Evangelism by the book will both motivate and equip you to become effective in evangelism and discipleship. The history of this living proof video living proof as a video series was first published in 1990 along with a teaching guide living proof. In living proof evangelism as a lifestyle and evangelism for our generation combined and revised, jim petersen shares what hes learned from over 25 years of working with the unchurched. This book is an introduction to the standard methods of proving mathematical theorems.
One form of pre evangelism i have encouraged is for christians to have a conversation about the conversation. Evangelism and revival evangelist william blackburn. Evangelism, then, is the english term for the act of communicating the gospel, an act conveyed in the new testament by the verb euangelizo to bring good news. Psalm proverbs even if you are a good person proverbs you have not lived a perfect life. So, in summation, the answer to the question is evangelism biblical. Evangelism intellectual methods of evangelism the romans.
In living proof evangelism as a lifestyle and evangelism for our generation combined and revised, jim petersen. This is my favourite, though it seems to be unavailable. Perhaps the most recognizable one is what we know as the great commission. Individual evangelists were also, from time to time. For those who feel so led or, better, have the gift. Today we have the gospels, the book of acts and the epistles to teach us about the holy spirits ministry in our lives and in the life of christs church. Evangelism was one of the biggest obstacles to my embracing the doctrines of grace. But what is not biblical is the notion that there is an individual mandate for christians to evangelize other people. Our ministries consist of church revivals, area crusades along with producing videos and books on evangelism training and dynamic christian living. We come today to article 11 of the baptist faith and message, the section dealing with missions and evangelism. In the modern worldview, and certainly in modern evangelism strategies, reaching out to people is not all that different from sales.
Moments with the book is a nonprofit publisher of gospel tracts and other booklets for evangelism and christian growth and outreach. It is with much burden and forethought that i take pen and paper to write this article. This is a book full of short biographical sketches of men. If baptism were part of salvation, then it would say we were justified by faith and baptism. The voluminous counsel inregard to lay evangelism, set forth so fully in other 8 e. One might call it a study in his strategy of evangelism around. The masters way of personal evangelism by robert e. We hope these books will both equip and instill in you a fervency to share christ with others. William blackburn ministries is located in fort smith, arkansas. The romans road is an intellectual method of evangelism based on pauls book of. Learning evangelism from the apostle paul october 5, 2012 by kevin daly this is an edited version of a presentation given at the conference influencing muslims for jesus christ in benoni, south africa, on 27 april 2012. I first read this book in the late 70s when i was wrestling with questions regarding calvinism.
As such, the book does not seek to interpret specific methods of jesus in personal or mass evangelism. Evangelism gets a bad reputation when we are uninterested in people and dont seem to care about them. He shows that, although many people dont want to hear about our faith, they will talk about their own felt needsneeds that can only be met in christ. Many believers search their hearts in condemnation, looking for the arrival of some feeling of benevolence that will propel them into bold evangelism. Romans road evangelism is the commonly used romans road approach to evangelism a supernaturally blessed plan of god or a supersales pitch organized by men. August 19, 2019 march 15, 2019 by erik manning wellmeaning christians argue that using evidence and reason doesnt bring people to faith. Many would suggest, for example, that the purpose of the church is fellowship. Its author has illustrated its principles by his own life. Living proof ministries is dedicated to encourage people to come to know and love jesus christ through the study of scripture. These people too, show their proof from their favorite texts in the new testament and paint a wide picture of biblical forms of evangelism. The lamad book of mission e 5 chapter 1 a revelation based approach to mission and evangelism in secularised britain, europe, america i have been involved in mission and evangelism to the so called unchurched sector of british society for the past 19 years.
The concepts presented in this and the original video came from three books written by jim peterson. Both sides have their various authors, books, and related training ministries, and sometimes they get in each others way. It is clearly biblical that the church has a duty to spread the gospel message. This book is probably more about discipleship than it is evangelism, but its a classic. I have a friend, who is asking me scientific proof of the bible. Remember this guy comes from an asian indian background, is an engineer and is an atheist. There are some things that need to be said before stating the truths of.
I think the command to do the work of an evangelist simply expressed pauls concern that timothy might not lose his zeal for lost souls as he became more and more engrossed in his primary duties. Have you ever wondered what it feels like to have a love for the lost. There are a number of passages which are clearly behind this article. The mathematical proof for christianity is irrefutable. In a group setting if you are going through living proof in a small group, you can expect each session to last approximately 90 minutes. The book of acts furnishes ample proof of what may be accomplished by public evangelism and of the place it should occupy in the program of the church. Timothys primary function or area of giftedness was not evangelism, but paul challenged him to do the work of an evangelist, cf. God didnt have to give us proof of christianity, but he chose to do so.
The history of this living proof video living proof lessons. It has been approved by the american institute of mathematics open textbook initiative. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead. Seven book recommendations for giving to nonchristians. The instruction in this book is restricted almost entirely to the evangelistic work of the minister and the bible instructor. Evangelism how the series works there are twelve session in this series, and we recommend you cover them in 12 weeks.
Its a place to make friends, to provide activity for the family, to enjoy friendships, to enjoy spiritual activities together, recreation, cultivate relationships, to work together in families, and raising children, et cetera, and sort of hang out together until. The proof is found in gods wordthe word that has no contradictions. The master plan of evangelism isnt really a book about evangelism, especially not in the modern evangelical worldview. Breakout god on the move through the book of acts brad bailey may 6, 2012 intro wherever you are on your process of knowing godthere have been some significant people who helped you along the. Each book in the series is an extension from mark devers book nine marks of a healthy church. Here is a short list of the best evangelism books weve read, compiled by one of our best staff evangelists, daniel simmons, who is our north raleigh campus pastor. So this would probably take about an hour to talk through, but ids good stuff jeremiah 1 john god hates sin. In my book bringing the gospel home i compared this to the need to step on the clutch before shifting gears while driving a car with a manual transmission.
Some phases of evangelism have been delineated in nearly all the ellen g. White productions, also guidance on literature evangelism. Its hard to find another single volume that functions as much like an evangelism toolbox while still building its case on the bible and history. Scientific proof on the bible daily evangelism rzim. As proof, this evangelism business has made quite a few evangelists rich playing the numbers game.
Rather this is a study in principles underlying his ministryprinciples that determined his methods. Please send me links of articles or relevant books. This is a term we use as part of our christian jargon. Evangelism as a lifestyle, evangelism for our generation. Packers book was a big help, and so was reading spurgeons sermonsseveral hundred of them over a period of several years. Bible verses related to evangelism from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order mark 16.
And god didnt have to give us proof of his love for us, but that is exactly what he did. I wanted to know what resources could i point him to do his reading. As such, these worthies wrought revivals of righteousness, raised up standards of spirituality. Phillip in acts is a good example of early church evangelism. Here be sober in all things clearly does not refer to literal sobriety, which timothy was in little danger of transgressing l timothy 5. And he points to the gift of the holy spirit as proof of christs lordship. God didnt have to give us mathematical proof of his existence, but he did it anyway. They are not based any sales ranking or statistics, or in any particular order, but are books that i have read on the subject of personal witnessing and narrowed down to my top ten personal evangelism books. Workplace grace offers a simple, nonthreatening approach to evangelism. It has little to say about the resolutions the apostles adopted, but it does tell what they accomplished by preaching. Every person we talk to is an amazing creation of god with a thousand interesting experiences. Sharing the gospel naturally 97808910956 by jim petersen. Book on relational evangelism which discussed making christ the center of spiritual. A great look at the biblical mandate to train the saints for the work of evangelism.