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Offering Christ On The Street.

March 10th, 2008 by italker

Last year  on Good Friday I took some bread and wine and placed it on a busy Edinburgh Street. I was interested to see the response that people would have to the image. Click here to see the video.This year I feel drawn to take the whole image a bit further forward. I’d like to invite ministers the length and breadth of the country to join with me on Good Friday and take the Bread and Wine back on to the streets. I wonder if we should take the symbols of Calvary  out to the people and see how they respond.The question many will ask is this, by doing such an act are we promoting cheap grace? Is it right to offer Christ to the world as they pass by? Yet I’m reminded that the Calvary was a rubbish dump outside the city. God offered himself up in the midst a jeering crowd, in the middle of a busy crowd looking to be entertained.Was it not for the world that Christ died?How can they,  the world), respond if they are not confronted with the truth of the Gospel? The bread and the wine are the symbols of the broken Christ. So unless convinced that I am doing something wrong I’m looking for ministers of the Gospel all over the country to join with me on the streets of our villages and towns, cities and hamlets, to take the gospel on to the streets.Could you pass this message on to a minister you know who might take up this challenge. Let’s look for 100 ministers who will take to the streets and lets see who will join us.If your up for this and going to do it would you get back to me by making a comment, If you have questions to ask about it I’d also love to hear from you. Wouldn’t it be amazing if people were converted to Christ on Good Friday because we shared bread and wine with them and reminded them that his body “was broken for you” Is it a communion service I hear someone ask? My reply, I simply offering Christ to a broken world as they pass by just like the first Good Friday. If I get a good response, I’d be surprised if  this will not  cause a debate in the national papers and also the radio and television.  This is truly a Church without Walls engaging with the passerby.

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