Nursing Home Evangelism: Preaching at the Last “Bus Stop to Eternity”

At Religion News Service, Adelle Banks reports on the growing popularity of retirement and nursing homes as sites for evangelism, particularly among members of Revival Ministries International, a Christian evangelical group. Pastor Eric Gonyon, who works with the group, says that their evangelists have obtained more than 500,000 commitments and recommitments at retirement and nursing homes since 2007. “There’s no more ‘I’ll do it next year,’” said Rhonda Rowe, an experienced nursing-home evangelist and member of RMI. “There’s no more ‘I’ll decide about this in 10 years.’ This is it.”

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