Encounter North American evangelism from the Great Awakening to the present day
A History of Evangelism in North America
guides readers on a tour through circuit riders and tent meetings to campus evangelism and online ministries. Academic research combines with gospel faithfulness and love for the lost in this historical survey. Encountering these prominent evangelism movements will inspire innovation and courage in the call to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Few Christians recognize the historical backgrounds of various evangelistic ministries, their theological traditions, or their guiding principles.
explores evangelism methodologies and legacies from the early 1700s to today. Experts deliver current scholarship on twenty-two evangelists and ministries, including the following:
John Wesley and itinerant preachers
The camp meeting movement
The American Bible Society and Bible distribution evangelism
The Navigators and personal discipleship
Billy Graham and crusade evangelism
Campus ministries
The Jesus Movement
21st-century evangelistic approaches
promises to have lasting value for those who study evangelism, missions, Christian history, and the church in North America.