One of the prevailing tactics of the infamous Charles Finney’s evangelism was to make the gospel “attractive” by using worldly means to lure unsuspecting lost people to the gospel. There is no shortage of this ploy in modern Evangelical churches today — especially the Southern Baptist Convention.

The Florida Baptist Convention, in conjunction with LifeWay, the Southern Baptist retail chain, the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board, and others are giving away free Harley Davidson Motorcycles if you’ll just come to their booth, listen to someone give their testimony, and register.

On their website, (which is now taken down, but an older version can be seen here) they state,

All you have to do to register to win the bike is to show up at our booth…listen to one of our volunteers share his/her three minute story about how God has changed his/her life and you can register. We estimate there will be about 6000 folks who will register so this is your best chance of winning a brand new Harley Davidson at Daytona Bike Week and all it takes is three minutes of your time.

David Burton, a former leader for over 25 years in the Florida State Baptist Convention explains,