Presbytery of Riverside
Serving the Presbyterian Church (USA) in the Inland Empire

Evangelism Written Material:

A Faith of Your Own: Naming What You REALLY Believe, by Ronald J. Allen. This is a helpful guide to defining and articulating your own personal beliefs in a consistent way.

Becoming a Contagious Christian, by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg. The authors articulate the central principles that have helped Willow Creek Community Church believers reach unchurched people.

Just Walk Across the Room, by Bill Hybels. "If taking ten steps across the room could point someone toward faith it might just change the way you walk."

Memories, hopes, and conversations: Appreciative Inquiry and Congregational Change by Mark Lau Branson

Neighbor: Christian Encounters with "illegal" Immigration by Ben Daniel. Using a blend of travel narratives, interviews, theological insight, and biblical scholarship, Ben Daniel tackles the controversial issues that surround undocumented migration in the United States by taking the reader to the spiritual, legal, and geographical front lines of the immigration debate. The result of this journey is a compelling argument that encourages Christians to meet undocumented migrants as neighbors and friends. Includes questions for study and reflection.

Profane Evangelism: Taking the Gospel Into the "Unholy-Places" by Mark Van Houten.

They Like Jesus But Not the Church by Dan Kimball.

Unbinding the Gospel: Real Life Evangelism, by Martha Grace Reese. This is a book grounded in the Lilly Endowment-funded Mainline Evangelism Project which included 1200 interviews, focused on highly effective examples of evangelism in mainline churches across the theological spectrum.

Unbinding Your Church by Martha Grace Reese. Pastor's & Leaders' Guide

Unbinding Your Heart: 40 Days of Prayer & Faith Sharing by Martha Grace Reese. All-Church Study & Personal Prayer Journal.

Unbinding Your Soul: Your Experiment in Prayer & Community. Small Group Studies Personal Prayer Journal


Multi-Media Evangelism Material

They Like Jesus But Not the Church: Six Sessions Responding to Culture's Objections to Christianity by Dan Kimball. Curriculum contains the book, a participant's study guide, and DVD.




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