Back When Prince Would Knock on Doors to Preach

Prince aka Brother Nelson

One day in a middle-class suburb of St Louis Park, Minnesota, a woman heard a knock on the door. She then kindly invited the small group of Jehovah’s Witnesses into her home. Once they were settled in, a slightly built man who introduced himself as Brother Nelson and eagerly began a thorough bible presentation right there in the woman’s living room.

Prince in concert on November 10th, 1988

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And she listened, even intently, but something was bothering her. After a moment or two, she interrupted him and said: “Excuse me, but has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like Prince?” The music legend and newfound Jehovah’s Witness smiled at her with a little sparkle in his eye. His verbal response? “It has been said.” He then continued talking about the beauty of God’s Kingdom.