The Great Commission at Bonnaroo

Here is an interesting article I found about Bonnaroo and the outreach of certain churches:

http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=11472

The most intriguing section of the article to me was:

If they are willing, the volunteers will share their message of salvation and pray with those who visit their tent.“Our ultimate goal is to have people come to know Christ,” Walker said.Few people have accepted Christ during the festival, he said, but he believes they are planting seeds that could bear fruit in the months and years to come.“Our goal is to love people and in doing so have the right to tell them the truth,” Walker said.Others groups near the festival grounds wear or carry signs telling festival goers they are going to hell. “What they are saying is correct,” Walker said. “What I tell them (volunteers) is speak what the Bible says in love.“We don’t condemn them (attendees) for what they do,” he said later.

The distinction between to ministry of these two groups reminds me of Matthew 9:11-13:

11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

I for one am glad there were Christians who shared the good news of Christ at Bonnaroo. By ministering to the needs and offering "weird" stuff, they did more to fulfill the Great Commission than the others who just held signs.

Matthew 28:18-20:

18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.