The History of Evangelism in North America

by Thomas P. Johnston

Publisher:

Kregel

, 2021

Overview

Encounter North American evangelism from the Great Awakening to the present day.

A History of Evangelism in North America guides readers on a tour through circuit riders and tent meetings to campus evangelism and online ministries. Academic research combines with gospel faithfulness and love for the lost in this historical survey. Encountering these prominent evangelism movements will inspire innovation and courage in the call to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Few Christians recognize the historical backgrounds of various evangelistic ministries, their theological traditions, or their guiding principles. A History of Evangelism in North America explores evangelism methodologies and legacies from the early 1700s to today. Experts deliver current scholarship on twenty-two evangelists and ministries, including the following:

• John Wesley and itinerant preachers
• The camp meeting movement
• The American Bible Society and Bible distribution evangelism
• The Navigators and personal discipleship
• Billy Graham and crusade evangelism
• Campus ministries
• The Jesus Movement
• 21st-century evangelistic approaches

A History of Evangelism in North America promises to have lasting value for those who study evangelism, missions, Christian history, and the church in North America.

Key Features

• Explores evangelism methodologies and legacies from the early 1700s to today
• Provides current scholarship on twenty-two evangelists and ministries
• Examines evangelism, missions, Christian history, and the church in North America

Product Details

• Title: A History of Evangelism in North America
• Author: Thomas P. Johnston
• Publisher: Kregel
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 345
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Evangelistic work › United States--History
• ISBNs: 9780825447099, 0825447097
• Resource ID: LLS:HSTVGNLSMNRTMRC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:39:41Z

About Thomas P. Johnston

Thomas P. Johnston is Associate Professor of Evangelism at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of Examining Billy Graham's Theology of Evangelism (Wipf & Stock, 2003), Charts for a Theology of Evangelism (2007), Evangelizology (2010), and A Historical Theology Duo: Inquisition and Martyrdom + Chronological Theology (2010).