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Sacrament of Evangelism

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ISBN-10: 0802422888

ISBN-13: 9780802422880

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jerry Root, Stan Guthrie, Lyle Dorsett

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A recent statistic suggests that 15% of the churches in America are growing but only 2.2% are growing evangelistically.Much of the church in America has lost its evangelistic zeal and forgotten how to re-ignite it; this book is an attempt to light the fuse of the powder keg so that the church, long-distracted by so many things, might return to its primary mission in the world.We do not take Christ to anyone; He is already there. We go to make explicit what we see Him doing implicitly. It is not a question of whether God is at work in His world . . . Our hope is to see more of Godrs"s people at work with Him! Learn about why we share our faith, Christ's role in our evangelism, the deep…    
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Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Publication date: 4/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

DR. JERRY ROOT is an Associate Professor at Wheaton College where he teaches graduate courses in the MA in Evangelism Program as well as courses in the undergraduate Christian Formation and Ministry Department. In addition, Jerry is a visiting professor at Biola University and Talbot Graduate School of Theology in La Mirada, California.Jerry has written many books centered around the teachings of C.S. Lewis. He has lectured on C. S. Lewis at 48 College or University Campuses in 11 countries. He has taught college and graduate courses on C. S. Lewis for 30 consecutive years.Jerry and his wife Claudia have four married children, four grandchildren, and a Welsh Corgi; they live in Wheaton,…    

Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and hosts a weekly podcast with John Wilson of Books & Culture. Stan writes for BreakPoint.org and ReligionToday.com and is author of All That Jesus Asks, A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy, and Missions in the Third Millennium. He is also the coauthor of The Sacrament of Evangelism. He lives in Wheaton, Illinois.

Foreword
Preliminaries
Missing Out
Getting Started
Prayer
Target Practice
The Great Commission
Abiding in Christ
Discovering God's Love
Responding to His Love
The Spirit: God's Abiding and Empowering Presence
Character: Habits of the Heart
Mirroring the Presence of Christ in the World
The Gospel and Humanity
Points of Connection
Longing: Pilgrim
Longing: Lover
Longing: Ascetic/Saint
Other Longings
Content and Follow-Up
Who We Are
Communication
Follow-Up #1: Jesus, Prayer, and Bible Study
Follow-Up #2: Worship, Fellowship, Obedience, and Stewardship
Reproducing Reproducers
Notes
Subject index
Scripture index
Acknowledgments