The Family Room (The Quest)

Clarence Burkholder and Brian Lee from St. Paul Street Evangelization

The word evangelization often evokes negative emotions in people, but St. Paul Street Evangelization offers a friendly and safe approach to sharing the Gospel and planting seeds which can have lasting effects on people. Hear how two experienced evangelists trained in this approach, Clarence Burkholder, the Atlanta Team Leader covering colleges and universities in a 4-state area, and Brian Lee, the National Director of Evangelization Teams, share heartwarming stories of how God has used them to bring total strangers into the Catholic Church — often years later.

Clarence and Brian also share four steps - listen, befriend, proclaim, and invite - that are sure to help would-be evangelists be successful. Discover how to evangelize by focusing on the other person’s story first in order to understand them, building a bridge that leads to answering questions to clarify misunderstandings and encouraging them to investigate Catholicism further.

Resources

• St. Paul Street Evangelization - Their mission is to train, equip, and mobilize Catholic evangelists to become a bridge between the streets and the parish, offering dialogue which helps strangers move past their roadblocks to Catholicism.
• Learn the art of evangelization at your own pace
• To receive Clarence Burkholder’s daily bulletin, contact him at cnkburk@gmail.com with your name and email address.