Evangelism in the Early Church: Lessons from the First Christians for the Church Today (The Eerdmans Michael Green Collection)

Series: The Eerdmans Michael Green Collection Now a modern classic, Michael Green’s Evangelism in the Early Church shows how the first Christians worked to spread the good news to the rest of the world. Studying the New Testament and church fathers, Green explores the earliest methods, motives, and strategies of spreading the good news. He also considers the obstacles to evangelism, using outreach to Gentiles and to Jews as examples of differing contexts for proclamation. Thoroughly informed by primary sources, this book will help contemporary readers learn from the past and renew their own evangelistic vision. Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1.Pathways for Evangelism 2.Obstacles to Evangelism 3.The Evangel 4.Evangelizing the Jews 5.Evangelizing the Gentiles 6.Conversion 7.The Evangelists 8.Evangelistic Motives 9.Evangelistic Methods 10.Evangelistic Strategy Epilogue Notes Select Subject Index