Gospel Journey Teens Dare 2 Share

This experience isn't about saving souls so much as getting kids to graduate from Persecution University, Greg says, so that they know that having a door slammed in their faces isn't the end of the world. Real evangelism will happen when they engage in open, honest conversations with people they know. That's something he's had to learn over the years. His wife has helped to calm him down, taught him that not every Christian is comfortable evangelizing in malls. She's certainly not.

"He still looks at every person as an opportunity, but he's become more open-minded and more conscious of how he treats people," Deb says. "He's learned to not always be so dogmatic, that you have got to be more soft or people are not going to want to hear what you have to say."

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Dare 2 Share's Greg Stier dares teens to talk with their friends about Jesus.

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Their son is following in both their footsteps. At the conclusion of Survive, Greg invites seven-year-old Jeremy on stage. "I have sin," Jeremy says confidently. "Christ died for me. If I believe, I will go in heaven."

When Greg asks if he has anything else to tell the audience, Jeremy can't remember, so his dad whispers it in his ear: "I double-dare you to share your faith with all your friends."

"What is the Double Dare?" Greg asks. "The first part is to share the gospel with everyone you know — one by one, with your friends, in the context of a real conversation. The second part is to start with one person in the next 48 hours. Why? Because I'm sick and tired of Christians talking about evangelism and not doing it.

"We are living in a country where people are talking about who's it going to be. Is it going to be Obama? Is it going to be McCain? Let me tell you something. We are not going to transform this nation politically. The way this nation is going to be transformed is through a personal relationship with the hope that Jesus Christ has to offer. Heads bowed, eyes closed, if you're willing to take the Double Dare, I want you to raise your hand.

"Wow," Greg Stier whispers. "That's an army."