Crawford began evangelizing almost immediately, even before he felt fully prepared. One of the first people he led to Christ was a gang member and former school bully who had once threatened to kill him.
“We met up at lunch,” Crawford said, “and he fell in my arms crying and needed Jesus.”
When asked for advice on sharing the gospel, Crawford emphasized listening over talking.
“I think listening is the greatest tool of evangelism,” he said. “We always try to talk so much.”
Evangelism, he added, isn’t about overwhelming people or pressuring them into belief. “It’s not love-bombing. It’s just caring about people. And in that, I think God gives you leverage.”
Bryce Crawford Wants to Be a ‘Fool for Jesus’
Crawford also rejected the idea that Generation Z is abandoning Christianity. Based on his evangelism work in Los Angeles, he said he’s seeing a growing hunger for faith.
“We need fathers and mothers who care about our generation to believe in us instead of speak death over us,” Crawford said. “I see a generation really turning to Jesus. People are stepping up.”
Despite his bold public presence, Crawford admitted he still feels nervous when talking to people about faith. When fear sets in, he said he prays the words of Acts 4:29, asking God for boldness.
“I don’t want to live passive,” he told Stuckey. “And if I want to be a fool for anyone, I want to be a fool for Jesus.”
While theological concepts can feel complex, Crawford insisted the gospel itself is not. “God’s not trying to do mental gymnastics with anyone to understand Him,” he said. “He wants a relationship with you.”
For people without a Christian background, Crawford often explains forgiveness using the analogy of canceled debt. Just as a criminal deserves punishment but receives mercy instead, he said, the gospel is about grace replacing what justice demands.
Aspiring apologists, Crawford added, should remain humble. “Don’t be the smartest guy in the room,” he advised. When faced with questions he can’t answer, Crawford says he admits what he doesn’t know and shares what he does.
Stuckey also asked Crawford, who recently married influencer Maddy Dodd, what advice he’d give young people praying for God to bring them the “right person.”
“I don’t think God makes soulmates,” Crawford said. “I think you can fall in love with anyone. But if you don’t love Jesus, you’re not worthy of being trusted with His daughter.”
Instead of fixating on relationships, Crawford encouraged young believers to focus on spiritual maturity. “Work on yourself,” he said. “Make sure you’re right with Jesus, and God will bring you someone He can trust you with when the time is right.”
