What are the immediate results of applying Servant Evangelism?
A. 1. Most important, non-Christians will begin to open their hearts to God’s love. People are a lot like porcupines: they either run to us with their soft, vulnerable side or their prickly, skeptical side that says, “I don’t want to hear anything about this Jesus you’re talking about.” A free car wash in New York City prompted one “porcupine” to turn his soft side to us. The man worked for the sanitation department. When he drove into our car wash, he was angry and disgusted because we had caused a traffic slowdown on his route. This emotionally charged encounter changed instantly when we offered to wash his entire garbage truck for free. Before he could say no, we were eagerly serving him. This man stood in stunned silence just shaking his head. A couple of the girls explained that we just wanted to show him “God’s love in a practical way.” The driver of the garbage truck muttered, “When I get back to the garage, I just know the other guys aren’t gonna believe this happened.” A few m
