Witness to telemarketers!!

[Deepcallstodeep]

So, this telemarketer called yesterday. Droning on about a home security system offer. I tried to listen politely, though I said I’m not interested (sales calling must be a hard job, generally I try to be kind). The telemarketer got pushy, spouting all kinds of stats about home robberies and such. So I said, “Listen, do you know Jesus?” The woman stops dead in her tracks. She said, “Do you?” Emphasis on “you,” like I’m a total kook. And I said, “Yeah, I do, and I know that Jesus is my eternal security. Want me to tell you why?”

She hung up on me.

The next time someone calls you with a sales pitch… witness! We have something more awesome to “sell” than insurance, pest control, replacement windows, or home security systems! Maybe they will hang up but maybe we’ll plant a seed. :yay If they want to interrupt our dinner time to try to sell us something, then they can listen to us try to share the gospel with them...

[amy_elisabeth]

That's my next thing to do... part of the online school: http://www.biblicalevangelism.com

I need to take the person through the "Good Person Test." A little nervous about it. I'll try to record it and put it on my site.

[Keifer]

The next time someone calls you with a sales pitch… witness!

Good job! :thumb Personally, I've never been blessed with leading a telemarketer to Christ, but I have met several brothers and sisters when I began MY 'sales pitch' to them... :aha

[ImHis]

That's my next thing to do... part of the online school: http://www.biblicalevangelism.com

I need to take the person through the "Good Person Test." A little nervous about it. I'll try to record it and put it on my site.

:scratch

did you just come into the telemarketing testimony post and offer to sell courses on how to evangelize?! :shocked

[amy_elisabeth]

:scratch

did you just come into the telemarketing testimony post and offer to sell courses on how to evangelize?! :shocked

What are you talking about? I'm taking a course online and said that it's the next thing in the class I need to do.

[tenn4ever]

:scratch

did you just come into the telemarketing testimony post and offer to sell courses on how to evangelize?! :shocked

ImHis, I don't think you know Amy E very well.:scratch:ohno

[iLoveJesusChristAmen]

telemarketers need Jesus Christ just as much as we do :)

[Deepcallstodeep]

telemarketers need Jesus Christ just as much as we do :)

Amen...

And if they hang up on us, we can peacefully go back to our dinners & just say a prayer for them.

It's a win-win, as I see it. :)

And to be honest, I have never felt very good at witnessing, so this method is actually helping me be a little bolder. I think it was the first time I actually said to someone flat-out, "Do you know Jesus?" It felt great.

[AllforHim]

:hug I do this all the time, have done for years!! :yeah:yeah It doesn't matter what their selling, you can always bring Jesus into the conversation!!:nod Its great, either they get off the phone real quick and are not keen to call back :heh or I get some who ends up asking me questions about Christianity!! :yeah Either way it works perfectly!!!! :thumb

[ImHis]

What are you talking about? I'm taking a course online and said that it's the next thing in the class I need to do.

I went to the link, it said that folks could sign up for a course ($$) to learn evangelism, then you said you were going to put something on "your" website, ergo I thought the evangelism course website was "your website".

Sorry for misinterpreting it. :idunno Notice, I did not accuse, I just asked.

Tenn4, this is between Amy and I and she did quite well in answering for herself, but thanks anyway!:wave