Topics: Culture, Evangelism, Outreach, Relevance, Seekers, Spiritual friendship, Unchurched, Visitors & guests

Filters: Church staff, Elder, Evangelism, Hospitality, Outreach, Pastor, Youth pastor

Purpose: Evangelism

References:

Luke 15:1-7

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John 6:44

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1 Timothy 2:1-4

Date Added: August 27, 2007

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Unity in Diversity
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Why God Likes Tiny, Unnoticed Efforts at Evangelism
Seemingly unremarkable and ordinary attempts to love others really do get God's attention.

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Leadership Journal
Reaching and Connecting and Embracing Evangelism
The leading publication for church leaders devotes these issues to how we can communicate the gospel to people around us.

Building a Contagious Church: Revolutionizing the Way We View and Do Evangelism
by Mark Mittelberg
This book anchors evangelism in the local church. It reviews Mittelberg's thinking in Becoming a Contagious Christian (Zondervan, 1996) and expands it into a church plan. (Zondervan, 2000; ISBN 0310221498)

Evangelism Outside the Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News
by Rich Richardson
This book grapples vigorously with postmodern issues (including a courageous chapter that challenges us to re-think how we define the gospel), and offers a way of diagramming the gospel that goes beyond the popular "bridge" illustrations. The pages are packed with practical ideas. (InterVarsity, 2000; ISBN 0830822763)

Growing Your Church Through Evangelism and Outreach
edited by Marshall Shelley
"How to Reach the Happy Pagan," "Opening the Closed American Mind," and more from leading evangelists on getting the good news about Christ out of the pews and into the world. (Moorings, 1996; ISBN 0345395980)

How to Reach Secular People
by George G. Hunter III
In this thorough profile of contemporary secular people, Hunter says such people are often deeply spiritual yet struggle with doubt. To reach them, Hunter challenges us to imagine an approach to evangelism where belonging precedes believing. (Abingdon, 1992; ISBN 0687179300)

Leadership Handbook of Outreach and Care
edited by James D. Berkley
More than 200 articles by church leaders on how to inspire and equip churches for evangelizing people in all walks of life. (Baker, 1994; ISBN 0801090423)

Lost in America: How You and Your Church Can Impact the World Next Door
by Tom Clegg & Warren Bird
The authors show how to do postmodern evangelism by asking the right questions and offering helpful answers. The text is colored with references to popular movies. (Group, 2001; ISBN 076442257x)

Share Jesus without Fear
by William Fay with Linda Evans Shepherd
This book is an antidote to argumentative and antagonistic approaches to evangelism. The foundation is solidly biblical and the method refreshingly relational, offering clear evidence that one-on-one evangelism is doable. (Broadman & Holman, 1999; ISBN 0805418393)

The Master's Plan for Making Disciples
by Win Arn and Charles Arn
This classic book on evangelism is clear and concise. It's based on the "web of relationships" concept, which is how most evangelism actually happens. (1982, 2nd ed., Baker, 1998; ISBN 0801090512)

Evangelism Outside the Box: Helping People Experience the Good News
by Rick Richardson
This book grapples vigorously with postmodern issues (including a courageous chapter that challenges us to re-think how we define the gospel), and offers a way of diagramming the gospel that goes beyond the popular "bridge" illustrations. The pages are packed with practical ideas. (InterVarsity, 2000; ISBN 0830822763)

The Master Plan of Evangelism
by Robert E. Coleman
This classic on evangelism explores the way Jesus went about bringing people into the Kingdom of God and encourages us to follow in his footsteps. The material presented here is simple, yet profound. It will encourage you to reach out to the lost while not placing too much pressure on yourself. (Baker, 2006, ISBN 0800731220)

Becoming a Contagious Christian
by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg
In what has become a standard text on evangelism, Hybels and Mittelberg lay out how autenticity, compassion, and sacrifice form the basis for evangelism. Evangelism is about people, not a program, and it an authentic faith to reach them. The participants guide is a helpful tool in working through the material presented here. (Zondervan, 1996; ISBN 0310210089)

Becoming a Contagious Christian Participant's Guide
by Mark Mittelberg, Lee Strobel, and Bill Hybels
This is the companion to the book Becoming a Contagious Christian. Make your study of the book even better by using the participant's guide with it. (Zondervan, 2006; ISBN 0310257875)

Sharing Christ Together DVD: Six Sessions on Evangelism
by Brett and Deanna Eastman
To get to the heart of evangelism we need to know the heart of Jesus. These six sessions explore this subject and seek to move us away from simply relying on a model of evangelism. (Zondervan, 2005; ISBN 9780310261964)

More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism in a Postmodern Matrix
by Brian D. McLaren
Evangelism is not what it used to be. We find ourselves in a culture where people are often open to spiritual things but not the exclusive claims of Christianity. Delve into what it looks like to engage people in this environment. (Zondervan, 2002; ISBN 0310239648)

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