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Evangelism: Go Tell It on the Subway

Newsweek

Thursday 6 January 2005, 5:56 pm
Keywords: Christian Topics , News Articles

By Lisa Helem

Jan. 10 issue - You're riding on the New York City D train when Frank Meyer, 41, boards. He's quiet until Darnell Harris, 48, a self-described former burglar turned born-again Christian, starts preaching: "Jesus was a special person for a special mission..." Meyer yells for Harris to "shush!" Onlookers are poised for an argument, only the two soon reveal that it's all an attention-getting skit: they just want to spread the Word.

Meyer is part of a growing city Christian movement that uses unique ways to reach straphangers. Recently he launched a ministry that teaches people from New York and, currently, 15 other states to share the Gospel on city trains. (Those who don't want to quote scripture can be "shushers.") So far, Meyer, who works with Mission NYC, a nonprofit Christian group, has led more than 1,000 churchgoers in subway-evangelism training.

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