Usage of "street preaching"

Public proselytization of a religious message to crowds of people in open places.

open-air preaching
public preaching

Usage of street preaching in English

No one could exactly shine at street preaching at first, you know. 
 The Judge 

Our work began as a simple religious movement, with street preaching. 
 Cast Adrift 

From his youth he was fond of street preaching. 
 Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography 

In 1829, he was well known, if not for street preaching, for loud discussions and pavement exhortations, but he did not make set sermons. 
 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth 

First, we had George Lee standing around on Merrion Street preaching doom and gloom to the camera. 
 The Irish Times 

Street preaching was added to the apostolic agencies, and for this prudence dictated recourse to the Asiatic and Eurasian converts. 
 The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary 

"I do not approve of street preaching myself," I remarked, a little severely. 
 The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 

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Meanings of street preaching in English