01DM820/01 EVANGELISM AND PASTORAL MINISTRY by Elias dos Santos Medeiros COURSE DESIGN DOCTOR OF MINISTRY Reformed Theological Seminary Jackson, Mississippi Summer 2014 A.D.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE D.MIN SUMMER 2014 TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED (JAMES 4:15) Introduction to the Course Pastoral Motivation: Preaching The greatest joy ever The Bible is All About The Chief end of Ministry The Problem of Every Human Being Personal Testimony Definition of Terms: Preaching and Understanding Evangelism, Evangelist, Evangelize, Intercultural/Cross-cultural Evangelism Missional The Practice of Evangelism: Preaching and Doing The Teaching and Ministry of Jesus Matthew 4:12-17 Matthew 4:18-22 Matthew 4:23-25; 9:35-10:5 Matthew 28:11-20 Ten Biblical Principles to Implement and Why The Teaching and Ministry of Peter The Teaching and Ministry of Paul The Field: Preaching and Reaching Churched Unchurched Roman Catholics World Religions Islam Group Discussion Reformed and Puritan Evangelism: Group Discussion The Sovereignty of God and Evangelism: Calvin and the TULIP Puritan Evangelism: Discussion on Baxter and Beeke
01DM820/01 EVANGELISM AND PASTORAL MINISTRY Course Description Evangelism and its practice within the context of the pastoral ministry and the work of every member of the body of Christ are reviewed in light of the teaching and the practical work of Jesus, the apostles, and the early church and applied to the context of our local churches. The dynamics of the preaching of the gospel as the motivational means of making Christ known across the street and around the world as portrayed in the Scriptures are also considered. During the class, Evangelism is taught in such a way that the lectures, small group discussions, and the exercises done in class and outside the classroom may be duplicated in the context of your local churches and denominations. Please pray for our class and all the participants. You will be engaging in a tremendous and unbelievable spiritual warfare zone. Course Requirements 1. Classroom attendance and active participation in group discussions. 2. The careful reading of the assigned materials and four reading reports (two pages each per book, except the Book of Acts), single space, highlighting the main propositions, statements, theses, principles, etc, gathered from the reading. Check the due dates of the readings and of the written reading reports. 3. Serious planning, involvement with, and commitment to an outreach project during this coming semester. 50 % of your grade. You can also create your own outreach project or share your faith with, at least, 10 different unconverted, unchurched people during the semester. 4. A journal of the outreach project with the dates and main experiences, lessons, and/or impressions that you or/and your group have experienced during the semester. 5. Written Personal testimonies. Each doctoral student will have an opportunity to share his/her written personal testimony in class. For a format of how to prepare your personal testimony, see Metzger 2002, 209-210. 6. Four Biblical Evangelistic Expositions: two on the Old Testament texts and two on the New Testament texts. Submit them in sentence outline format.
3 Required Readings Books The whole book of Acts. Inspired by the Holy Spirit. Commanded by God Beeke, Joel R. 1999. Puritan evangelism: A biblical approach. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books. See his bibliographical footnotes for more sources on Puritan evangelism. 52 pages Miller, C. John. 1997 [1980]. Powerful evangelism for the powerless. Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing. Recommended by Steve Brown, James Kennedy, Jerry Bridges and others. 151 pages. Metzger, Will. 2002 [1984, 1981]. Tell the truth: The whole gospel to the whole person by whole people: A training manual on the message and methods of God-centered witnessing. Revised and Expanded. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. 259 pages. Recommended by John Piper, Edmund P. Clowney, John MacArthur Jr, J. I. Packer, and others. At least 250 pages of an evangelist biography/biographies. Some suggestions: 1 Van Valen, Leen J. 2002. Constrained by His love: A new biography on Robert Murray McCheyne. Translated from Dutch by Laurence R. Nicolson. Fearn, Tain, Ross-shire: Christian Focus. 484 pages including pictures Loane, Marcus L. 2006. They were pilgrims. Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust. 246 pages. Present the biographies of David Brainerd, Henry Martyn, Robert Murray M Cheyne, and Ion Keith-Falconer. Dallimore, Arnold. 1990. George Whitefield: Evangelist of 18 th century revival. London: Wakeman Trust. 224 pages. Chapman, J. Wilbur. [1900]. The life and work of Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899). Wilbus Chapman was a close friend of Moody. This biography is available online: http://www.biblebelievers.com/moody/index.html 1 Please, take the initiative to select the evangelist biography/biographies you would like to read during this semester. Check the internet, RTS Library, etc. Take a look at http://www.desiringgod.org/resourcelibrary/biographies/.
4 Fullerton, W.Y. Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A biography. This biography is available online: http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/biopref.htm Other Sources Use your Internet search engine (Google, 2 Yahoo, Bing, etc.) and search for books on evangelism, evangelism bibliography, bibliography on evangelism, bibliographies on evangelism, evangelism institute, evangelism books, evangelism resources, theology of evangelism, history of evangelism, evangelism and culture, evangelism methods, Reformed Evangelism, Puritan Evangelism. Off the Map Organization--http://www.off-the-map.org/ Recommended Articles on Evangelism Monergism website--http://www.monergism.com/directory/search.php?action=search_links_simpl e&search_kind=and&phrase=evangelism John Piper resources http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library Eerdmans.com http://www.eerdmans.com/shop/subjectarea_list.asp?pg=1 Bakerpublishinggroup.com 3 --http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com/me2/dirmod.asp?type=advancedsearch&nm= Advanced&mod=Site+Search&level=2 InterVarsity Press--http://www.ivpress.com/ Crossway Press--http://www.crossway.org/search?q=evangelism Reformed Evangelism--http://www.the-highway.com/c_evangelism.html Out-of-print Books, Audio, Videos, Images Online www.archive.org/ Annotated Bibliography: http://ccggrockford.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/klapperichs-annotated-bibli OGRAPHY.pdf 2 Try http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search. 3 Includes the following publishing companies: BakerAcademic, BakerBooks, BethanyHouse, Revell, Chosen, BrazosPress, and Cambridge University Press.
5 Preliminary Bibliography 4 Books Allen, Roland. 1964. Missionary principles. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.. 1962. The spontaneous expansion of the church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.. 1962. Missionary methods: St. Paul's or ours? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 173 pages.. 1960. The ministry of the Spirit. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Amsterdam 2000. The mission of an evangelist. Minneapolis: World Wide Publications. This book contains a series of papers (messages), workshops, and documents presented during the AConference of Preaching Evangelists@ promoted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the year 2000. Armstrong, John H. 1997. Five great evangelists. Geanies House, Fearn, Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publications. Recommended by Michael Horton, John Blanchard, and others. 250 pages. Barrett, David B. 1987. Evangelize! A historical survey of the concept. Global Evangelization Movement: The AD 2000 Series. Birmingham: New Hope. Bonar, Horatius. 1995. Words to winners of souls. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publilshing Company. Boston, Thomas. 1998. The art of manfishing: A Puritan=s view of Evangelism. Introduced by J. I. Packer. Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publication. Bruce, A. B. 1976 [1894]. The training of the twelve. Sixth printing. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications. Brueggemann, Walter. 1993. Biblical perspectives on evangelism: Living in a three-storied universe. Nashville: Abingdon Press. 4 Update this preliminary bibliography by accessing the recommended websites above.
6 Carson, D. A. 1996. The gagging of God: Christianity confronts pluralism. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. Carson, D. A. ed. 2000. Telling the truth: Evangelizing postmoderns. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. Chantry, Walter J. 1980. God's righteous kingdom: The law's connection with the gospel. Carlisle: The Banner of Truth Trust.. 1980. Today's gospel: Authentic or Synthetic. Carlisle: The Banner of Truth Trust. Chilcote, Paul W., and Laceye C. Warner eds. 2008. The study of evangelism: Exploring a missional practice of the church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company. Coleman, Robert E. 2011. The heart of the Gospel: The theology behind the Master Plan of Evangelism. Grand Rapids: BakerBooks.. 1995. The master plan of evangelism. Foreword by Billy Graham. Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell Company. (66th printing). Dever, Mark E. 2007. The Gospel and Personal Evangelism. Foreword by C. J. Mahaney. Wheaton: Crossway Books.. 2003. Evangelistic expository preaching. In Give praise to God: A vision for reforming worship: Celebrating the legacy of James Montgomery Boice, pages 122-139. Eds. Philip Graham Ryken, Derek W. H. Thomas, and J. Ligon Duncan, III. Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing. Drummond, Lewis A. 1992. The word of the cross: A contemporary theology of evangelism. Foreword by J.I. Packer. Nashville: Broadman Press. Earley, Dave, and David Wheeler. 2010. Evangelism is...how to share Jesus with passion and confidence. Nashville: B & H Academic. Released on June 2010. Edwards, Jonathan. 2002. The salvation of souls: Nine previously unpublished sermons on the call of ministry and the gospel. Wheaton: Crossway Books. These sermons were edited by Richard A. Bailey and Gregory A. Wills. Book well recommended by John Piper (Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church), Douglas A. Sweeney (Chair, Department of Church History and the History of Christian Thought, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), Harry S. Stout (Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity, Yale University) and others. 179 pages
7 Grand Rapids Board of Evangelism of the Christian Reformed Churches. 1962. Reformed evangelism: A manual on principles and methods of evangelization. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. Green, Michael. 1995 [1970]. Evangelism in the early church. Updated Edition with a New Forward. Guildford, Surrey: Eagle. 339 pages.. 1995. One to one: How to share your faith with a friend. Nashville: Moorings. Ham, Kam. 1999. Creation Evangelism for the New Millennium. Green Forest: Master Books. Hoekema, Anthony A. 1989. Saved by grace. Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; and Exeter: The Pternoster Press Ltd. Horton, Michael Scott, ed. 1992. Power religion: The selling out of the evangelical church. Chicago: Moody Press. Hulse, Errol. 1986. The great invitation: Examining the use of the invitation system in evangelism. Welwyin, England: Evangelical Press. Kuiper, R.B. 1994 [1966]. God-centered evangelism: A presentation of the scriptural theology of evangelism. London: The Banner of Truth Trust. Ladd, George Eldon. 1952. Crucial questions about the kingdom of God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.. 1959. The gospel of the kingdom. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.. 1974. The presence of the future. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.. 1994. A theology of the New Testament. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. 1949. The presentation of the gospel. London: InterVarsity Fellowship. Mayhue, Richard, and Robert L. Thomas, eds. 1992. Rediscovering expository preaching by John MacArthur, Jr. and the master's seminary faculty. Word, Inc. McGavran, Donald A. 1988. Effective evangelism: A theological mandate. Foreword by Roger S. Greenway. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company.
Muck, Terry C. 1992. Those other religions in your neighborhood: Loving your neighbor when you don't know how. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House. Murray, Iain. 1984. The invitation system. Carlisle: The Banner of Truth Trust. Newbigin, Lesslie. 1991. The gospel in a pluralist society. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1989; reprint, Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (page references are to reprint edition). 8 Nichols, William C. ed. 2001. Seeking God: Jonathan Edward=s evangelism contrasted with modern methodology. Ames, Iowa: International Outreach. O'Brien, P. T. 1993. Consumed by passion: Paul and the dynamic of the gospel. Homebush West, NSW: Lancer Books. Packer, J.I. 1991. Evangelism & the sovereignty of God. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. Piper, John. 2002 [1993]. Let the nations be glad: The supremacy of God in missions. 2 nd ed. Revised and Expanded. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. Rainer, Thom S. 2003. The unchurched next door: Understanding faith stages as keys to sharing your faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.. 2001. Surprising insights from the unchurched and proven ways to reach them. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.. 1996. Effective evangelistic churches: Successful churches reveal what works and what doesn=t. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Rainer, Thom S., and Eric Geiger. 2006. Simple church: Returning to God=s process for making disciples. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Reid, Alvin. 2009. Evangelism handbook: Biblical, spiritual, intentional, missional. Foreword by Thom S. Rainer. Afterword by Roy Fish. Nashville: B & H Academic. Reisinger, Ernest C. 1982. Today=s evangelism: Its message and methods. Phillipsburg: Craig Press. Ridderbos, Herman. 1958. Matthew's witness to Jesus Christ: The king and the kingdom. London: United Society for Christian Literature-Lutterworth Press.. 1962. The coming of the kingdom. Translated by H. de Jongste. Philadelphia: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company.
9. 1979. Church, world, kingdom. Potchefstroom, S.A.: Instituut vir die Bevordering van Calvinisme.. 1988. Redemptive history and the New Testament scriptures [Formerly The authority of the New Testament scriptures]. Translated by H. De Jongste. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company. Ruffcorn, Kevin E. 1994. Rural evangelism: Catching the vision. Minneapolis: Augsburg. Runia, Klaas. 1978. What is preaching according to the New Testament. Tyndale Bulletin 29:3-48. Sanders, John, ed. 1995. What about those who have never heard? Three views on the destiny of the unevangelized: Gabriel Fackre, Ronald H. Nash, and John Sanders. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. Scharpff, Paulus. 1966. History of evangelism: Three hundred years of evangelism in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States of America. Translated by Helga Bender Henry. Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Sire, James W. 1990. Discipleship of the mind: Learning to love God in the ways we think. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. Spencer, Ichabod. 2001. Vols 1 and 2. A pastor=s sketches: Conversations with anxious souls concerning the way of salvation. Vestavia Hills: Solid Ground Christian Books. Spurgeon, Charles H. 1993. The soul winner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Stewart, James A. N.d. Evangelism. Asheville: Revival Literature. Warfield, Benjamin B. 1989 [1915]. The plan of salvation. Boonton: Simpson Publishing Company. Wilson, Jeffrey E. 1990. The authentic gospel. Carlisle: The Banner of Truth Trust.