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Evangelism Resources

Strategy (Books)

Barna, George, Grow Your Church from the Outside In: Understanding the Unchurched and How to Reach Them (Ventura, CA: Regal, 2002).

Gilbert, Greg, What Is the Gospel? (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010).

Hunter, George G., How to Reach Secular People (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992).

Morgenthaler, Sally, Worship Evangelism (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999).

Rainer, Thom, Effective Evangelistic Churches: Successful Churches Reveal What Works and What Doesn’t (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 1996).

Rainer, Thom S., and Sam S. Rainer, Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2008).

Reid, Alvin, Evangelism Handbook: Biblical, Spiritual, Intentional, Missional (New York: B&H Books, 2009).

Strobel, Lee, Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary: How to Reach Friends and Family Who Avoid God and the Church (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993).

Sweet, Leonard, SoulTsunami: Sink or Swim in New Millenium Culture (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999).

Relationships (Books)

Cahill, Mark, One Thing You Can’t Do in Heaven (Rockwall, TX: Biblical Discipleship Publishers, 2002).

Geisler, Norman, and David Geisler, Conversational Evangelism: How to Listen and Speak So You Can Be Heard (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2009).

Hybels, Bill, Just Walk Across the Room: Simple Steps Pointing People to Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006).

Koukl, Gregory, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009).

Pathak, Jay, and Dave Runyon, The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2012).

Rainer, Thom S., The Unchurched Next Door: Understanding Faith Stages as Keys to Sharing Your Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003).

Willis, Dustin, and Aaron Coe with the Send Network Team, Life on Mission: Joining the Everyday Mission of God (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2014).

Millenials (Books)

Kinnaman, David, You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church…and Rethinking Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2011).

You Lost Me Summary

Rainer, Thom S., and Jess W. Rainer, The Millenials: Connecting to America’s Largest Generation (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2011).

Stetzer, Ed, Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them (New York: B&H Books, 2009).

White, James Emery, The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2014).

Apologetics (Books)

Craig, William Lane, On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision (Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2010).

McDowell, Josh, Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Historical Evidences for the Christian Faith (San Bernadino, CA: Here’s Life Publishers, 1972).

Strobel, Lee, The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998).

Strobel, Lee, The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000).

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