letter from New Zealand
At our church in Christchurch, New Zealand, it has become our regular practice to go door-knocking with invitations around the neighbourhood of the church.
We are often met with polite smiles, but a “thanks, but no thanks” response. At other times, people are keen to chat and open up a bit about their experience of “church” or religion. The most open and friendly people are often those from other cultures. Last Easter, one lady from India invited my friend and me in to talk; she was so pleased to have someone come to her door.
However, just before Christmas, two of us had an unusual and more disturbing experience. The woman who opened her front door was extremely angry and in a loud and very aggressive voice, shouted at us go away. Her eyes were wild, and she had tattoos with occult symbols all over her. We were quite shocked, but it motivated us to pray for our neighbourhood.
