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I guarantee there isn't a homeless person in Portland who couldn't tell you the gospel verbatim. They've had to listen to it three times a day to get a sandwich. They've heard about Christ, but they haven't seen Christ. Who will sit next to them while they panhandle, who will enter their world? I've had friends doing that for 15 years. That is seeing the gospel.

Rick McKinley, pastor of the Imago Dei Community in Portland, Oregon.
Taken from "Dei Laborers", Leadership Journal, Fall 2007

My review of his book This Beautiful Mess will be coming up shortly.