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This generation has only one chance to come to Christ and after that, it is lost, for eternity. Yes -- that is the beat of a soul winner's heart! That is the evangelist’s message and ours: Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior. Supporters of this approach note that both Jesus [1] and many of the Old Testament prophets often preached about God in public places. [2] It is one of the oldest approaches to evangelism. [1] One of the earliest open-air preachers of Christianity, according to the gospels, was Jesus Christ, whose first specifically recorded sermon was the Sermon on the Mount, [1] [2] which took place on a mountainside in the open air. [3] In the Gospel of Luke ( Luke 6:17-49 ), it was recorded that Jesus also gave an open-air sermon known as the Sermon on the Plain. [2] After Jesus' death, many of his apostles and followers open-air preached the gospel in the Temple of Jerusalem or in other open spaces. [1] [2] During the Middle Ages and the Protestant Reformation, open-air preaching was often employed by Protestants throughout Europe [4] who could not always preach inside churches, which were mostly Catholic. [5] Open-air preaching in Europe continued during the rise of Puritanism and other Protestant movements. [2] It was often used in Pastoral environments as well as in cities, the former sometimes due to a desire to avoid the authorities, [6] and the latter because, for one reason, it could reach eccentric people living in cities who would not otherwise hear the gospel. [7] In the time period of the late 19th century and early-to-mid-20th century many famous open-air preachers in the United States began to preach, such as Billy Sunday [8] and Billy Graham.

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This generation has only one chance to come to Christ and after that, it is lost, for eternity. Yes -- that is the beat of a soul winner's heart! That is the evangelist’s message and ours: Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior. Supporters of this approach note that both Jesus [1] and many of the Old Testament prophets often preached about God in public places. [2] It is one of the oldest approaches to evangelism. [1] One of the earliest open-air preachers of Christianity, according to the gospels, was Jesus Christ, whose first specifically recorded sermon was the Sermon on the Mount, [1] [2] which took place on a mountainside in the open air. [3] In the Gospel of Luke ( Luke 6:17-49 ), it was recorded that Jesus also gave an open-air sermon known as the Sermon on the Plain. [2] After Jesus' death, many of his apostles and followers open-air preached the gospel in the Temple of Jerusalem or in other open spaces. [1] [2] During the Middle Ages and the Protestant Reformation, open-air preaching was often employed by Protestants throughout Europe [4] who could not always preach inside churches, which were mostly Catholic. [5] Open-air preaching in Europe continued during the rise of Puritanism and other Protestant movements. [2] It was often used in Pastoral environments as well as in cities, the former sometimes due to a desire to avoid the authorities, [6] and the latter because, for one reason, it could reach eccentric people living in cities who would not otherwise hear the gospel. [7] In the time period of the late 19th century and early-to-mid-20th century many famous open-air preachers in the United States began to preach, such as Billy Sunday [8] and Billy Graham.
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