!”
Tatsuo calmly replied, “I’ve got First Amendment rights to be here.”
“Well, you’re violating my rights,” the big [...]

“Richteous Richard” Chavarria celebrated one year of preaching at the DMV last Thursday, February 28. Here are the vital statistics according to his records: He preached a total of 75 times, passed out over 3,822 tracts and had over 2,275 hearers.
Richard took my very first evangelism class two years ago. Each week he sat [...]

I was tired of all the other DMV preachers having all the fun, so I started preaching on the second Tuesday of January, 2008.

You’re probably asking, What other DMV preachers are you talking about?
Well, there is “Righteous Richard” Chavarria who started all of this a year ago today, first at the Torrance DMV once [...]

Three weeks ago I wrote about preaching in front of the Porta-Potties at the Tournament of Roses Parade (read it here).
But now, see it live! It’s in two parts because we were suddenly interrupted by the police and had to reposition ourselves!
The first part is only three minutes long, and yes, I made two [...]

We weren’t there for the famous hot dogs named after celebrities.

Though I have to admit, The Ozzy Spice Dog, with nacho cheese, American cheese, grilled onions, and chopped tomatoes sounded delicious.
And we weren’t there to see celebrities who acted like hotdogs during the former Happy Days of their careers.

We were there for the ridiculous crowds [...]

When Jesus said to “Go!” in Mark 16:15 I’m pretty sure He didn’t mean this:

I wanted to preach at the Rose Parade Porta-Potties last year when I saw the crowd waiting nervously in line, but I wasn’t prepared. This time, at the 2008 Tournament of Roses, “Righteous Richard” Chavarria brought along his portable preaching stool at [...]

By “Righteous Richard” Chavarria
I had an interesting conversation with a Muslim man after preaching at the Hawthorne Department of Motor Vehicles; he wanted to ask me some questions about my faith.

He said that he didn’t believe the Bible was accurate because in Europe the Bible has 72 books. Also, he explained, the preface of the King James Bible has errors in the [...]

By “Righteous Richard” Chavarria
I preached 11 times to 260 people standing in line at the Hawthorne DMV in the month of November and handed out 615 Gospel tracts. I hope to do better in December.
 I’ve investigated another location: the Inglewood DMV. There are two entrances; one entrance is just off the public sidewalk. I passed out [...]

This is an excellent article from about 150 years ago written by the Prince of Preachers. Every would-be street preacher needs to keep a copy of this with them and to read it thoroughly.
Please copy and print this. Things have not changed that much since Spurgeon’s time. You will laugh and shake your head [...]

Howdy! Just a note to let you know how the month of October went as I preached from my new location at the Hawthorne DMV: I “open-aired” 8 times, passed out 375 tracts, and had 270 listeners. I hope to do better in November.
Steve’s note: Well done good and faithful servant!
Read other “Righteous [...]

Back in May I posted an article on Holy Hubert, a man who preached faithfully on the campus of Berkeley and was severely persecuted for his efforts. (Read it here.)
“Violent reaction to Holy Hubert’s bold evangelism put him in the hospital a dozen times at California’s radical Berkeley campus. He was blinded in 1965 during [...]

Since August 13, Tatsuo Akimine has preached everyday at the Torrance DMV. After he’s done there, he moves on to the Social Security Administration just up the street. He must preach from the sidewalk because the Security guard has banned him from the property. I went to the Social Security office this morning and stood [...]

This is the sermon that our open air preachers preach at the DMV and Social Security offices. Copy it, print it, memorize it, and give it a go. This is about an 8 - 10 minute sermonette, and tells everything a sinner needs to know to repent and trust in the savior. This is adapted [...]

The naysayer says it’s a waste of time to preach to people on street corners because no one is listening. The store owner says he’s bad for business. The timid Christian is embarrassed by what he says… Listen to what the Prince of Preachers, Charles Spurgeon (1834 – 1892), had to say about all this [...]

A plane flew overhead pulling a huge banner that said “WiCKED”. People walked about the Fiesta Hermosa holding brochures advertising the play “WiCKED! My daughter excitedly showed me some free sunscreen she had obtained. Emblazoned boldly on the little tube was the word: “WiCKED”.
Up Pier Avenue and in front of the shuttle bus stop, fearless [...]

The “Prophetess” grabbed the million dollar bill Gospel tracts out of my hand then jammed them down the front of my shirt. Still, I kept my attention focused on the crowd at the bus stop, who stood not-so-silently as I preached the Gospel message…
This was just one of the reactions from the captive audience as [...]