Evangelism Book Recommendations

What are your favorite books on evangelism?  Here are what some others are recommending.

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Danny Akin

Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books on Evangelism and Church Growth.

• Abraham, William J. The Logic of Evangelism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
• Coleman, Robert E. The Master Plan of Evangelism. rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Revell, 1993.
• Green, Michael. Evangelism in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.
• Little, Paul E. How to Give Away Your Faith. Downers Grove: IVP, 1966.
• Malphurs, Aubrey. Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992.
• McGavran, Donald. Understanding Church Growth. 3rd ed., rev. and ed. by Peter Wagner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
• Packer, J.I. Evangelism and the Sovereignity of God. Downers Grove: IVP, 1961.
• Rainer, Thom S. The Book of Church Growth: History, Theology, and Principles. Nashville: Broadman, 1993.
• _______. Effective Evangelistic Churches. Nashville: Broadman, 1996.
• _______. Suprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.
• _______. The Unchurched Next Door. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
• _______. Good to Great Churches. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
• Reid, Alvin. Introduction to Evangelism. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998.
• _______. Radically Unchurched: Who They Are and How to Reach Them. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2002.
• Streett, R. Alan. The Effective Invitation. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1984.
• Wagner, C. Peter. Church Growth and the Whole Gospel: A Biblical Mandate. San Francisco: Harper, 1981.

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Grace Baptist Church

Grace Baptist Church of Cape Coral, Florida (pastored by Tom Ascol) shares on its website the following list of recommended books on Evangelism.

• Tell the Truth: A Training Manual on the Message and Methods of God-Centered Witnessing by Will Metzger
• God-Centered Evangelism by R.B. Kuiper
• The Soul Winner by Charles Spurgeon
• Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J.I. Packer
• A Pastor’s Sketches (2 vol.) by Ichabod Spencer
• The Gospel and Personal Evangelism by Mark Dever
• The Heart of Evangelism by Jerram Barrs
• Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did by Randy Newman
• Puritan Evangelism: A Biblical Approach by Joel Beeke
• A Sure Guide to Heaven by Joseph Alleine
• Today’s Evangelism: Its Message and Methods by Ernest Reisinger

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9Marks

The following titles on EVANGELISM are included in the 9Marks reading list for pastors:

• The Gospel Blimp, Joe Bayly
• Tell The Truth, Will Metzer
• Revival and Revivalism, Iain Murray
• Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, J.I.Packer
• Speaking of Jesus, J.Mack Stiles
• Christianity Explained (Workbook)Scripture Union

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Founders Study Center

The following texts are being used in the Founders Study Center for their course on Evangelism and the Excellencies of God.

• Lighting the way to God: Giving people a context for understanding the Gospel by Jim Odens
• Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel to the Whole Person by Whole People by Will Metzger
• God Centred Evangelism by R. B. Kuiper

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Reformed Theological Seminary

Reformed Theological Seminary lists the following Evangelism and Missions books on its Recommended Reading list for prospective students.

• Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, J.I. Packer
• Right With God, John Blanchard Powerful
• Evangelism for the Powerless, C. John Miller
• Tell the Truth, Will Metzger
• Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper
• Christian Mission, John Stott
• An Introduction to the Science of Missions, J. Herman Bavink
• The Pastor-Evangelist: Preacher, Model, and Mobilizer for Church Growth, Roger Greenway
• Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns, D.A. Carson
• The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society, Lesslie Newbigin
• Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours?, Allen Rolland
• Perspectives on the World Christian Movevment, Ralph Winter
• Mission in the Old Testament, Walter Kaiser
• Gospel and Mission in the Writings of St. Paul, Peter T. O’Brien
• God’s Missionary People, Charles Van Engen
• A Heart for Mission: Five Pioneer Thinkers, Ron Davies
• What In the World is God Doing?, C. Gordon Olson

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J.D. Greear

And, the following are from the Recommended Reading list of J.D. Greear.

• Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley, by Peter Kreeft
• Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal’s Pensees, by Peter Kreeft
• The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out, by Mark Driscoll
• Socrates Meets Jesus: History’s Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ, by Peter Kreeft
• Becoming A Contagious Christian, by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg
• Questioning Evangelism, by Randy Newman
• Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel to the Whole Person, by Will Metzger

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