If i go to USA, how common is it to see a preacher on the streets

[Jackie]

[Doubting Thomas]

Who is on the street that has no place to go, or the time to listen to a street preacher? It's the members of soceity the rest of you look past. The homeless, the addicts, and those who have to do terrible things to survive.

In the town I mentioned, there are few homeless or drug addicts living on the streets for them to preach to. Nor, I would guess, would they care to sit and listen to a street preacher. If they want to be preached to before getting help, there's the Salvation Army.

While street preachers aren't that prevalent, the door-to-door JW's are. Even the small predominantly Catholic town I live in now, I've come home to find copies of the Watchtower stuck in our front door.

Not long after we moved into our old house, a couple guys came to the door. One guy said that his brother-in-law or someone was looking at buying the house we just bought, and how would we like to go to their church? Naturally I declined. Come to find out later that some religious groups go over the public records of real estate sales to try to get new members to come to their church. Kind of creepy when you think about it.

[gall]

We don't have that type of thing here, so i've always wanted to hear a guy on the streets saying "THE LORD HAS SPOKEN!"
Etc... Just curious if it is common in some places in USA?

In the cities in my state I have been in I have seen a preacher on a box or stool at a street corner basically yelling at traffic a few times. No more than three times in 30 years.

I am sure it happens more than that but even in my bible belt town people will throw things at you if you try this sort of thing on the side of the road. Same with road side political demonstrators. Doesn't even matter what side you do that crap and hold up signs people will drive by and honk or drive by and throw trash at you.

Personally I try and bum money off of them if I see them.

[Doubting Thomas]

Personally I try and bum money off of them if I see them.

Good idea. If they refuse, then throw Matthew 5:42 at them.