Contributor
Johnston, Thomas P. editor of compilation.
ImprintGrand Rapids, MI : Kregel Academic, [2021].
Imprint2021
Description345 pages ; 22 cm
Note:Jonathan Edwards: Preaching for an awakening / William D. Henard -- David Brainerd: Evangelism of the Native American Indians / J. D. Payne -- John Wesley: Itinerant preaching and preachers' conferences / Jeff Brown -- George Whitefield: Methods for effective evangelizing / Jake Roudkovsky -- Shubal Stearns and the Sandy Creek Association / Larry Steven McDonald -- Francis Asbury and the circuit riders / Timothy K. Beougher -- Cane Ridge and the camp meeting revival movement / D. Scott Hildreth -- Bible societies in American and bible distribution evangelism / Thomas P. Johnston -- The revival of 1800 on the American frontier / Robert Matz -- J. Wilbur Chapman: evangelist and pastor / Jeff Farmer -- John Mason Peck and Rock Springs Seminary / Doug Munton -- Henrietta Mears and Sunday school evangelism / Kristen Ferguson -- Dawson Trotman: the navigators, and the discipleship movement / Carl J. Bradford -- Shadrach Meshach (S.M.) Lockridge: Pastor and evangelist / Carl J. Bradford -- Billy Graham: Youth for Christ and crusade evangelism / Thomas P. Johnston -- Bill Bright: Campus Crusade and university evangelism / Greg Mathias -- D. James Kennedy: Training the laity in personal evangelism / Eddie Pate -- The Jesus Movement and Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel / Preston L. Nix -- Donald McGavran, C. Peter Wagner, and Church Growth evangelism / Chuck Lawless -- John Piper: Desiring God and the Young-Restless-and-Reformed / Bo Rice -- Southern Baptist personal evangelism methodologies, 1970-2020 / Matt Queen -- Twenty-First-Century developments in evangelism / Paul Akin.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:"A History of Evangelism in North America guides readers on a tour through circuit riders and tent meetings to college outreach and online ministries. Academic research is combined with gospel faithfulness and love for the lost in this historical survey of evangelism methodologies and legacies from the early 1700s to today. A team of respected evangelical scholars-including J. D. Payne, Chuck Lawless, Matt Queen, Kristen Ferguson, and Paul Akin-deliver current scholarship on twenty-two evangelists and ministries. Topics include: John Wesley and itinerant preachers, The Navigators and personal discipleship, Billy Graham and crusade evangelism, Campus ministries, The Jesus Movement, Twenty-first-century evangelism." Book jacket.
