Evangelism Resources

By W. Stephen Gunter

By: George G. Hunter III
Publisher: Abingdon Press (April 1987)

To Spread the Power: Church Growth in the Wesleyan Spirit author: George G. Hunter III asin: 0687422590

The General Board of Discipleship provides Evangelistic Preaching Helps on their website at www.GBOD.org/evangelism. It is a monthly online resource to assist pastors in developing evangelistically focused sermons.

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Originally published at Offering Christ Today Online , a publication of GBOD

We are approaching the beginning of a new year in the Christian calendar. Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Christ again into our world and into our lives — for some, maybe the coming of Christ for the first time. We look to Christmas when God came in Christ Jesus as Emmanuel, God with us. What a gift — this time of year when we remember again and focus on the message of the angels:

The General Board of Discipleship offers this manual as a dowload-able PDF file. The manual offers suggested resources as well as small-group session outlines and discussion questions.

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By: Robert Schnase
Publisher: Abingdon Press (2007)

This book outlines for clergy and lay leadership practices for becoming a more outreach and mission-oriented church faithful to making disciples for Jesus Christ.

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations author: Robert Schnase asin: 0687645409

By: Adam Hamilton
Publisher: Abingdon Press (2002)

Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, shares his insights as pastor of a church plant. He divulges the questions he asked himself and the leaders in the church on how they could reach out to the community around them and be a missional presence in their area.

Leading Beyond the Walls: Developing Congregations With a Heart for the Unchurched author: Adam Hamilton asin: 0687064155

“Evil. The very word has the power to conjure up a sense of threat and make us stop and wonder. Why is there evil? What is it exactly? Where does it come from?

Ron Crandall wrote a guest article for EvangelismCoach.org entitled ABIDE: A Model for Renewing Smaller Congregations.

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