I was very moved when I saw “Righteous” Richard Chavarria do open-air preaching at the Torrance DMV, and was amazed at the stilled hush of the more than 50 people standing in line who listened intently as he delivered his 8 minute message from the sidewalk. I asked him for a copy of the message [...]

It may seem ridiculous. It may seem highly unorthodox. It may seem kinda weird.
And you’d be right. But it’s needed now more than ever. What am I referring to? Stoplight preaching.

While Ray Comfort and his team preached at the base of the Huntington Beach Pier, six of us saw a golden opportunity to reach the [...]

It can get a little crazy when Ray does open air preaching in Huntington…

Tomorrow I will post a recent experience when six of us “Stop Light Preached” right across the street from him.

42,642 people lost their lives in car accidents last year according to The National Highway Safety Administration.
A big congratulations to a member of our evangelism team, “Righteous” Richard Chavarria, who—as of this morning, 9am—has preached 22 weeks in a row to the captive audience in line at the Torrance Department of Motor Vehicles.
At an [...]

We set up our dummy, Eutychus’ Sis, on the Redondo Beach Pier last Saturday to attract the crowds.
People would stop in horror; we would preach to them. After three sermons by three evangelists, it was my turn. I gave it a go and when I finished, three policemen greeted me. Someone had complained about [...]

We are going to Huntington Beach this Saturday (click here for details) to experience a little of what you will see in this 6 minute video. Ray Comfort takes on this crazy, angry, silly atheist as he preaches in the open air. Talk about fun…

One of Pittsylvania County’s most significant roles in American history is that of a birthplace of religious freedom. Before the American Revolution the Anglican Church was tax-supported, and “dissenting” Christian groups were discouraged and often persecuted.
Because of the depth of Baptist sentiment in Pittsylvania, it is understandable that this county became home to the [...]

(Val is a new member of our evangelism team)
The leader of our evangelism team Steve Sanchez, and I, had a meeting over coffee one afternoon; I wanted to share some of my testimony with him. Little did I realize he had a challenge waiting for me. He said, “On your way to work today I [...]

(To start at Part 1 click here, then you will be directed to the remaining parts.)
I was not satisfied.
Oh, I was plenty happy with the fact that the evangelism team had established a beachhead from which we could wage a Gospel battle in the pagan festival called Fiesta Hermosa. It’s just that, well, there were [...]

Read Part 1 by clicking here!
I put out the challenge to one of our evangelists: “Go preach to the people waiting in line for the shuttle bus that takes everyone to the Fiesta Hermosa. There will probably be quite a crowd there.”
To advance the kingdom of God “forcefully” means that Christians need to be people [...]

“Righteous Richard” Chavarria tried out a new idea when he and another Seedsower, Val Scott, went down to the 3rd St. Promenade to do some evangelizing recently: Stop Light Sermons! That’s right. The crazy man who preaches every Wednesday morning to unsuspecting crowds at a local DMV had now decided to do something even [...]

Yesterday I wrote about “Holy Hubert.” Now meet a sold-out member of our evangelism team, “Righteous Richard” Chavarria. Here’s his story:
It’s been nine weeks since I started open-air preaching at the Torrance DMV on Wednesday mornings.
I usually get there about 8:30 AM and sit in my car to pray, asking God to strengthen [...]

(The following article was written sometime ago, and I can’t vouch for its accuracy. But, this man did make quite an impact. Holy Hubert died a few years ago.)
Hubert T. Lindsey was one of the great Holiness preachers of our times. During sixty years of Ministry he has conducted crusades in over 50 nations, established [...]

(This week will feature open-air preaching stories…)
Logan is an on-fire evangelist from who sent this to me:
It’s Saturday night. I’m standing on an open-air stool on a mega church youth campus.
There are hundreds of kids from every bad neighborhood walking around and skateboarding. Bathrooms get tagged by graffiti. Gangs meet. More than likely [...]

I got up early Wednesday morning and prayed (4: 20 AM) and asked God to help me, to strengthen me, and to give me wisdom to say what is right. I had committed to doing open air 8 days ago at the Torrance Department of Motor Vehicles, but did not know exactly how to [...]

While D.L. Moody was attending a convention in Indianapolis on mass evangelism, he asked his song leader Ira Sankey to meet him at 6 o’clock one evening at a certain street corner. When Sankey arrived, Mr. Moody asked him to stand on a box and sing. Once a crowd had gathered, Moody spoke briefly and [...]

Speaking of street preaching… I don’t know if Mr. Whitefield was ever arrested at a pagan festival, but he was able to preach to upwards of 20,000 people at a time in the open air. He helped to bring about The Great Awakening in the 18th century. This is his preaching stool!
If I lost a [...]

Stevie Wonder once sang: “Isn’t she loooovely; isn’t she beauuuuutiful?” I wonder if he had our open-air dummy Eutychus’ Sis, in mind?
Doesn’t she look just radiant posing with Craig “The Animal” DeLisle?
After looking on Ebay and pleading with all my contacts to find a mannequin for our first official open-air preaching engagement at [...]

Over the last two Saturdays the evangelism team has gone down to Huntington Beach to experience Ray Comfort and his seven-foot gorilla named Link. He stands on a box and proclaims the Gospel to all who would stand around and listen to him preaching in the open-air like the evangelists of old: Wesley, Whitefield, Spurgeon—all [...]