generation evangelism prophetical storytelling

books:

The Pastor's Guide to Growing a Christlike Church
Stan Toler, Jr. H. B. London, ...

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2004

How can you change a stagnant, inward-focused church of pew-sitters into a growing, outreach-oriented fellowship of believers? In The Pastor’s Guide to Growing a Christlike Church , you’ll discover the keys to creating a vibrant, biblical, spiritually healthy church. William Willimon, H.B. London, George Hunter III, and other well-known church leaders teach you how to: Develop servant leaders among the laity Get laity involved ...

Prophetical-Priestly Ministry: The Biblical Mandate for the 21st Century Pastor
Darius L. Salter

Evangel Publishing House, 2002

American Evangelism: Its Theology and Practice

1 review
Darius Salter

Baker Academic, 1996

Somewhat interesting
This was a somewhat interesting book detailing and describing the changes and methods employed for Evangelism in America. A historical book that does a fairly good job of providing an overall picture from the town-to-town evangelists, Methodism, television and radio evangelists such as Oral Roberts, and the pinnacle of modern evangelism, Rev. Billy Graham. Explores some of the successes and ...

The Pastor's Guide to Effective Ministry

1 review
Neil B. Wiseman, Larry Burkett, ...

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2002

Some pastors--yay ... others--nay
This book has some good insights, allowing a minister to have a better grounding in what it means to conduct ministry activities and retain good ministry attitudes. This book focuses on the American minister. The fact of its focus is fine; a side-effect, though, is that it puts the clay in the kiln about how a church and its leader should function. In other words, it bypasses the obvious ...

Preaching as Art: Biblical Storytelling for a Media Generation
Darius Salter

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2008

Today’s postmodern world prefers mystery over logic, impression over rationale, aesthetic beauty over practicality, and symbolism over obvious answers. We live in an art-enriched, art-minded world. For ministers, this rebirth of creativity and imagination opens the door for exciting possibilities. Scripture itself is an art form. The story of our Christian faith is woven together with the mystery, imagination, creativity, and beauty that ...

America's Bishop: The Life of Francis Asbury

1 review
Darius L. Salter

Francis Asbury Press, 2003

A Much Needed Addition
America's Bishop is a much needed addition to historical biography. Francis Asbury single-handedly established the Methodist Church on American soil. His commitment to remain in the States rather than return to England during the Revolutionary War established him as Methodism's leader. Academic neglect of this legendary figure is unacceptable. Thanks to Darius Salter, that problem has been ...

Spirit and Intellect
Darius L. Salter

The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1986

Investigates the life and thought of one of America's significant but neglected thinkers.