COMMUNICATION AND EVANGELISM

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Website: http://www.newwway.org/

A site that features lots of material on how to communicate the gospel creatively. Includes the arts, the Net, research methodology, and just about anything else. Heavy missions emphasis. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Website: www.alpha.org.uk

The Alpha program provides a fellowship-based evangelistic outreach that combines relationship, apologetics and food in a unique way. This model is spreading around the world. Recommended by Earl Creps.   (Posted 11/5/2001)

Website: http://www.gospelcom.net/guide/web-evangelism.html

The Guide to Web Evangelism is the best product I know of on this and other communication issues. Be sure to get their email newsletter. Recommended by Earl Creps.   (Posted 11/5/2001)

http://www.newwway.org/

A site that features lots of material on how to communicate the gospel creatively. For my money they have the best collection of articles on the net in this topic area. Includes the arts, the Net, research methodology, and just about anything else. Heavy missions emphasis. Recommended by Earl Creps.   (Posted 11/5/2001)

http://www.e-vangelism.com/

Andrew Careaga’s Web site focused on electronic evangelism.  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 11/5/2001)

An evangelistic website designed for postmodern sensibilities.  Recommended by Earl Creps.   (Posted 11/5/2001)

http://www.webpronews.com/2001/0910.html

Home of Web Pro News. Advice and insight on how to write for the Internet. It’s different, you know. Has to be concise, one idea per page, etc. Recommended by Earl Creps.   (Posted 11/5/2001)

http://www.preachingplus.com/default.htm

A site devoted to worship service resources. For $9.95 per month you get access to everything they have. Resources range from sermons, to film clip ideas, to statistics and illustrations. Recommended by Earl Creps.   (Posted 11/5/2001)

Book:  Allen, Ronald J., et al. Theology of Preaching: Authority, Truth and the Knowledge of God in a Postmodern Ethos. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Bauknight, William. The Authoritative Word: Preaching Truth in a Skeptical Age. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: Boomershine, Thomas E. Story Journey: An Invitation to the Gospel as Storytelling. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1988. Recommended by Earl Creps. (220 pages)

Book: Campbell, Charles L. Preaching Jesus: New Directions for Homiletics in Hans Frei's Post Liberal Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997.  Recommended by Earl Creps.  (272 pages)

Book:  Carson, D. A., ed. Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. (406 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Downs, Tim. Finding Common Ground: How to Communicate with Those Outside the Christian Community — While We Still Can. Chicago: Moody, 1999. (200 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Duduit, Michael, ed. Communicate with Power: Insights from America's Top Communicators. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996. (240 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: Edgar, William. Reasons of the Heart: Recovering Christian Persuasion. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996.  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book: Green, Michael & Alister McGrath How Shall We Reach Them? : Defending and Communicating the Christian Faith to Nonbelievers. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1995.  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book:  Henderson, David W. Culture Shift: Communicating God's Truth in our Changing World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996. (235 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Hunter, George G., III The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West — Again. Nashville: Abingdon, 2000. (137 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  ________. Church for the Unchurched. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. (188 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Jacks, G. Robert. Getting the Word Across: Speech Communication for Pastors and Lay Leaders. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1996. Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Jensen, Richard A. Thinking in Story: Preaching in A Post-Literate Age. N.p.: CSS Publishing, 1994. (145 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Kramp, John. Out of Their Faces and into Their Shoes: How to Understand Spiritually Lost People and Give Them Directions to God. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1997. (200 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Long, Jimmy. Generating Hope: A Strategy for Reaching the Postmodern Generation. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1997 (235 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Lowry, Eugene L. The Homiletical Plot: The Sermon as Narrative Art Form. Westminster: John Knox Press, 2000. (128 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: McGrath, Alister Explaining Your Faith. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995.   Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book: McLaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. (192 pages)   Recommended by Earl Creps (Posted 10/31/2001)

Book: ________. More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002. (160 pages)  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book:  Mittelberg, Mark. Building a Contagious Church: Revolutionizing the Way We View and Do Evangelism. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. (404 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: Morris, Linus J. The High Impact Church: A Fresh Approach to Reaching the Unchurched. Thousand Oaks, CA: Christian Associates International, 1993. (357 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book:  Newbigin, Lesslie. Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1991. (90 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Nieman, James R., and Thomas G. Rogers. Preaching to Every Pew: Cross-Cultural Strategies. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001. (160 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: Northrup, Dary. Garage Door Evangelism: Opening Your Church to the Community. Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, 2001. Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book: Peterson, Jim. Church Without Walls: Moving Beyond Traditional Boundaries. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1992. (240 pages)  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book:  Poe, Harry L. Christian Witness in a Postmodern World. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001. (176 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: Pohl, Christine D. Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999.  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book:  Rainer, Thom S. Effective Evangelistic Churches: Successful Churches Reveal What Works and What Doesn't. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1996. (256 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Richardson, Richard C. Evangelism Outside the Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2000. (192 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: Robinson, Martin. The Faith of the Unbeliever. Monarch, 1994.  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book: Roxburgh, Alan J. Reaching a New Generation: Strategies for Tomorrow's Church. Vancouver, BC: Regent College Publishing, 1993. (140 pages)  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book:  Schofield, J. Chris, ed. The Gospel for the New Millennium. Nasvhille: Broadman & Holman, 2001. (321 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Schultze, Quentin J. Communicating for Life: Christian Stewardship in Community and Media. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000. (191 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Scifres, Mary J. Searching for Seekers: Ministry with a New Generation of the Unchurched. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998. (176 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Strobel, Lee. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. (236 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book: Sweet, Len, Brian D. McLaren and Jerry Hasselmayer. A Is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002. (256 pages)  Recommended by Earl Creps(Posted 10/31/2001)

Book:  Tibbs, Lenora Tisdale. Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997. (192 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Troeger, Thomas H. Preaching While the Church Is under Reconstruction: The Visionary Role of Preachers in a Fragmented World. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999. (176 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  ________. Ten Strategies for Preaching in a Multimedia Culture. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. (125 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Webber, Robert E. Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelism for a Postmodern World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999. (240 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  Wright, Tim. The Prodigal Hugging Church: A Scandalous Approach to Mission for the 21st Century. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2001. (64 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

Book:  ________. Unfinished Evangelism: More than Getting Them in the Door. Augsburg Fortress, 1995. (126 pages) Recommended by Earl Creps. (Posted 10/19/2001)

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