NEW BOOK OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MODERN EVANGELISM
By Jeremy Reynalds (03/24/06)
When evangelism expert Scott Dawson surveyed more than six thousand Christians about why people have a hard time sharing their faith, the results were revealing. The three responses most frequently given were: ignorance, fear, and a fear that they would lose their friends.
With that in mind, aiming to equip Christians with confidence in sharing their faith, Dawson compiled “The Complete Evangelism Guidebook: Expert Advice on Reaching Others for Christ” (Baker Books, 2006), described by its publishers in a news release as “the most comprehensive manual on evangelism to date.”
“I cannot imagine anything that helps people more than introducing them to Jesus Christ,” Dawson said in a news release. “Evangelism saves people not only from dying without Christ, but also from living without Him. And as they live with Him and for Him, they become salt and light in a world lost in darkness, sorrow, conflict, violence, and fear.”
The book features 70 articles written by about 60 evangelism experts, including Rick Warren, Luis Palau, Josh McDowell, George Barna, and Ted Haggard. “The Complete Evangelism Guidebook” deals with multiple aspects of evangelism, from defining faith to demonstrating faith and declaring faith to defending faith.
In addition to providing material on how and why Christians should share their faith, it also deals with how to effectively evangelize specific “people groups.” These groups, the news release states, include relationships with family, friends, and co-workers, but are also specifically broken down by age, vocation, religion, race, life situations, and gender or sexual orientation.
Commenting in the news release, John Corts, former president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said, “These insights form a complete toolbox of ideas that are fresh, novel, experienced, and useful in building gospel presentations for a diverse audience. Scott Dawson and his friends have masterfully crafted a comprehensive guide that is sure to be a practical tool in the workshop of the mind, to be consulted often for evangelistic excellence. I loved its thoroughness, variety, simple practicality, and confidence-building sense of contemporary understanding that is reality for today's seekers.”
Scott Dawson is founder of the Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information about Dawson’s ministry, go to http://www.scottdawson.org/
The Complete Evangelism Guidebook will be available in bookstores April 1, 2006.
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