Evangelism.
Presenting God's last warning message to a doomed world is the "highest, greatest work" ever given to human beings. This comprehensive handbook on evangelism shows how appropriate strategies and personal preparation of both head and heart empower the Christian to lead people to accept Christ and prepare for His soon return.
Jesus said, "Go and teach all nations." His followers obeyed, and "returned with joy." The guiding principles and detail advice in this volume will enable the reader to avoid many pitfalls and succeed in the joyful work of soul winning.
- Preface
- Proclaiming the Message
- Ever-Widening Influence of the Gospel
- The Need of Evangelistic Workers
- In the Shadow of Impending Doom
- Increasing Difficulties
- The Call for a Speedy Work
- Special Opportunities for Evangelism
- Surveying the Needs of the Large Cities
- Problems Peculiar to Metropolitan Evangelism
- The Promise of an Abundant Harvest
- The Highways and Byways
- Rural Workers
- Patterning After the Master Evangelist
- Planning an Expanding Evangelism
- Moving Forward by Faith
- Evangelism of the Highest Type
- The Evangelist and His Team
- Advantages of Two and Two
- The Evangelistic Site
- The Outpost Centers
- Planning Sectional and Suburban Meetings
- Planning for a Permanent Work
- Finance and the Budget
- The Business Management of the Campaign
- Methods and Organization
- The Evangelistic Company
- Importance of Prayerful Counseling
- Unity in Diversity
- Allowing for More Than One Man's Method
- The City Field Training School
- Reviving and Organizing the Church for Service
- Relationship of Evangelist and Pastor
- Guarding Against Overorganization
- Our Present Truth Message
- Arresting Public Attention
- Successful and Impressive Advertising Methods
- The Evangelist in Publicity
- Avoiding Display and the Sensational
- Guarding Proper Approaches
- Platform Decorum, Announcements, and Preliminaries
- Interest-Holding Features
- Inquiry and Question Meetings
- Getting Acquainted With the People
- Printed Sermons And Literature
- The Debate
- Spirit and Manner of Presenting the Message
- The Evangelistic Sermon
- Christ the Center of the Message
- Prophetic Preaching that Arrests Attention
- Restraining Without Obscuring Truth
- Truth-Teaching Devices
- Stories, Anecdotes, Jesting, and Joking
- False Tests and Man-Made Standards
- Heralding the Second Advent
- The Sanctuary Truth
- Presenting the Law and the Sabbath
- Meeting Sabbathkeeping Problems
- Preaching on Nonimmortality
- The Message of Christian Stewardship
- Presentation of the Spirit of Prophecy
- Presenting Health and Christian Standards
- The Ordinances
- Preaching for the Final Decision
- Appeals and Altar Calls
- Helping Souls to Be Converted
- Gathering in the Interested
- Methods of Clinching Decisions
- Meeting Prejudice and Opposition
- Baptism and Church Membership
- Binding Off Thoroughly
- Length of Effort and Closing The Campaign
- Determining the Success of Meetings
- Follow-up Methods
- Integrating New Believers into the Church
- Pastoral Evangelism
- Responsibility of Spiritual Laymen to New Converts
- Helping New Believers to Win Souls
- Guarding New Members Against Error And Fanaticism
- Reclaiming Backsliders
- Rebaptism
- Providing Church Buildings
- On to New Fields
- New York
- Boston and New England
- Cities of the East and South
- Cities of the Central States
- The Western Cities
- Sounding the Message in Europe
- England and Its Cities
- The Cities of Northern Europe
- In Southern Europe
- Working the Australasian Cities
- The Need for Personal Work
- House-to-House Visitation
- Winning Families
- Evangelistic Visiting
- Ministers Giving Bible Readings
- Learning the Art of Personal Work
- Prejudice Broken Down
- Working for the Aged
- Ellen G. White's Experience and Methods as a Personal Worker
- Bible Teaching the Objective
- Personal Workers and Wise Counselors
- Searching for the Lost
- Women in Evangelism
- Both Men and Women Called to Bible Work
- The Gospel Visitor
- Women in Public Ministry
- Training and Background
- Bible Instructor's Qualifications
- Bible Work Techniques
- Lessons from the Master Teacher
- Results of Bible Work
- Adequate Wages for Women Workers
- Cautions to the Bible Instructor
- The Ministry of Song
- Music in Evangelism
- The Singing Evangelist
- Emphasis in Congregational Singing
- The Music Personnel
- Timely Cautions
- An Entering Wedge
- The True Objective of Medical Evangelism
- Relationship to Gospel Ministry
- Simplicity of Method
- An Antitobacco and Temperance Message
- Medical Evangelism in the Cities
- Institutional Evangelism
- The Consecrated Physician and the Missionary Nurse
- Balancing Cautions
- Working for All Classes
- Reaching Men of Means and Influence
- Ministers of Other Denominations
- Laboring for the Middle Class
- Working for Fallen Humanity
- The Stranger in Our Midst
- Reaching Catholics
- A Large Harvest from the Jews
- Child Evangelism
- Those in the Tourist Centers
- The Street Meeting
- Satan Gains Foothold Through False Doctrines
- Miracles Not a Test
- False Sanctification and Holiness
- Pantheistic and Spiritualistic Theories
- Various Forms of Spiritualism
- Fanaticism and Extremism
- Misrepresentations of the Godhead
- Secret Societies
- Combating Erroneous Teaching
- The Spirit of the Ministry
- The Graces of Culture and Kindness
- Application to the Work
- Concentrating on the Main Task
- Health and Health Principles
- The Voice of the Gospel Worker
- Personal Appearance of the Evangelist
- The Evangelist's Wife
- Maintaining a High Moral Standard
- The Internship Period
- Calls to and Transfers of the Evangelistic Worker
- When the Loud Cry Sounds
- The Reason for the Delay
- Power for Finishing the Work
- Present Hour of Opportunity
- Speedy Triumphant Climax