The Littlest Missionaries: A New Christian Plot to Invade Public Schools

[MineralMan]

2. This isn't really a new thing.

Back in my churchgoing days in the 1950s and early 60s, which coincided with my childhood and teen years, there was always a push for us kids to evangelize our peers. Now, I wasn't attending a fundie church at all, my church was a Presbyterian church. But, we were always encouraged to bring friends to church, tell them the "Good News," etc. Of course, any such efforts received instant scorn from our peers, so we didn't do it, but there was always someone pushing us to evangelize.

There were kids who did evangelize at school, but they were pretty much considered to be stupid, awkward, and not to be listened to. That lesson was clear to all of us, so we just ignored the whole thing.