KEEPING THE FAITH
Street-pastor in Denmark

STREET-PASTOR IN DENMARK

Mette Præstegård Friis is a street-pastor in Esbjerg, a major fishing port and the base for Danish offshore oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.
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On Friday and Saturday nights Mette visits the discotheques and clubs where many young people go. As Mette says: “The discotheques are of course not a place for any serious conversation, but it gives the youth a chance to see and meet me and a first contact is established. Then during the week there is the possibility to meet me personally or reach me by phone, SMS and over the Internet. If the church wants to be in touch with the youth we need to be where they are.”