Gospel Witness through the Ages A History of Evangelism

by David M. Gustafson

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2022

Overview

Christians have been sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with nonbelievers for two thousand years. Within this deep history is wisdom for today—including numerous models for understanding what evangelism is and how it should be done.

In Gospel Witness through the Ages, David Gustafson introduces readers to evangelism’s noteworthy persons, movements, and methods from the entire scope of church history—including both examples to emulate and examples to avoid. With this thorough historical approach, Gustafson expands the reader’s conception of the evangelistic task and suggests new ways to shape our identity as gospel witnesses today through the influence of these earlier generations of Christians.

With discussion questions for further reflection and primary sources from major evangelistic figures of the past, Gospel Witness through the Ages is the most definitive history of evangelism available—essential for understanding how Christians today can continue proclaiming the gospel to the whole world, as Christians have in every century past.

Key Features

• Introduces readers to evangelism’s noteworthy persons, movements, and methods
• Examines examples to emulate and examples to avoid
• Expands the reader’s conception of the evangelistic task and suggests new ways to shape our identity as gospel witnesses today

Contents

• Introduction
• Beginning of Christian Evangelism
• Early Church Evangelism
• Christendom and Monastic Evangelism
• Medieval Evangelism
• Renaissance Evangelism
• Reformation Evangelism
• Pietist Evangelism
• Revival Evangelism
• Frontier to Urban Evangelism
• Social Gospel versus Soul-Saving Evangelism
• Global Indigenous Evangelism
• Personal to Holistic Evangelism
• Epilogue: Evangelism in the Twenty-First Century

Product Details

• Title: Gospel Witness through the Ages: A History of Evangelism
• Author: David M. Gustafson
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 461
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Evangelistic work › History
• ISBNs: 9780802877284, 0802877281
• Resource ID: LLS:GSPLWTNSSVNGLSM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:25:52Z

About David M. Gustafson

Born in 1969 in Tennessee, Dr Amonette earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree—major in English—from Belmont University. He earned three graduate degrees from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary: Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy. He also studied history at the University of New Orleans. Dr. Amonette’s doctoral studies were in church history and theology, and his dissertation was entitled “Alexander Campbell among the Baptists: An Examination of the Beginning, Ambiguity, and Deterioration of Their Relationship, 1812-30.â€