Evangelism through the Local Church: A Comprehensive Guide to All Aspects of Evangelism (The Eerdmans Michael Green Collection)

by Michael Green

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2023

Overview

A comprehensive guide to practical evangelism: its biblical basis, theological backbone, and current practice.

Michael Green draws from a lifetime’s experience in this seminal work on the theory and practice of evangelism. Green shows how the good news of Christ is communicated most effectively through the local church. This comprehensive resource includes a primer on Christian apologetics and concrete suggestions for congregations and individuals sharing the gospel. Green challenges the hang-ups which so often accompany the very mention of evangelism. His classic work will continue to inspire new generations of evangelists.

Key Features

• Includes a primer on Christian apologetics
• Shows how the good news of Christ is communicated most effectively through the local church
• Draws from a lifetime’s experience

Contents

• Part I: Issues for the Church
• Part II: The Secular Challenge
• Part III: Church-Based Evangelism
• Part IV: Practical Appendixes

Praise for the Print Edition

Earlier in my ministry, when church planters came to me and asked, ‘What should I read?’ I always gave them . . . Michael Green’s Evangelism through the Local Church, . . . a practical how-to guide for getting the gospel out.

—Timothy Keller, in his foreword to Dynamics of Spiritual Life

Here is down-to-earth, tested wisdom, set forth with mature expertise and British brilliance, on the strategically vital theme of turning every Christian congregation into an active evangelistic unit. I do not know any manual on congregational evangelism that is half as good as this one.

—J. I. Packer

Out of his rich experience as pastor, evangelist, and theologian, Michael Green has given us a magnificent book packed full of nuggets of truth and practical advice.

—Leighton Ford

Product Details

• Title: Evangelism through the Local Church: A Comprehensive Guide to All Aspects of Evangelism
• Author: Michael Green
• Series: The Eerdmans Michael Green Collection
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 590
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christianity › Evangelism; Evangelistic work
• ISBNs: 9780802882547, 0802882544
• Resource ID: LLS:VNGLSMLCLVNGLSM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-24T17:40:10Z

About Michael Green

Michael Green (1930–2019) was one of the best-known British evangelical theologians and preachers of his generation. A scholar with degrees from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Toronto, Green had a passion for evangelism and a rare talent for communicating complex ideas in easy-to-understand language. In 1996, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey granted Green a Lambeth degree of Doctor of Divinity. He led university missions on six continents, pastored St. Aldate's Church Oxford, and introduced innovative approaches in seminary education. He authored more than seventy books across a range of fields, including evangelism, apologetics, biblical commentary, and academic theology.