How many religions have tried to get their members to do House to House Preaching, and failed?

Question

I received a brochure from one of my Muslim customers on how they would like to duplicate Jehovah's Witnesses success in the preaching work. They want to distribute 100,000 copies of "The Universal Challenge” magazine.

When I was young (picture a late President who kept tripping over his own feet), Pentecostals tried house to house work, but gave up. Mormons do it, but only the young and primarily to qualify for marriage.

I see small groups, standing on the street corner in Westport and the Plaza, using a loud speaker to yell scripture to the inebriated going from bar to bar, but I'm not sure of the point. It's not as if those hearing will remember it the next day.

What other religions have tried to get all or most of their members to preach house to house, or otherwise on street corners, and failed? It would seem to me that if one truly found themselves living in the light of Christ, they would be driven by that faith to want to teach others.

Answer 1

every person, groups in order to enforce their supremacy over others propagate their views. as long as they are peaceful it is OK. but the conversions should not be done by using sword or giving some alms to the have nots, exploiting their poverty.

Answer 2

All baptised Jehovah's Witnesses do the door to door work. Telling people exactly what the Bible says.
Men, women and children.
Mormons try but limit the effort to pairs of young men only.
Pope John Paul 11 tried to exhort Catholics worldwide to 'evangelise' their neighbours, but then only with the teachings of Vatican 11. Nothing was said about using the Bible.
How would you go about convincing anyone about the 'Trinity Doctrine' when even the word does not appear in the Bible.?
Only the J.W's do this work, and very successfully, not through their own efforts, but because they are properly doing what God wants. And God is blessing their efforts.

(Acts 20:20) while I did not hold back from telling YOU any of the things that were profitable nor from teaching YOU publicly and from house to house.

(Matthew 24:14) And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.

(Matthew 28:19-20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”

When God decides that the work is completed, the '
End' will come.

Answer 3

Jehovah's Witnesses reject traditional Christian doctrines such as the Trinity, eternal torment in hell and the immortality of the soul.

In the early 1870s, Russell organized a Bible study group of Second Adventists in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. An interest in Bible prophecy was sparked, in part, by Jonas Wendell. In 1876, Russell met Nelson H. Barbour and subsequently adopted Barbour's eschatology. Barbour had predicted a visible return of Christ for 1873, and when that failed to occur, he revised the prediction to 1874. Soon after the second disappointment, Barbour's group decided Christ had returned invisibly to Earth in 1874. They differed from most Second Adventists by teaching that all humankind descending from Adam would be given a chance to live in a paradise on Earth. The year 1914 was seen as the final end, marking a forty-year period from 1874.

A number of doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses differ from that of mainstream Christianity. Possibly the most controversial doctrinal differences relate to the nature of God and of Jesus, particularly the Jehovah's Witnesses' rejection of the Trinity doctrine. Other differences involve their beliefs concerning death and judgment. Many of these doctrines are considered heresy by mainstream Christian denominations and, as a result, many label Jehovah's Witnesses as a cult.

Answer 4

Too many so-called "Christians" view their religion as a social club rather than as a way of life which should influence every action the adherent takes. Too many so-called "Christians" do not give any real evidence of taking their so-called "faith" seriously and understanding that it obligates them to do Christ's work.

It seems that three activities can help deepen one's faith; sadly only two of them are acknowledged by most of Christendom's clergy; they are: regular bible reading, regular prayer, and regular personal ministry.

Perhaps these so-called "Christians" are ignorant that the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with PREACHING about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"

(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.

(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”

(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name


Sadly, so-called "Christians" try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications. Yet, the preaching work makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded

Answer 5

word those that do are the illiberal trolls that are stuck up in judging everybody else. answer: that they had probable yell bloody homicide about a Muslim claiming the call of Christian. i really do not get it. Christian, Muslim and Jewish are honorable titles. if you're a Christian, declare the call! when you're Muslim, declare it! Why label your self some thing that you aren't any further? Messianics are Christians - they trust in Jesus, that makes them Christian. by technique of no longer doing so, they damage both Christianity and Judaism.

Answer 6

If people have problems with mormans and jehovahs witnessess imagine the ruckus if muslims start calling door to door.

You'd even be too afraid to argue with them.

Still,might put a human face on them.

Answer 7

Oh no not another lot knocking on the door.
The street talking is just noise pollution.

Answer 8

Didn't You answer Your own question?

Answer 9

all of them have failed

Answer 10

What's that???