Evangelism













 

Preface
  1. The Challenge to Evangelism

    1. Proclaiming the Message
    2. Ever-Widening Influence of the Gospel
    3. The Need of Evangelistic Workers

  2. The Metropolitan Masses

    1. In the Shadow of Impending Doom
    2. Increasing Difficulties
    3. The Call for a Speedy Work
    4. Special Opportunities for Evangelism
    5. Surveying the Needs of the Large Cities
    6. Problems Peculiar to Metropolitan Evangelism
    7. The Promise of an Abundant Harvest

  3. Smaller Communities and Rural Areas

    1. The Highways and Byways
    2. Rural Workers

  4. Planning for the Public Campaign

    1. Patterning After the Master Evangelist
    2. Planning an Expanding Evangelism
    3. Moving Forward by Faith
    4. Evangelism of the Highest Type
    5. The Evangelist and His Team
    6. Advantages of Two and Two
    7. The Evangelistic Site
    8. The Outpost Centers
    9. Planning Sectional and Suburban Meetings
    10. Planning for a Permanent Work
    11. Finance and the Budget
    12. The Business Management of the Campaign

  5. Organizing for Evangelistic Meetings

    1. Methods and Organization
    2. The Evangelistic Company
    3. Importance of Prayerful Counselling
    4. Unity in Diversity
    5. Allowing for More Than One Mans Method
    6. The City Field Training School
    7. Reviving and Organizing the Church for Service
    8. Relationship of Evangelist and Pastor
    9. Guarding Against Overorganization

  6. The Public Effort

    1. Our Present Truth Message
    2. Arresting Public Attention
    3. Successful and Impressive Advertising Methods
    4. The Evangelist in Publicity
    5. Avoiding Display and the Sensational
    6. Guarding Proper Approaches
    7. Platform Decorum Announcements and Preliminaries
    8. Interest-Holding Features
    9. Inquiry and Question Meetings
    10. Getting Acquainted With the People
    11. Printed Sermons And Literature
    12. The Debate

  7. The Message and its Presentation

    1. Spirit and Manner of Presenting the Message
    2. The Evangelistic Sermon
    3. Christ the Center of the Message
    4. Prophetic Preaching that Arrests Attention
    5. Restraining Without Obscuring Truth
    6. Truth-Teaching Devices
    7. Stories Anecdotes Jesting and Joking
    8. False Tests and Man-Made Standards

  8. Preaching the Distinctive Truths

    1. Heralding the Second Advent
    2. The Sanctuary Truth
    3. Presenting the Law and the Sabbath
    4. Meeting Sabbathkeeping Problems
    5. Preaching on Nonimmortality
    6. The Message of Christian Stewardship
    7. Presentation of the Spirit of Prophecy
    8. Presenting Health and Christian Standards
    9. The Ordinances

  9. Clinching the Interest

    1. Preaching for the Final Decision
    2. Appeals and Altar Calls
    3. Helping Souls to Be Converted
    4. Gathering in the Interested
    5. Methods of Clinching Decisions
    6. Meeting Prejudice and Opposition
    7. Baptism and Church Membership
    8. Binding Off Thoroughly
    9. Length of Effort and Closing The Campaign
    10. Determining the Success of Meetings

  10. Establishing and Holding New Converts

    1. Follow-up Methods
    2. Integrating New Believers into the Church
    3. Pastoral Evangelism
    4. Responsibility of Spiritual Laymen to New Converts
    5. Helping New Believers to Win Souls
    6. Guarding New Members Against Error And Fanaticism
    7. Reclaiming Backsliders
    8. Rebaptism
    9. Providing Church Buildings
    10. On to New Fields

  11. The Work in the Large American Cities

    1. New York
    2. Boston and New England
    3. Cities of the East and South
    4. Cities of the Central States
    5. The Western Cities

  12. Heralding the Message in Other Continents

    1. Sounding the Message in Europe
    2. England and Its Cities
    3. The Cities of Northern Europe
    4. In Southern Europe
    5. Working the Australasian Cities

  13. Personal Work

    1. The Need for Personal Work
    2. House-to-House Visitation
    3. Winning Families
    4. Evangelistic Visiting
    5. Ministers Giving Bible Readings
    6. Learning the Art of Personal Work
    7. Prejudice Broken Down
    8. Working for the Aged
    9. Ellen G. Whites Experience and Methods as a Personal Worker

  14. The Bible Instructor

    1. Bible Teaching the Objective
    2. Personal Workers and Wise Counselors
    3. Searching for the Lost
    4. Women in Evangelism
    5. Both Men and Women Called to Bible Work
    6. The Gospel Visitor
    7. Women in Public Ministry
    8. Training and Background
    9. Bible Instructors Qualifications
    10. Bible Work Techniques
    11. Lessons from the Master Teacher
    12. Results of Bible Work
    13. Adequate Wages for Women Workers
    14. Cautions to the Bible Instructor

  15. Song Evangelism

    1. The Ministry of Song
    2. Music in Evangelism
    3. The Singing Evangelist
    4. Emphasis in Congregational Singing
    5. The Music Personnel
    6. Timely Cautions

  16. Medical Evangelism

    1. An Entering Wedge
    2. The True Objective of Medical Evangelism
    3. Relationship to Gospel Ministry
    4. Simplicity of Method
    5. An Antitobacco and Temperance Message
    6. Medical Evangelism in the Cities
    7. Institutional Evangelism
    8. The Consecrated Physician and the Missionary Nurse
    9. Balancing Cautions

  17. Laboring for Special Classes

    1. Working for All Classes
    2. Reaching Men of Means and Influence
    3. Ministers of Other Denominations
    4. Laboring for the Middle Class
    5. Working for Fallen Humanity
    6. The Stranger in Our Midst
    7. Reaching Catholics
    8. A Large Harvest from the Jews
    9. Child Evangelism
    10. Those in the Tourist Centers
    11. The Street Meeting

  18. Dealing With False Science, Cults, Isms, and Secret Societies

    1. Satan Gains Foothold Through False Doctrines
    2. Miracles Not a Test
    3. False Sanctification and Holiness
    4. Pantheistic and Spiritualistic Theories
    5. Various Forms of Spiritualism
    6. Fanaticism and Extremism
    7. Misrepresentations of the Godhead
    8. Secret Societies
    9. Combating Erroneous Teaching

  19. The Worker and His Qualifications

    1. The Spirit of the Ministry
    2. The Graces of Culture and Kindness
    3. Application to the Work
    4. Concentrating on the Main Task
    5. Health and Health Principles
    6. The Voice of the Gospel Worker
    7. Personal Appearance of the Evangelist
    8. The Evangelists Wife
    9. Maintaining a High Moral Standard
    10. The Internship Period
    11. Calls to and Transfers of the Evangelistic Worker

  20. The Message Triumphant

    1. When the Loud Cry Sounds
    2. The Reason for the Delay
    3. Power for Finishing the Work
    4. Present Hour of Opportunity
    5. Speedy Triumphant Climax