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    • Good resource for small group study of strategies
    • Tackles the really difficult questions about evangelism realistically
    • Includes appendices with additional helpful resources
    Evangelism that Works
    By George Barna
    Regal Books
    1995
    176 pages

    You are spiritually awakened and inwardly adjusting in order to be more effective in sharing the gospel, but how on earth do you reach out to the unchurched? How can the good news of Jesus Christ be meaningfully communicated to the enormous numbers of unconcerned people?

    George Barna, the well-known Christian research specialist, has written "a book about evangelism in America" arising out of more than a decade of "research related to America's faith and its ever changing values and morality."

    Evangelism that Works' emphasis is practical and its objective is to supplement Christians' evangelistic efforts with effective principles. Here are just a few:

    • What Turns Off the Unchurched?
    • What Turns On the Unchurched?
    • Five Methods of Evangelism Used Today
    • Common Characteristics of Evangelistic Churches
    • A Few Surprises
    • Thirteen Obstacles to Effective Evangelism
    • Factors that May Hinder a Church's Evangelistic Efforts

    Barna does not advocate a slick marketing scheme, but a nuts and bolts approach that works because of human diligence and divine intervention. He also reminds the reader that Satan will increase his attacks and that others will oppose those efforts as well. But souls hang in the balance and God has promised to help and reward those who obey.