I am a christian, but never really supported this kind of evangelism simply because it has little or no effect on people's heart. In fact the best way to preach this gospel is to live out what is saying. The bible even says we should be the epistle that people read.

Those dudes that preach in churches and buses are small time hustlers.

Someday they'll grow their empire too like the big players in the church business.

Those guys are just looking for a way to make ends meet. But they should have just begged for alms instead of constituting nuisance to people. Those people dey smell die!

wellheads:

Those guys are just looking for a way to make ends meet. But they should have just begged for alms instead of constituting nuisance to people. Those people dey smell die!

SMELL!!!

I am realy disappointed wth some of the comments from so cald xtians here. The kind of abusive words that come out from their mouth makes one wonder if they realy understand what the title 'Christian' means. And we wonder why the World doesnt take us serious. True, we'r commissioned to spread the gospel, but not at the expense or discomfort of others. Honestly if i were to be a non christian, i doubt if preaching in a bus will make an impact on me. Same goes for use of loud speakers in residential areas. It doesnt matter whether its a church, mosque or club, It constitute public nuisance and its wrong. I remember a day i spent a night in my aunt's house, i didnt sleep a wink d whole night simply because the church opposite had an all night vigil. Nothing wrong with doing a vigil, but must it be with d megaphone in full blast all thru d night with their drums being played?? What happend to 'praying in secret so ur heavenly father will reward u openly'? That is the height of insensitivity IMO. The residents are people who will av to go to work d following day probably leave their homes as early as 6am. And they will join a bus only to meet part2 of the disturbance in the person of a preacher or drug seller. Pls lets condemn what is wrong and stop being sentimental. We should apply wisdom and be moderate in all things. Christianity is a way of life and ur lifestyle is d 1st and greatest tool of evangelism.

I was on a BRT to CMS some months ago when 1 douchbag got up to preach! Loud voice, saliva sling shots and all!! The pilot and his stewards tried to shut the man down, reminding him of the "no-preaching" sign. For where? He grew in intensity and remained adamant. Funny enough, majority of the passengers rose in support of the marabout preacher!
Thus the guy went on preaching and declaring the wrath of god on those that want to hinder the spread of the gospel. At the end, I don't think much was achieved in terms of "saving" of souls, but the dude sure felt good with himself. Which to me seems to be what matters most to many really.

he should be thanking his God that someone like me was on in the bus. i would have made him [size=40pt]THE SUBJECT OF THE FORMULA[/size]

kj_hova:

I was on a BRT to CMS some months ago when 1 douchbag got up to preach! Loud voice, saliva sling shots and all!! The pilot and his stewards tried to shut the man down, reminding him of the "no-preaching" sign. For where? He grew in intensity and remained adamant. Funny enough, majority of the passengers rose in support of the marabout preacher!
Thus the guy went on preaching and declaring the wrath of god on those that want to hinder the spread of the gospel. At the end, I don't think much was achieved in terms of "saving" of souls, but the dude sure felt good with himself. Which to me seems to be what matters most to many really.

alienvirus:

he should be thanking his God that someone like me was on in the bus. i would have made him [size=40pt]THE SUBJECT OF THE FORMULA[/size]

nna, e be like say u go harsh for real life o!

:-x :-x :-x

Oluchia:

I am realy disappointed wth some of the comments from so cald xtians here. The kind of abusive words that come out from their mouth makes one wonder if they realy understand what the title 'Christian' means. And we wonder why the World doesnt take us serious. True, we'r commissioned to spread the gospel, but not at the expense or discomfort of others. Honestly if i were to be a non christian, i doubt if preaching in a bus will make an impact on me. Same goes for use of loud speakers in residential areas. It doesnt matter whether its a church, mosque or club, It constitute public nuisance and its wrong. I remember a day i spent a night in my aunt's house, i didnt sleep a wink d whole night simply because the church opposite had an all night vigil. Nothing wrong with doing a vigil, but must it be with d megaphone in full blast all thru d night with their drums being played?? What happend to 'praying in secret so your heavenly father will reward u openly'? That is the height of insensitivity IMO. The residents are people who will av to go to work d following day probably leave their homes as early as 6am. And they will join a bus only to meet part2 of the disturbance in the person of a preacher or drug seller. Pls lets condemn what is wrong and stop being sentimental. We should apply wisdom and be moderate in all things. Christianity is a way of life and your lifestyle is d 1st and greatest tool of evangelism.

^^^ Well said

Seriously, I noticed that within the University of Lagos campus, the muezzin at the mosque does not deploy a loud speaker when making calls to prayer. Also the protestant & catholic christian worship centres do not deploy outdoor loud speakers too. I understand this is so because there is a standing rule in the university to that effect.
Until our LGA councils and/or state assemblies make enforceable laws against noise pollution, they are the ones we should hold responsible and not the religionists. But my worry is, will Lagosians or indeed Nigerians not beat their legislators in the head if they try to make "anti" church laws?! Will some misguided nomad from the north not launch another round of mass murder in the name of a certain god?
My take is that our nation is grid locked in a maze of ignorance and one can only hope that change come someday in ones lifetime.

I would like to bring to the notice of everyone who must had said something in favour of the topic, must especially the POSTER.
*As much as you have every right to your opinion do remember freedom of speech still exist. Even if it going to cost you some inconvenience.
*If you most have noticed, a percentage of the occupant in that same bus did participate in one way or the other in the prayers or in worship.
*You may have being disturbed in one way or the other by their preaching but I don't think it is a daily occurrence so please, do try to bear with the trend.
*You may not have seen the positive impact of what this does to those in the bus but I have seen people giving their life to Christ as a result of this preaching.
*You may have not liked the manner of approach but do consider the fact that you are on the bus only for a while and maybe somebody is being impacted by the WORD, after all some bus driver play their stereo loud.
*I am an optimist who tend to see what good is being done in issues that are not detrimental to others, please see things in this perspective.
*The use of some harsh language is becoming something we need to watch, I really do enjoy reading comment from topics being posted and would like to encourage others to join NL.

@OP
Yes, it's madness and another way of begging by those broke-a$s pastors/evangeslists. Religious people should live by example and stop screaming their superstitious beliefs into our ears.

as a matter of the constitution, is there any provision that clearly states that preaching in buses constitutes public nuisance? if no, then u have no claim. however, it could constitute a private nuisance to a few but u have to know that there is a significant difference between public and private nuisance and u are not in a position as a result of ur personal bias to descirbe that which is private a public nuisance.

there is nothing bad in preaching in commercial buses, since is not by for to leasten or respond.

Anytime i'm on a bus and i hear this lousy preachers preaching there eyeballs out, i get so frustrated i'll wanna strangle em to death. Must u disturb everyone on a bus?? This shiiiit has gotten way out or hand. It's soo preposterous and foolish, especially when i look at their ugly faces as they squeal their brains out i get soo sick that if i had a gun i would joyously shoot their brains out and hopefully i would receive a hand of applause from the passengers. Rubbish!!

why not take it to the streets of maiduguri, stupid coward! they need more gospel there! lol

^^ we shall call it the doomsday! Those that come here to defend this madness do that because they either fall into the category or because they wanted to defend their faith. Jesus himself was calm and never disturbing throughout his life

Are you guys antichrist

If you are ashame of Christ here on earth ,he will be ashamed of you in heaven. Let us spread the gospel by all means,alot of people are converting everyday through these means of evangelism.

they are only saving your soul,you better listen to their message and heed.

^^ whose soulk? RUBBISH

too bad, go to romance section

alienvirus, what do you think? Is it okay to evangelise on the internet?

i guess you can distinguish between a moving bus when you have an important place to go and internet browsing. Do you open up to 10 pages on while on internet evangelising?

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alienvirus, what do you think? Is it okay to evangelise on the internet?

Yep, infact on tv, on the net, in tfhe dailies, on the streets, in buses,in courts, in schools, offices, homes, churches, I mean the list is on and on

alienvirus:

i guess you can distinguish between a moving bus when you have an important place to go and internet browsing. Do you open up to 10 pages on while on internet evangelising?

So you're saying that you'd tolerate evangelism in a moving bus if you were not 'going to an important place'?

I don't think u board a public transport for boarding sake.

alienvirus:

I don't think u board a public transport for boarding sake.

Don't be shy, we're talking about you, not me. So, you're saying that you'd tolerate evangelism in a moving bus if you were not 'going to an important place'?

have u answered the one posted above. take a look
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alienvirus:

i guess you can distinguish between a moving bus when you have an important place to go and internet browsing. Do you open up to 10 pages on while on internet evangelising?

alienvirus:

i guess you can distinguish between a moving bus when you have an important place to go and internet browsing. [size=16pt]Do you open up to 10 pages on while on internet evangelising?[/size]

why are you so daft? dont tell me someone cursed you while disturbing him with yoou evangelism.