Liberia's new age of evangelism

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The New Age Of Evangelizing
Liberian ‘Men Of God’ At Every Street Corner Never Leave Behind The Offering Bag
Residents of Monrovia and parts adjacent are often faced with a situation where they have no choice in what they hear while boarding public and private transport, or while going about their normal business on a daily basis.
‘Men of God’ or street preachers as they are called are often seen vigorously spreading ‘the word’ to the public, not caring to know what their religious orientations are.
On the various buses that transport people from one point of the city to the other or at every street corner, these preachers are seen and heard almost out of breath shouting out salvation to the public.
Most of the time the message they bring is one of prosperity; how God is going to bless you with abundance in a short time, setting giving to the needy as a precondition. But the needy in this case are only known by them, as they raise offering when they conclude their sermons.
An observer was stunned the other day when he bumped into this street preacher on Gurley Street. The most striking part was that this preaching was seen with this large bag asking the audience to put in their ‘widow’s might’.
He promised the more they gave, the more they would receive God’s blessings. Under the scorching sun with a little girl as his singer he rallied the crowd to give more. The question asked by the observer was: Do these men ever use the money they collect from the public everyday for the needy or is it a new way to make money due to the rise in unemployment? 

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