wfn.org | Denmark: Adventists Take to the Street

["Christian B. Schäffler" <APD_Info_Schweiz@compuserve.com>]

August 13, 1999
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Denmark: Adventists Take to the Street 

Copenhagen, Denmark/APD    Street Evangelism Week in Denmark 
saw about 60 young Adventists from all over Denmark join together 
with a newly-established church "Caféchurch" in Copenhagen, July 
9-18.  Caféchurch has been in existence for a year and is reaching 
genXers with the Word of God in a café setting.

The Youth department of the Danish Union of Churches helped to 
plan this year's street evangelism project.  Every morning the young 
people attended workshops, and every afternoon they went out 
onto the pedestrian areas with music, mime, puppetry and 
questionnaires.

"The last six years have not yielded such a positive response as 
we've experienced during this particular week," comments union 
Youth director, Pastor Anne-May Müller.  "It was very encouraging 
to actually see those young people who were contacted on the 
streets attending the seeker services." 

Seeker services were planned three times during the week and were 
all well visited.  The last service was held on Sabbath afternoon 
where between 20 and 30 unchurched people were in attendance.

"Friday evening we had planned a concert at the Town Hall Square 
featuring a famous Danish artist, Marie Carmen Koppel," says 
Thomas Müller, one of the pastors at Caféchurch, "but because of 
the rain we had to change the venue of the concert to the church.  
Much to our surprise more than 300 people took the ten-minute 
walk from the Square to Caféchurch.  Unfortunately, we had to 
deny access to about 50 of them because the place was packed.  
The concert gave a very good impression of the church and we 
believe that people will be more interested in visiting Caféchurch 
now that they have seen the nice surroundings."

"Besides filling young Adventists spiritually, this street evangelism 
week has given Caféchurch good public relations, and we look 
forward to seeing how the Holy Spirit will continue to work with the 
people in Copenhagen," concludes Müller.  [97/12/09]