1. Why do you do it? (I know that is obvious but I need specifics here because someone recently told me that street preachers have alterior motives -- I want to prove them wrong)Because God called me to do it. He showed me doing it in a dream one night, and then caused my heart to grow increasinly burdened to do it, until I simply could not imagine doing anything else. Some street preachers do it out of wrong motives. I believe some do it out of a sense of self-righteousness, and get a kick out damning everybody else to hell because they are going to heaven. But those that God has called do it out of a deep sense of burden for the lost. 2. What got you started?Ultimately what probably pushed me over the edge was hearing an Andrew Strom sermon, I believe it was called "Thunder in Nashville."3. Who Inspires You the most beside Christ in Preaching?Probably Leonard Ravenhill.4. Who do you consider to be the best street preacher ever?Hard to say. I would have loved to hear George Whitefield, John Wesley, and Leonard Ravenhill preach on the streets. George Whitefield perhaps was the king of street preaching, and seems to have had the most success. Though, I absolutely would have loved to hear Ravenhill.5. What are some of the expereinces in this that have touched you deeply and what are some that have been hostile?I suppose you mean while street preaching? The one that has probably touched me the most was a time where I went to UNC Charlotte to preach open air, and came across Gary Birdsong, whom I consider a false evangelist. He had already gathered quite the crowd when I came, and there was a heckler there giving him a hard time. Eventually he said during his raddom nonsense something along the lines that if anybody has cancer, they are cursed of God. This made the one heckler quite angry, as his girlfriend was just diagnosed with cancer, and the heckler approached him from behind shouting at Gary ready to punch him out. Then the Holy Spirit spoke to me to go right then and pray for this guy. I quickly approached him and put my hand on his shoulder and told him that I wanted to pray for him and his girlfriend right there, and this instantly turned his eyes into tears. When I was done praying, I opened my eyes, and several other believers who saw what was happening had surrounded us as well and were praying for Chaz and his girlfriend. One woman in particular was just bawling for them, though they never met eachother. This was probably the most moving experience I had street preaching. As far as hostility goes, I've had nothing absolutely outstanding happen. However, I've dealt several times with security and police officers, some friendly, some not so friendly. I've also been cussed out and threatened bodily harm. Several times I knew if I didn't pause my preaching for a few minutes, then I would have indeed been beaten up. But my philosophy is, if somebody doesn't want to hear it, and are already showing mild signs of persecution, then I simply won't speak to them and will simply wait until they leave the area.
