Letter: A less loud strategy may pay greater dividends for Belfast city centre street preachers

A letter from Rev Gordon Dane (Belfast City Council nuisance noise byelaws are aimed at restricting open air preachers, November 29) accurately hits the nail on the head regarding attempts to ban Belfast street preaching or literature distribution.

But is it realistic or reasonable to use electronic amplifiers or loudspeakers in shared public spaces?

JW's (Jehovah's Witnesses) assemble at a west side of City Hall pavement site. They deny the deity of Our Lord – the central New Testament belief – and hold an aversion to blood transfusion, based on an odd interpretation of Levitical food or purity laws.

Charles Russell, an early JW leader, allegedly predicted the world's end in 1914.

I do not agree with core JW beliefs, and would never consider joining the group.

But could orthodox trinitarian Christian evangelists learn a lot from studying the JW group's quieter strategy?

Sensitive engagement with seekers might pay a greater dividend than city centre megaphone use.

James Hardy, Belfast, BT5