Editing Open-air preaching (section)

==In the Bible==
[[File:Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|A representative painting of [[Jesus Christ]] delivering the open-air [[Sermon on the Mount]]]]
One of the earliest open-air preachers of Christianity, according to the [[gospels]], was Jesus Christ, whose first specifically recorded sermon was the [[Sermon on the Mount]],<ref name="Spurgeon, Pg. 234" /><ref name=Spurgeon>http://www.biblebelievers.com/StreetPreaching2.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410185730/http://biblebelievers.com/StreetPreaching2.html |date=2007-04-10 }} "OPEN-AIR PREACHING, A SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY AND REMARKS THEREON", [[Charles H. Spurgeon]].</ref> which took place on a mountainside in the open air.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205%3A1&version=NIV|title=Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 5:1 - New International Version|website=Bible Gateway}}</ref> In the [[Gospel of Luke]] ({{bibleref2|Luke|6:17–49}}), it was recorded that Jesus also gave an open-air sermon known as the [[Sermon on the Plain]].<ref name="Spurgeon"/> In Mark 16:15, street preaching is seen as a commandment from Jesus as a way to warn people about sins and their consequences. This is supported by [[Isaiah]] 58:1 and [[Jeremiah]] 2:2.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beginner's Discipleship Class 13c : Why Street Preaching is Biblical |url=https://realbiblebelievers.com/beginners-discipleship-class-13c-streetpreaching-and-why-it-is-biblical/ |website=Real Bible Believers |date=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What is Biblical Street Evangelism? - Right Biblical Street Evangelism |url=https://www.conformingtojesus.com/what_is_biblical_street_evangelism.htm |website=www.conformingtojesus.com |language=en}}</ref>

After Jesus' death and resurrection, many of his [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostles]] and followers started street preaching [[the gospel]] in the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple of Jerusalem]] and in other open spaces.<ref name="Spurgeon, Pg. 234"/><ref name="Spurgeon"/> 

The [[Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry]] lists the "many examples of street preaching in the Bible" as including Noah, Solomon, Ezra, Jeremiah, Jonah, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, Peter, Paul, Phillip and Apollos.<ref>Tony Miano/Matt Slick, "Are There Examples of Street Preaching in the Bible?" ''Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry'' http://www.carm.org/biblical-examples-street-preaching</ref>