The other day I witnessed an event of epic proportions: a friend slammed the door shut on the pizza delivery man.

I was stunned. The pizza man was stunned. Everyone else present was stunned. After all, no one shuts the door on the pizza man! I am sure that this young man never received training on what to do if the door were to be slammed shut in his face.

In reality, the whole episode was an accident, and all of us got a good chuckle out of it.

But afterwards, it struck me – no, not the door, but THE IDEA!

Christians who do door-to-door visitation for their churches regularly get doors slammed in their faces. But what if they wore a pizza cap and held a pizza box in their hands? Presto! Slice-Style Evangelism!

Here’s how it would work.

First, Trendy Baptist Church buys an industrial pizza oven for the church kitchen. Next, the church stocks up on dough, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, onions, olives, tomato paste and pineapples, followed by boxes, caps, and red shirts.

On visitation night, the pizza team arrives early to make and bake the pizzas. Once the pies are baked and carefully slid into the delivery boxes, Gospel tracts (encased in clear plastic wrapping to keep them clean) are placed on top of each pizza, and then the lids are closed.

Tract suggestions would include: “Seven Pepperonis to Peace,” “Meet the Big Cheese,” “The Dough of Heaven,” and “How to Have a Slice of Joy.”

Along with the tracts, a personal message from the church would be imprinted on the inside lid of each pizza box: “We at Trendy Baptist Church hope you like our pizza. We want you to know that Jesus is the only way to heaven, and that we stand ready to help meet your spiritual needs. We hope you will join us for Bible Study and Worship this Sunday morning. Otherwise, you may call us Monday-Friday at 555-PZZA and follow the recorded instructions.”

Once the pizza boxes are loaded, each pizza visitation team member gets a back-seat load of pizzas to deliver in the neighbor, with the goal of saving the lost and clogging the arteries, and with no worries of having doors shut in his or her face (at least for the first few weeks).

Six month afterwards, once the community has been saturated with free evangelistic pizzas and the pizza men and women from the commercial pizza franchises are now having the door shut on their faces, the pastoral staff of First Trendy Baptist Church could then offer seminars to pizzerias entitled, “How to Deal with Slammed Doors.” The advertisement flyers could read, “We at Trendy Baptist Church know your pain. Jesus knows your pain. We can help you deal with rejection. Join us for Bible Study and Worship this Sunday morning or call 555-SLAM and listen to the recorded message for more information about our exciting seminars that can set you on the road to healing and recovery.”