Yesterday we went to the NBA Finals where we had the opportunity to preach in many unusual places right on the property of the Staples Center! The police were more than accommodating, the people friendly, and best of all, the Lakers won. Again! Here I’m standing in front of Magic Johnson.
This Monday we are going to the Lakers Victory Parade! Want to come? We”ll be leaving from Hope Chapel at 7:30AM to preach to an estimated 500,000-2,000,000 people!
See what else happened at the Finals….
Just up the block on the 3rd St. Promenade, where the 16th Ambassadors’ Academy was taking place, we saw them. Whirling, jumping, bobbing. Bald heads bouncing, pony tails-a-whisking…the Hari Krishnas were here!
In most cases, people would see the kookoo Krishna commotion and give them a wide birth; but this was an evangelism training Academy. We came to herald the Gospel.
What if I preached the Prince of Peace from a perch on the Promenade to the happy hopping throng banging away on their tablas, tavils and dolaks? Would they attack? Would voices become one with the Vishnubirdonyou, shouting me down in a unified pyre of anger? Has such a thing ever been tried before?
A challenge presented itself. Then the miracle of 3rd Street happened.
Two years ago, at the NBA Finals, I was forcibly pulled down from my elevated preaching area. (Read about it here.) Last year, at the 2009 Finals, I was smacked in the face. (Read about it here.) Then I was heckled mercilessly by a contingent of atheists, rapscallions, and miscreants, who had no problem using
Sound Systems: Meet “The Annihilator!”
If your voice is too soft, too hoarse, or there are just too many people at an event for you to preach in the open air au natural, it’s always good to have an assortment of different sound systems available. Here are a few that have been very effective on our evangelistic excursions. (Links are
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