Calvary Chapel Naples Takes the Gospel on the Road
Photos courtesy of Calvary Chapel Naples, FL
Young people hang around the Godmobile trailer at Florida’s Collier County Fair. The trailer, manned by volunteers from Calvary Chapel Naples, FL, invites everyone to answer two of life’s most important questions. Here, Dana and Shane Shopshire, inside the trailer, share the Gospel with two young fair attendees.
A 12-year-old boy visiting Florida’s Collier County fair stopped cold at a blue sign with yellow lettering. Are you going to Heaven? Free Two Question Test Reveals Answer, it silently called to him. His grandmother and younger brother stayed in the background, urging him to keep going. But he stepped up to the open window in the bright blue trailer to take the quiz.
Aaron Lapp, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Naples, FL, and his wife, Deirdre, asked him the two questions: Are you going to Heaven when you die? What do you believe will get you to Heaven? Aaron recalled, “As we were going through the answers, he’s listening very intently. We can hear, off to the side, his grandma pressing, ‘Let’s go, let’s go.’ The boy kept putting his finger up to signal to her, ‘Wait.’ This was so important to him—he wanted to do this first before going to the rides and the games. I was blown away by that kid.” He prayed with Pastor Aaron and accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
CC Naples volunteers Jeannette Taveras (left) and George Marlow (right) walk two young men through the two-question quiz: Are you going to Heaven when you die? What do you believe will get you to Heaven?
The Godmobile
For the past six years, CC Naples has manned the “Godmobile,” a highly decorated trailer inviting guests at the Collier County Fair to answer two of the most important questions they’ll ever face. Church volunteers, ranging in age from 10 to 80, have taken over running the Godmobile at this fair, partnering with Godmobile Outreach, Inc., an affiliate of a global nondenominational organization dedicated to soul-winning and discipleship. The fair is held for 10 days each year around Easter. Aaron explained, “It takes probably 50-60 volunteers to cover all the shifts. If the fair is open, we are there.”
The trailer is hard to miss, Aaron added, and those who staff it must follow parameters set by the fair. “We are not allowed to call out to anybody or approach them outside the trailer. We sit there and look at people as they walk by. We can smile at them and look friendly. But we can’t gesture to them and say, ‘Come on over and take this quiz.’ Those parameters, however, “showcase the real draw of the Holy Spirit,” Aaron emphasized.
The Drawing of the Holy Spirit
Aaron admitted, “When I first started working with the Godmobile, I thought, Why in the world would anybody walk over to this trailer? They’re at the fair to enjoy rides, eat junk food, and have fun. Why would they ever want to come over to a religious-looking trailer and have a conversation? But they do, and I’m constantly reminded that the Lord is drawing them in.” He continued, “You often see people genuinely coming over to say, ‘I want to know if I’m going to Heaven.’ Then you have this great conversation. There’s a really good script that we all follow and walk everyone through.”
The brightly decorated Godmobile is hard to miss, according to CC Naples Senior Pastor Aaron Lapp. Volunteers must follow fair rules to not call out to fairgoers or approach them outside of the trailer. However, he added, these parameters “showcase the real draw of the Holy Spirit” as many visit the trailer and accept Jesus as their Savior.
Volunteer Cesar Taveras, an elder at CC Naples, noted that the fair atmosphere provides a captive audience. “We’re just there as an accessory to the Holy Spirit. At the end of the day, this is Him all the way through. Most who attend the fair are not believers. You’re being a light in the middle of non-believers, and the Holy Spirit draws them to you. And then you’re able to build a relationship, albeit short, with them, to talk to them and share the Gospel,” he revealed.
Cesar elaborated, “There’s a hunger out there. Young people are tired of what the world is feeding them, so they’re looking for what’s true. They’re a little more receptive than their elders. We are in their environment, and they’re coming to us. We’re available. You can sit in that booth for eight hours and talk to nobody, but you’re there and that’s half the battle. You pray and are engaged, ready to be used.”
First-time volunteers Jennifer and Steve McGuire take their place in the “hot seat,” the front window of the trailer where most people first approach. Asking questions, they are following a careful script, which includes several Scriptures describing how to come to faith in Jesus Christ.
Aaron confirmed, “We’ve seen in the past few years that the crowd is becoming younger. Most of the people who come to the Godmobile are in their mid to late teens or early twenties. They really are looking for somebody to give them answers.”
Testimonies
Courtney DaSilva, a Godmobile volunteer from CC Naples, recalled meeting a 9-year-old girl and her sister at the fair. After going through the quiz and the Scriptures, she wanted to accept the gift of salvation. Amazed, Courtney added, “An hour later, she came back with her mom, who only spoke Spanish. Another volunteer from our church who spoke Spanish was able to walk her through the script and was able to pray with and encourage her.”
“Some think this is just a script—that you’re not really doing anything. No, it’s people coming up, really wanting to hear this. You are changing their lives for eternity’s sake.”
Last year, a 12-year-old boy stopped by the trailer to take the test, Cesar recounted. “We’re going through the script, and the intensity and intention on his face showed that he was so serious about understanding how to get to Heaven. I was struck; he seemed to be androgenous—not clearly a boy or a girl—but I didn’t care. In his eyes, I saw that he was really hungry for what he was hearing. So we went through the prayer, and he made a proclamation of faith. I was reminded in that moment, This is why we do this. I will never forget this guy. I knew in my heart that prayer was honest.”
Cesar stressed, “Some think this is just a script—that you’re not really doing anything. No, it’s people coming up, really wanting to hear this. You are changing their lives for eternity’s sake.” After a young girl accepted Christ this year at the trailer, her mother was in tears, he added. “The girl was jumping up and down, shouting ‘Yay!’ The mom was proud of her making a proclamation of faith. It felt genuine.”
For the past six years, CC Naples has sent its members to the fair to share the Gospel through the Godmobile. It takes up to 60 volunteers to cover all the shifts throughout the 10-day fair. “If the fair is open, we are there,” Pastor Aaron explained.
Although most encounters last approximately five minutes, some turn into longer conversations, often with fellow Christians, Courtney said. The church also sets up the Godmobile in tent form at the local beach. She recalled a time when a group of 10 local high schoolers celebrating a birthday at the beach came up to the tent to do the quiz. Courtney learned that a handful of them were part of a Bible study at their school. “They were 15- to 16-year-olds trying to study the Bible and to live according to God’s Word. It’s hard in high school. After walking through the script with the group, I ended up talking for 45 minutes with one young lady—just praying for and encouraging her. The Godmobile is a great tool for sharing the Word, the hope we have in Jesus.”
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:16-17
And some encounters are more humorous, Courtney recollected. “We get all sorts of people from different backgrounds. My husband and I were doing the Godmobile when a young boyfriend and girlfriend arrived. I had led the girl through the script and prayed with her to accept salvation. My husband talked with the boyfriend, who called himself a Norse pagan. That was a first—I had to look it up.”
Courtney added, though, that “even if they’re atheists or Norse pagans or Jehovah’s Witnesses, there’s always respectful dialog and productive conversation with those who don’t align with the biblical worldview.”
Evangelism 101
The Godmobile offers an easy entry point for those who have never evangelized before, Pastor Aaron reasoned. “That’s how we get so many volunteers to join us. You want to share your faith, but you’re not sure how to start that conversation. This is a great way. People will come to you.” The trailer has a front window and two side windows that seat two each. “We like to have two people who have never evangelized watching. They’re nervous, not having shared their faith effectively before, especially with a stranger,” Aaron explained. The front window holds the “hot seats” and is the first place people come. “All it takes is one time for those in the back to see someone go through the process of talking about salvation through Jesus Christ. They see it once and want a shot at the hot seat. Just like that, they’re ready to go,” he marveled.
Geoff Willig and his son Reese prepare for their first wave of visitors. Many come to the trailer toward the end of the day, after they’ve enjoyed the rides, games, and food available at the fair. Manning the trailer often provides a great first evangelism opportunity for believers who have previously been afraid to share their faith, Pastor Aaron said.
Seed Planting
Volunteers in the trailer get a mixed bag of responses. Aaron reported, “Sometimes, we’ll get someone coming over who just wants to let us know that just how much they appreciate the fact that we are there. As believers, they just want to encourage us.”
Courtney expounded, “Sometimes people will give us a thumbs up, saying they’re glad we’re here. Other times, they look at us like we’re crazy, joking, ‘Oh, I’m definitely not going to Heaven.’ Sometimes it turns from evangelism to apologetics. With our two-question test package, you can always lead people back into the Scriptures, even if they pull me off. I know God’s Word doesn’t return void, even if they don’t want to receive the gift of salvation at that time. I know I still planted some seeds from reading Scriptures to them.”
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1 Timothy 2:5-6a
Pastor Aaron relayed that jokes about missing Heaven sadden him, but he has talked with those who make them. When they say they are going to Heaven because they’re “good” or go to church, he has a response: Would it surprise you to know that the Bible says that none of these are good reasons to go to Heaven? Would you like to know how? “Suddenly it goes from being a joke to them to ‘I didn’t know that. I do actually want to know.’”
“I know God’s Word doesn’t return void, even if they don’t want to receive the gift of salvation at that time. I know I still planted some seeds from reading Scriptures to them.”
Aaron said that many come in groups. “One person will talk, but there will be four or five with them, pretending that they don’t care or aren’t listening. But you can see that they’re listening to the entire conversation. So, when I’m talking to one person, I’m often actually talking to more.”
He described a challenging encounter with a man in his late 30s or early 40s. “He came up with his friends, and with this smirky smile. After he completed the quiz and all the Scriptures, I said, ‘Do you believe any of this?’ He responded that he didn’t know. ‘Well, why don’t you let it sink in? I’m going to be here for the rest of the fair if you want to come back and talk.’ But while I’m watching him, I’m also watching his friends out of the corner of my eye, and they were actually listening much more seriously than he was.”
Aaron confirmed, “I’m reminded that sometimes we are just seed planters. As much as we want people to pray and receive Jesus, and they don’t, it doesn’t mean we aren’t doing what we’re called to do—because we’re planting a lot of seeds. Statistics say that it often takes up to seven times for people to hear the Gospel before they believe it. Maybe we’re one or two, or six or seven.”
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