Evangelism

Evangelism by Ellen G. White

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• Preface (5)

Section 1 The Challenge to Evangelism

• Proclaiming the Message (15)
• Ever-Widening Influence of the Gospel (19)
• The Need of Evangelistic Workers (21)

Section 2 The Metropolitan Masses

• In the Shadow of Impending Doom (25)
• Increasing Difficulties (30)
• The Call for a Speedy Work (33)
• Special Opportunities for Evangelism (35)
• Surveying the Needs of the Large Cities (36)
• Problems Peculiar to Metropolitan Evangelism (38)
• The Promise of an Abundant Harvest (43)

Section 3 Smaller Communities and Rural Areas

• The Highways and Byways (45)
• Rural Workers (48)

Section 4 Planning for the Public Campaign

• Patterning After the Master Evangelist (53)
• Planning an Expanding Evangelism (59)
• Moving Forward by Faith (61)
• Evangelism of the Highest Type (66)
• The Evangelist and His Team (69)
• Advantages of Two and Two (72)
• The Evangelistic Site (74)
• The Outpost Centers (76)
• Planning Sectional and Suburban Meetings (78)
• Planning for a Permanent Work (79)
• Finance and the Budget (85)
• The Business Management of the Campaign (91)

Section 5 Organizing for Evangelistic Meetings

• Methods and Organization (93)
• The Evangelistic Company (96)
• Importance of Prayerful Counseling (97)
• Unity in Diversity (98)
• Allowing for More Than One Man’s Method (103)
• The City Field Training School (107)
• Reviving and Organizing the Church for Service (110)
• Relationship of Evangelist and Pastor (116)
• Guarding Against Overorganization (116)

Section 6 The Public Effort

• Our Present Truth Message (119)
• Arresting Public Attention (122)
• Successful and Impressive Advertising Methods (128)
• The Evangelist in Publicity (131)
• Avoiding Display and the Sensational (136)
• Guarding Proper Approaches (139)
• Platform Decorum, Announcements, and Preliminaries (145)
• Interest-Holding Features (148)
• Inquiry and Question Meetings (151)
• Getting Acquainted With the People (156)
• Printed Sermons And Literature (159)
• The Debate (162)

Section 7 The Message and its Presentation

• Spirit and Manner of Presenting the Message (168)
• The Evangelistic Sermon (174)
• Christ the Center of the Message (184)
• Prophetic Preaching that Arrests Attention (193)
• Restraining Without Obscuring Truth (199)
• Truth-Teaching Devices (203)
• Stories, Anecdotes, Jesting, and Joking (206)
• False Tests and Man-Made Standards (211)

Section 8 Preaching the Distinctive Truths

• Heralding the Second Advent (217)
• The Sanctuary Truth (221)
• Presenting the Law and the Sabbath (225)
• Meeting Sabbathkeeping Problems (237)
• Preaching on Nonimmortality (246)
• The Message of Christian Stewardship (249)
• Presentation of the Spirit of Prophecy (255)
• Presenting Health and Christian Standards (260)
• The Ordinances (273)

Section 9 Clinching the Interest

• Preaching for the Final Decision (279)
• Appeals and Altar Calls (283)
• Helping Souls to Be Converted (286)
• Gathering in the Interested (292)
• Methods of Clinching Decisions (295)
• Meeting Prejudice and Opposition (301)
• Baptism and Church Membership (306)
• Binding Off Thoroughly (321)
• Length of Effort and Closing The Campaign (326)
• Determining the Success of Meetings (328)

Section 10 Establishing and Holding New Converts

• Follow-up Methods (334)
• Integrating New Believers into the Church (340)
• Pastoral Evangelism (345)
• Responsibility of Spiritual Laymen to New Converts (351)
• Helping New Believers to Win Souls (353)
• Guarding New Members Against Error And Fanaticism (357)
• Reclaiming Backsliders (367)
• Rebaptism (372)
• Providing Church Buildings (375)
• On to New Fields (381)

Section 11 The Work in the Large American Cities

• New York (384)
• Boston and New England (389)
• Cities of the East and South (394)
• Cities of the Central States (402)
• The Western Cities (403)

Section 12 Heralding the Message in Other Continents

• Sounding the Message in Europe (407)
• England and Its Cities (414)
• The Cities of Northern Europe (419)
• In Southern Europe (423)
• Working the Australasian Cities (425)

Section 13 Personal Work

• The Need for Personal Work (429)
• House-to-House Visitation (431)
• Winning Families (435)
• Evangelistic Visiting (437)
• Ministers Giving Bible Readings (439)
• Learning the Art of Personal Work (442)
• Prejudice Broken Down (445)
• Working for the Aged (446)
• Ellen G. White’s Experience and Methods as a Personal Worker (447)

Section 14 The Bible Instructor

• Bible Teaching the Objective (456)
• Personal Workers and Wise Counselors (458)
• Searching for the Lost (461)
• Women in Evangelism (464)
• Both Men and Women Called to Bible Work (469)
• The Gospel Visitor (470)
• Women in Public Ministry (471)
• Training and Background (474)
• Bible Instructor’s Qualifications (477)
• Bible Work Techniques (481)
• Lessons from the Master Teacher (486)
• Results of Bible Work (488)
• Adequate Wages for Women Workers (491)
• Cautions to the Bible Instructor (493)

Section 15 Song Evangelism

• The Ministry of Song (496)
• Music in Evangelism (500)
• The Singing Evangelist (504)
• Emphasis in Congregational Singing (507)
• The Music Personnel (508)
• Timely Cautions (510)

Section 16 Medical Evangelism

• An Entering Wedge (513)
• The True Objective of Medical Evangelism (516)
• Relationship to Gospel Ministry (519)
• Simplicity of Method (524)
• An Antitobacco and Temperance Message (529)
• Medical Evangelism in the Cities (532)
• Institutional Evangelism (536)
• The Consecrated Physician and the Missionary Nurse (543)
• Balancing Cautions (547)

Section 17 Laboring for Special Classes

• Working for All Classes (552)
• Reaching Men of Means and Influence (554)
• Ministers of Other Denominations (562)
• Laboring for the Middle Class (564)
• Working for Fallen Humanity (566)
• The Stranger in Our Midst (568)
• Reaching Catholics (573)
• A Large Harvest from the Jews (577)
• Child Evangelism (579)
• Those in the Tourist Centers (584)
• The Street Meeting (586)

Section 18 Dealing with False Science, Cults, Isms, and Secret Societies

• Satan Gains Foothold Through False Doctrines (589)
• Miracles Not a Test (594)
• False Sanctification and Holiness (595)
• Pantheistic and Spiritualistic Theories (600)
• Various Forms of Spiritualism (602)
• Fanaticism and Extremism (610)
• Misrepresentations of the Godhead (613)
• Secret Societies (617)
• Combating Erroneous Teaching (623)

Section 19 The Worker and His Qualifications

• The Spirit of the Ministry (628)
• The Graces of Culture and Kindness (636)
• Application to the Work (644)
• Concentrating on the Main Task (655)
• Health and Health Principles (657)
• The Voice of the Gospel Worker (665)
• Personal Appearance of the Evangelist (670)
• The Evangelist’s Wife (674)
• Maintaining a High Moral Standard (678)
• The Internship Period (682)
• Calls to and Transfers of the Evangelistic Worker (687)

Section 20 The Message Triumphant

• When the Loud Cry Sounds (692)
• The Reason for the Delay (694)
• Power for Finishing the Work (697)
• Present Hour of Opportunity (701)
• Speedy Triumphant Climax (706)