Your Ministry of Evangelism: A Guide for Church Volunteers

by Elmer Towns

Publisher:

Evangelical Training Association

, 1991

Overview

If the local church is to continue to grow into the 21st century, Jesus' last command to "make disciples" (Matthew 28:19) must be the first concern of every church ministry and individual Christian. Beginning with this principle, Your Ministry of Evangelism - A Guide for Church Volunteers provides complete instruction for helping the "persons in the pew" to understand their role in local church evangelism ministry and to be effective in leading others to Christ. About the Author Dr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, a dedicated worker in Sunday School, and a developer of over 20 resource packets for leadership education. He has published over 100 books listed in the Library of Congress, 7 listed in the Christian Booksellers Best Selling List and several have become accepted college textbooks. He is also the 1995 recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award for his book, The Names of the Holy Spirit. He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years and paved the way for it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971). He co-founded Liberty University with Jerry Falwell in 1971, and he was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus and 39,000 in its Distance Learning program, and he serves as the Dean of the School of Religion. Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His wife of 55 years, Ruth, teaches a Christian Women's class at Liberty University. They have three children, ten grandchildren, and live in Forest, Virginia.

Product Details

• Title: Your Ministry of Evangelism: A Guide for Church Volunteers
• Author: Elmer Towns
• Publisher: Evangelical Training Association
• Print Publication Date: 1991
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Christian living
• ISBNs: 9780910566483, 0910566488
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_75BE39474BDF443AA11744CE8CF2FDEB
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:13:56Z

About Elmer Towns

Elmer Towns is cofounder of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and dean of its School of Religion. Also a best-selling author, he won an ECPA Gold Medallion Book of the Year Award for The Names of the Holy Spirit.