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Christain riders often
adorn helmets and jackets
with Christian messages
and images.
Robert Warren, a lifelong motorcycle
enthusiast from Epps, La.
“You get opportunities to meet people and
talk to people you wouldn’t have any other
way,” Warren said. “We can stop somewhere
and get gas and someone in a car will pull up
and say, ‘Hey, you ride a bike,’ and you get to
talking about motorcycles. It is a wonderful
tool. You just strike up a conversation and one
thing leads to another.”
Sammy Gilbreath, evangelism director
for the Alabama Baptist State Board of
Missions, recalled standing outside a biker
bar in Madison County that had an unsavory
reputation as a center of drug and illegal
alcohol sales. Because Gilbreath rode in on a
motorcycle, he had an opportunity to engage
the bar owner in conversation – and lead him
to Christ. Then, as they stood outside the bar,
a car pulled up. The driver needed directions
and was obviously frightened by the sight of
Gilbreath standing there by his bike, clad in
leather from head to toe.
“After I told him where to find Country
Club Drive, I said, ‘You see this Harley?
I’m getting ready to ride from here to
Montgomery, Ala., and I could get killed
before I get there,’” Gilbreath recounted. “I
said, ‘If you get killed before you get back
home, do you know where you are going to
spend eternity?’ He said ‘No sir. I’ve never
been to church before,’ so I shared the Gospel
with him and he knelt on that blacktop
parking lot and invited Christ into his heart.
“That came about because of that
motorcycle and it happens over and over and
over.” n
Next year’s Rally to Ridgecrest will be May 22-25. Go to www.lifeway.com/
factsandtrends for a link to more information and to watch a video from the
event. In addition, read about how the F.A.I.T.H. Riders chapters are spreading
across the country.
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