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Going Door to Door for Jesus

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Door to door evangelism may be one of the most ineffective ways of evangelism. I have written about this before.

So I laughed when I saw this picture online:

Door to Door Evangelism

I want one of these! Of course, in some instances, I don’t mind when people knock on doors.

Yes, I know that God can use all sorts of methods to bring people into the Kingdom, but as this sign shows, door to door evangelists are lumped together in most people’s minds with door to door salesmen and door-knocking politicians. Nobody likes these last two categories of people knocking on our doors, so why do we want to present Jesus to people in a way that is inherently negative?

If we are want to share Jesus with others, there are better ways to show the love of Jesus than knocking on people’s doors.

Let us not try to annoy people into the kingdom, but love them into the kingdom instead. You can tweet that if you like…

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  • Sam

    Nice sign, but we aren’t even interested in thin mints. I know no one who cares for door-to-door salesmen, including those selling religion. If one does manage to talk to me, I focus on them rather than what they’re selling.

  • Clive Clifton

    I have done door knocking over the years and yes it has not worked through me, but that does not mean it does not work sometimes. No one has ever been rude to me,
    I have also done evangelism on the streets where we do a survey on belief prior to running an Alpha course and offer it at the end of the survey.
    We have also done a thing we call treasure hunting. We meet for a few minutes and ask God for indications of people we may meet in the town as we walk round. We then go and search for someone at a particular place (under the town hall clock) (lady with a red coat) (someone with a painful left shoulder) etc. if we find someone we will explain who we are and what we are doing and explain we think they may be the treasure.
    I have been involved over the years a number of times and it is amazing how accurate it is.
    I have not been able to evaluate it’s success but I was encouraged to use prophecy at other times.
    I believe God uses the so called foolish for His purposes. Love Clive

    • http://www.tillhecomes.org/ Jeremy Myers

      I have never done that treasure hunting thing… it sounds unique! God certainly calls the foolish, and I am one of them, and sometimes what we do will appear foolish to others, but I also think that God wants us to be wise with our use of time, energy, and money, so that our work in the Kingdom of God accomplishes the most good possible and shows people Jesus.