Wondering what books would most inspire and inform you—and other leaders—as you and your congregation engage in new opportunities to learn, grow, and serve? Congregational Resource Guide staff put together its Fall 2007 top pics. Among them, Unbinding the Gospel: Real Life Evangelism.
Defining evangelism as "anything you do to help another person move closer to a relationship with God, or into Christian community," Martha Grace Reese shares the results of her four-year evangelism research project funded by Lilly Endowment. She discusses evangelism in mainline churches today, presents stories of churches that are effectively sharing their faith, and helps readers tap into their own evangelistic spirit. Accessible information is presented in short chapters that combine scriptural references, tools, and exercises. Effective evangelism is based on strong and life-giving relationships with God, the congregation, and those outside the congregation. This book helps readers identify and act on those relationships.
The Alban Institute and the Indianapolis Center for Congregations wish you and yours a vital and transformational season.