Convert Work

One of the reasons that the Catholic Church is so lame about "evangelization" is that for centuries they relied on the state to support the Catholic Church.  In Europe, for centuries, there was no separation of church and state.  Convert the king/queen and everyone better follow.  But the smaller, mom and pop churches, did not have state support.  So they learned to be more agressive about getting members, while not being punished by the government.  In the United States we have separation of church and state.  The Vatican did not like this in our country.  They had no state support and eventually had to figure out how to be more evangelizing.  In the South, a non-Caholic will ask you right off, "What church do you go to?"  Not where do you live or work, but what is your religion.  A Catholic never would do this.  It just is not us.  And if you said you had no church, the person who asked you would invite you to their church.  By and large, Catholics don't go looking for you.  They wait until you come to them and then they put you in convert classes.