British Street Preachers freed on Appeal

[Martin Marprelate]

Most important judgement for free speech although I cannot approve of the preaching style and other conduct of at least one of those acquitted.
Street preachers Overd & Stockwell win appeal Bristol Judge Martin Picton

 

[Yeshua1]

Most important judgement for free speech although I cannot approve of the preaching style and other conduct of at least one of those acquitted.
Street preachers Overd & Stockwell win appeal Bristol Judge Martin Picton

What did they do badly?

 

[Martin Marprelate]

What did they do badly?

One guy I know nothing about, but the other has made himself obnoxious in more than one church, refusing to accept discipline or advice from the Pastor. There is a Street Preachers Association in Britain who would give these people training, advice and accreditation, but they are not interested. The one man's preaching style is aggressive and confrontational in the extreme, and in short, he is more likely to turn people away from Christianity than attract them.
Having said all that, I am relieved that they have been acquitted , because otherwise atheist and homosexual groups would have been trying to get all open Christian witness shut down.

 

[Rob_BW]

A street preacher training and accrediting body? That's interesting, have a link?

 

[Yeshua1]

One guy I know nothing about, but the other has made himself obnoxious in more than one church, refusing to accept discipline or advice from the Pastor. There is a Street Preachers Association in Britain who would give these people training, advice and accreditation, but they are not interested. The one man's preaching style is aggressive and confrontational in the extreme, and in short, he is more likely to turn people away from Christianity than attract them.
Having said all that, I am relieved that they have been acquitted , because otherwise atheist and homosexual groups would have been trying to get all open Christian witness shut down.

Good that they were not shut down, as that would be the high end priority of many groups, to get all christian speech classified as being hate speech, and made illegal.

Or like now in canada, where if you do a show on radio for an hour about islam being false religion for example, required to give Islam Pastor his hour to refute!

 

[rlvaughn]

A street preacher training and accrediting body? That's interesting, have a link?

I think this is it, but there may be more than one:
Street Pastors Training Programme - Street Pastors

 

[Martin Marprelate]

A street preacher training and accrediting body? That's interesting, have a link?

The group I'm thinking of is the 'Open Air Mission.' 'Accrediting' was the wrong word to use. I didn't want to suggest that you could get a PhD in street preaching from them. But if you undergo their training and follow their advice, they will support you if you should get into trouble.
Here's a link: Welcome to The Open-Air Mission - The Open-Air Mission

 

[Rob_BW]

The group I'm thinking of is the 'Open Air Mission.' 'Accrediting' was the wrong word to use. I didn't want to suggest that you could get a PhD in street preaching from them. But if you undergo their training and follow their advice, they will support you if you should get into trouble.
Here's a link: Welcome to The Open-Air Mission - The Open-Air Mission

Oh, I didn't get the impression that they offered degrees or anything.

 

[rlvaughn]

Most important judgement for free speech although I cannot approve of the preaching style and other conduct of at least one of those acquitted.
Street preachers Overd & Stockwell win appeal Bristol Judge Martin Picton

Protecting speech that isn't popular is one of the hallmarks of free speech. A great decision by the judge.