By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post. (Image: Content Pixie/Unsplash)
Former medium-turned-Christian apologist Jenn Nizza recently sat down with Don Veinot, president of Midwest Christian Outreach, to discuss what happens when believers show up at Paganicon, an annual convention for pagans, Wiccans and spiritual seekers, in the name of Jesus.
In a recent episode of Nizza’s podcast, “Ex Psychic Saved,” titled “Outreach to Cults, Pagans, and Atheists: What Happens When Christians Show Up at Paganicon,” Veinot shared how he and his team regularly attend the annual pagan spirituality convention to share the Gospel with those mired in deception.
Raised by an atheist father and a spiritually curious mother who was into astrology and fortune telling, Veinot shared his journey from disbelief to Christianity.
“I couldn’t really be honest and be an atheist,” he said. “Because there’s a claim to know something I can’t know. I can’t know God doesn’t exist, right?”
Veinot came to Christ after reading books recommended by his wife, Joy. “I thought, I’ll go with the guy who raised Himself from the dead instead of the guy who just thinks he knows stuff,” he recalled.
Eventually, the couple began ministry work by reaching Jehovah’s Witnesses through audio tapes and hotline support. One family left the Watchtower Society after listening to Joy’s tapes, including a man who had been a Jehovah’s Witness for 35 years.
“We are in a ministry because of that woman’s prayer. That’s how it started,” Veinot said.
That same heart for outreach would eventually lead Don and Joy into more unconventional spaces, including Paganicon.
“So that’s how we got started in kind of reaching out to Wiccans,” Veinot explained. “You need to grow in your faith. You need to understand the Scriptures. You need to be discipled in the faith. Because there literally is a cult or religion out there for you.”