EGW Books
〉 Evangelism
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   Preface ( 5 )
Section 1—The Challenge to Evangelism ( 15 )
   Proclaiming the Message ( 15 )
   Ever-Widening Influence of the Gospel ( 19 )
   The Need of Evangelistic Workers ( 21 )
Section 2—The Metropolitan Masses ( 25 )
   In the Shadow of Impending Doom ( 25 )
   Increasing Difficulties ( 30 )
   The Call for a Speedy Work ( 33 )
   Special Opportunities for Evangelism ( 35 )
   Surveying the Needs of the Large Cities ( 36 )
   Problems Peculiar to Metropolitan Evangelism ( 38 )
   The Promise of an Abundant Harvest ( 43 )
Section 3—Smaller Communities and Rural Areas ( 45 )
   The Highways and Byways ( 45 )
   Rural Workers ( 48 )
Section 4—Planning for the Public Campaign ( 53 )
   Patterning After the Master Evangelist ( 53 )
   Planning an Expanding Evangelism ( 59 )
   Moving Forward by Faith ( 61 )
   Evangelism of the Highest Type ( 66 )
   The Evangelist and His Team ( 69 )
   Advantages of Two and Two ( 72 )
   The Evangelistic Site ( 74 )
   The Outpost Centers ( 76 )
   Planning Sectional and Suburban Meetings ( 78 )
   Planning for a Permanent Work ( 79 )
   Finance and the Budget ( 85 )
   The Business Management of the Campaign ( 91 )
Section 5—Organizing for Evangelistic Meetings ( 93 )
   Methods and Organization ( 93 )
   The Evangelistic Company ( 96 )
   Importance of Prayerful Counseling ( 97 )
   Unity in Diversity ( 98 )
   Allowing for More Than One Man’s Method ( 103 )
   The City Field Training School ( 107 )
   Reviving and Organizing the Church for Service ( 110 )
   Relationship of Evangelist and Pastor ( 116 )
   Guarding Against Overorganization ( 116 )
Section 6—The Public Effort ( 119 )
   Our Present Truth Message ( 119 )
   Arresting Public Attention ( 122 )
   Successful and Impressive Advertising Methods ( 128 )
   The Evangelist in Publicity ( 131 )
   Avoiding Display and the Sensational ( 136 )
   Guarding Proper Approaches ( 139 )
   Platform Decorum, Announcements, and Preliminaries ( 145 )
   Interest-Holding Features ( 148 )
   Inquiry and Question Meetings ( 151 )
   Getting Acquainted With the People ( 156 )
   Printed Sermons And Literature ( 159 )
   The Debate ( 162 )
Section 7—The Message and its Presentation ( 168 )
   Spirit and Manner of Presenting the Message ( 168 )
   The Evangelistic Sermon ( 174 )
   Christ the Center of the Message ( 184 )
   Prophetic Preaching that Arrests Attention ( 193 )
   Restraining Without Obscuring Truth ( 199 )
   Truth-Teaching Devices ( 203 )
   Stories, Anecdotes, Jesting, and Joking ( 206 )
   False Tests and Man-Made Standards ( 211 )
Section 8—Preaching the Distinctive Truths ( 217 )
   Heralding the Second Advent ( 217 )
   The Sanctuary Truth ( 221 )
   Presenting the Law and the Sabbath ( 225 )
   Meeting Sabbathkeeping Problems ( 237 )
   Preaching on Nonimmortality ( 246 )
   The Message of Christian Stewardship ( 249 )
   Presentation of the Spirit of Prophecy ( 255 )
   Presenting Health and Christian Standards ( 260 )
   The Ordinances ( 273 )
Secion 9—Clinching the Interest ( 279 )
   Preaching for the Final Decision ( 279 )
   Appeals and Altar Calls ( 283 )
   Helping Souls to Be Converted ( 286 )
   Gathering in the Interested ( 292 )
   Methods of Clinching Decisions ( 295 )
   Meeting Prejudice and Opposition ( 301 )
   Baptism and Church Membership ( 306 )
   Binding Off Thoroughly ( 321 )
   Length of Effort and Closing The Campaign ( 326 )
   Determining the Success of Meetings ( 328 )
Section 10—Establishing and Holding New Converts ( 334 )
   Follow-up Methods ( 334 )
   Integrating New Believers into the Church ( 340 )
   Pastoral Evangelism ( 345 )
   Responsibility of Spiritual Laymen to New Converts ( 351 )
   Helping New Believers to Win Souls ( 353 )
   Guarding New Members Against Error And Fanaticism ( 357 )
   Reclaiming Backsliders ( 367 )
   Rebaptism ( 372 )
   Providing Church Buildings ( 375 )
   On to New Fields ( 381 )
Section 11—The Work in the Large American Cities ( 384 )
   New York ( 384 )
   Boston and New England ( 389 )
   Cities of the East and South ( 394 )
   Cities of the Central States ( 402 )
   The Western Cities ( 403 )
Section 12—Heralding the Message in Other Continents ( 407 )
   Sounding the Message in Europe ( 407 )
   England and Its Cities ( 414 )
   The Cities of Northern Europe ( 419 )
   In Southern Europe ( 423 )
   Working the Australasian Cities ( 425 )
Section 13—Personal Work ( 429 )
   The Need for Personal Work ( 429 )
   House-to-House Visitation ( 431 )
   Winning Families ( 435 )
   Evangelistic Visiting ( 437 )
   Ministers Giving Bible Readings ( 439 )
   Learning the Art of Personal Work ( 442 )
   Prejudice Broken Down ( 445 )
   Working for the Aged ( 446 )
   Ellen G. White’s Experience and Methods as a Personal Worker ( 447 )
Section 14—The Bible Instructor ( 456 )
   Bible Teaching the Objective ( 456 )
   Personal Workers and Wise Counselors ( 458 )
   Searching for the Lost ( 461 )
   Women in Evangelism ( 464 )
   Both Men and Women Called to Bible Work ( 469 )
   The Gospel Visitor ( 470 )
   Women in Public Ministry ( 471 )
   Training and Background ( 474 )
   Bible Instructor’s Qualifications ( 477 )
   Bible Work Techniques ( 481 )
   Lessons from the Master Teacher ( 486 )
   Results of Bible Work ( 488 )
   Adequate Wages for Women Workers ( 491 )
   Cautions to the Bible Instructor ( 493 )
Section 15—Song Evangelism ( 496 )
   The Ministry of Song ( 496 )
   Music in Evangelism ( 500 )
   The Singing Evangelist ( 504 )
   Emphasis in Congregational Singing ( 507 )
   The Music Personnel ( 508 )
   Timely Cautions ( 510 )
Section 16—Medical Evangelism ( 513 )
   An Entering Wedge ( 513 )
   The True Objective of Medical Evangelism ( 516 )
   Relationship to Gospel Ministry ( 519 )
   Simplicity of Method ( 524 )
   An Antitobacco and Temperance Message ( 529 )
   Medical Evangelism in the Cities ( 532 )
   Institutional Evangelism ( 536 )
   The Consecrated Physician and the Missionary Nurse ( 543 )
   Balancing Cautions ( 547 )
Section 17—Laboring for Special Classes ( 552 )
   Working for All Classes ( 552 )
   Reaching Men of Means and Influence ( 554 )
   Ministers of Other Denominations ( 562 )
   Laboring for the Middle Class ( 564 )
   Working for Fallen Humanity ( 566 )
   The Stranger in Our Midst ( 568 )
   Reaching Catholics ( 573 )
   A Large Harvest from the Jews ( 577 )
   Child Evangelism ( 579 )
   Those in the Tourist Centers ( 584 )
   The Street Meeting ( 586 )
Section 18—Dealing With False Science, Cults, Isms, and Secret Societies ( 589 )
   Satan Gains Foothold Through False Doctrines ( 589 )
   Miracles Not a Test ( 594 )
   False Sanctification and Holiness ( 595 )
   Pantheistic and Spiritualistic Theories ( 600 )
   Various Forms of Spiritualism ( 602 )
   Fanaticism and Extremism ( 610 )
   Misrepresentations of the Godhead ( 613 )
   Secret Societies ( 617 )
   Combating Erroneous Teaching ( 623 )
Section 19—The Worker and His Qualifications ( 628 )
   The Spirit of the Ministry ( 628 )
   The Graces of Culture and Kindness ( 636 )
   Application to the Work ( 644 )
   Concentrating on the Main Task ( 655 )
   Health and Health Principles ( 657 )
   The Voice of the Gospel Worker ( 665 )
   Personal Appearance of the Evangelist ( 670 )
   The Evangelist’s Wife ( 674 )
   Maintaining a High Moral Standard ( 678 )
   The Internship Period ( 682 )
   Calls to and Transfers of the Evangelistic Worker ( 687 )
Section 20—The Message Triumphant ( 692 )
   When the Loud Cry Sounds ( 692 )
   The Reason for the Delay ( 694 )
   Power for Finishing the Work ( 697 )
   Present Hour of Opportunity ( 701 )
   Speedy Triumphant Climax ( 706 )