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Engage: Tools for Contemporary Evangelism
Do you want to engage in evangelism but aren't sure how?
The emerging generation in today’s culture believes evangelism is wrong according to recent studies. Yet Scripture is “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19 ESV). So how do we lead people to Jesus in a church with members who think evangelism is wrong? And how do we connect people with Jesus in an ever-changing culture? How do we share Jesus in a multicultural world?
Engage is a thorough guide to the daily ministry of sharing Christ with those in the world around you. This compilation handbook contains more than X chapters and covers effective evangelism to the elderly, children, and families while encouraging the church to become multicultural. Research and recommendations cover evangelism in various settings such as Sunday School, missions, and social justice situations to name a few. Become equipped to remind fellow believers of the New Testament context of evangelism, how morality can be engaged in evangelistic efforts, and lead others to understand the importance of prayer. This handbook covers these topics and so much more. Specifically, Engage offers you access to the research and tools you need to be equipped as you understand
Theology behind evangelism Context of evangelism Role of the pastor and individual as evangelist Effective ways to reach children, the elderly, families and those marginalized by the church Elements of effective public invitations If leading people to Jesus is your heart’s desire, Engage is the resource you need. Be the leader and instrument God uses to change the world. It's time to engage in evangelism!
The emerging generation in today’s culture believes evangelism is wrong according to recent studies. Yet Scripture is “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19 ESV). So how do we lead people to Jesus in a church with members who think evangelism is wrong? And how do we connect people with Jesus in an ever-changing culture? How do we share Jesus in a multicultural world?
Engage is a thorough guide to the daily ministry of sharing Christ with those in the world around you. This compilation handbook contains more than X chapters and covers effective evangelism to the elderly, children, and families while encouraging the church to become multicultural. Research and recommendations cover evangelism in various settings such as Sunday School, missions, and social justice situations to name a few. Become equipped to remind fellow believers of the New Testament context of evangelism, how morality can be engaged in evangelistic efforts, and lead others to understand the importance of prayer. This handbook covers these topics and so much more. Specifically, Engage offers you access to the research and tools you need to be equipped as you understand
Theology behind evangelism Context of evangelism Role of the pastor and individual as evangelist Effective ways to reach children, the elderly, families and those marginalized by the church Elements of effective public invitations If leading people to Jesus is your heart’s desire, Engage is the resource you need. Be the leader and instrument God uses to change the world. It's time to engage in evangelism!
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First published October 7, 2019
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January 1, 2025
In short, this book reads like a school group project — surface-level, redundant, and lacking a unified voice. You would likely be better off reading another introduction to the subject, which will be likely to say more in fewer pages.
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To elaborate: This book was written to honor the retirement of Dr. Chuck Kelley, put together mostly by the faculty of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Some chapters felt like fairly standard introductions (such as motivations for evangelism, theology of evangelism, etc.), but others were overly specific (such as the role of the Holy Spirit in evangelism as seen in Luke's quotations of Isaiah). Ultimately, it is hard to tell who the intended audience of the book was, or if there was an intended goal other than publishing something (anything).
Accordingly, many of the chapters clearly felt like they were assigned simply to include someone in the project, and many of them read like they were only written because they were asked — though I do believe every contributor personally cares about evangelism, this is not the primary field of many of the contributors. So while some chapters had good material, and I enjoyed reading certain parts, but I eventually had to drag myself to finish the book.
Furthermore, some author's contributions were more passionate than they were well-studied, leading to moments of frustration in my own reading. However, I won't point to specific critiques, since the book is 500 pages with 35 different contributors, and it would be unfair to those more well-versed in the subject to cite such mistakes made by the minority.
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In the final analysis, I give the book two stars. While much of the book makes a fine introduction to the topic (probably the majority), the book is also imprecise and redundant. You'd likely miss nothing if instead you picked up a 300-page introduction written by a well-respected author from the field.
•••
To elaborate: This book was written to honor the retirement of Dr. Chuck Kelley, put together mostly by the faculty of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Some chapters felt like fairly standard introductions (such as motivations for evangelism, theology of evangelism, etc.), but others were overly specific (such as the role of the Holy Spirit in evangelism as seen in Luke's quotations of Isaiah). Ultimately, it is hard to tell who the intended audience of the book was, or if there was an intended goal other than publishing something (anything).
Accordingly, many of the chapters clearly felt like they were assigned simply to include someone in the project, and many of them read like they were only written because they were asked — though I do believe every contributor personally cares about evangelism, this is not the primary field of many of the contributors. So while some chapters had good material, and I enjoyed reading certain parts, but I eventually had to drag myself to finish the book.
Furthermore, some author's contributions were more passionate than they were well-studied, leading to moments of frustration in my own reading. However, I won't point to specific critiques, since the book is 500 pages with 35 different contributors, and it would be unfair to those more well-versed in the subject to cite such mistakes made by the minority.
•••
In the final analysis, I give the book two stars. While much of the book makes a fine introduction to the topic (probably the majority), the book is also imprecise and redundant. You'd likely miss nothing if instead you picked up a 300-page introduction written by a well-respected author from the field.
November 3, 2022
This was a great book. Some of the sections seemed off topic or unnecessary to achieve the goal of the book. Additionally, with so many writers, there was little continuity from one chapter to the next.
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