The Effective Invitation: A Practical Guide for the Pastor

by R. Alan Streett

Publisher:

Kregel

, 1995

Overview

Dr. R. Alan Streett provides practical and biblical models to revitalize the “altar call” in this expanded second edition of The Effective Invitation. Dr. Streett traces the historical practice of the public invitation from the New Testament to contemporary preachers and evangelists. Various models and principles for effective invitations are provided and can be adapted to many different ministry styles.

Included are:

• New illustrations and biblical references on repentance and faith
• New examination of objectives to the invitation
• Guidelines for reaching children and teens
• Suggestions for using music with invitations
• Contemporary invitation models

The unique resource will help pastors, evangelists, and Bible teachers clearly and effectively invite others to follow Christ.

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Key Features

• Provides a study of the public invitation
• Addresses the need to call people publicly to Christ
• Offers counsel as to how the invitation can be handled

Contents

• Tell Me, What Is the Gospel?
• The Theological Content of the Invitation
• The Public Invitation—Is It Biblical?
• Evangelists and Invitations
• Billy Graham’s Use of the Public Invitation
• Answering the Critics
• Extending a Public Invitation—The Reasons Why
• How to Prepare and Deliver a Public Invitation
• Invitational Models
• Music and the Invitation
• Inviting Children to Christ

Product Details

• Title: The Effective Invitation: A Practical Guide for the Pastor
• Author: R. Alan Streett
• Edition: 2nd
• Publisher: Kregel
• Publication Date: 2004
• Pages: 272
• Resource Type: Topical
• Topic: Preaching and Homiletics

About R. Alan Streett

R. Alan Streett (PhD) (University of Wales, UK) is Senior Research Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology at Criswell College (Dallas, TX), and served as Editor of Criswell Theological Review. He is author of The Effective Invitation (Kregel), Subversive Meals (Pickwick), Heaven on Earth (Harvest House), Caesar and the Sacrament (Cascade), Songs of Resistance (Cascade), and Exploring the Paranormal (Eerdmans). He has contributed chapters to several edited books. Streett is an elected member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

Sample Pages from The Effective Invitation: A Practical Guide for the Pastor