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  Coffee Shop Conversations is a very helpful book if you are making an effort to grow out of 'evangelizing' people as taught in many evangelical churches today. I myself grew up in such an environment and spent many years of my younger life believing that it was my job to 'catch as many fish as possible' for Jesus. I think that the basic heart behind that is good...Most people intent on 'witnessing' and 'harvesting souls' (a phrase that has always given me the heebie-jeebies) are good people who simply want to share what they have found to be a life-changing faith. The problem is the basic premise that goes along with that (often unconciously until there's an objective inventory taken) tends to be one of superiority - the basic idea that the person you are evangelizing is an object, or a point or a notch on a heavenly score card that Jesus carries around in his pocket. Each time one gets to 'witness', one has an opportunity for high-fiv...