MS508 EVANGELISM: THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE by Elias dos Santos Medeiros

MS508 EVANGELISM: THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE
by
Elias dos Santos Medeiros
COURSE DESIGN
Reformed Theological Seminary
Jackson, Mississippi
Spring 2012 A.D.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE--SPRING 2012
TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED
Introduction to the Course
What is this course all about?
The greatest joy in Christian living
Biblical Theology of AEvangelism@
(God=s glory, the Church, the Unconverted, the Problem, The Solution, and the
Means)
Ecclesiological Applications (Your Local Churches)
The Chief End of Ministry and AEvangelism@
Evangelism, Evangelist, Evangelize, Intercultural Evangelism
God=s glory, the Church, and the Unconverted
The Problem of Every Person You Meet, the Solution, and the Means
The Teachings and Ministry of Jesus
The Teachings and Ministry of Peter
The Teachings and Ministry of Paul
The Practice of Evangelism
Evangelizing in Prisons
Evangelizing College Students
Evangelizing Roman Catholics
Evangelizing Muslims in USA1
Evangelistic Amethods@BSmall Groups Discussion
Reformed and Puritan Evangelism
The Sovereignty of God and Evangelism
Calvin and the TULIP
Discussion on Baxter and Beeke
Outreach Project Reports
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At least six hours of our classroom time will be devoted to study AWhat every
Christian should know about Islam@ and AHow to share the Gospel with Muslims.@
MS508 EVANGELISM: THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE
Course Description
AEvangelism@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 of
Jesus, the apostles, and the dynamics of the preaching of the gospel as portrayed in the
Scriptures and from a Reformed perspective. 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 the local churches.
The Lord willing we will have the participation of some experts on the topics
of Evangelizing Muslims, Evangelizing Roman Catholics, and so forth. 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 the small group discussions.
AClassroom attendance [and active participation in the small group
discussions] [are] for the glory of God and preparation for the gospel
ministry.
SIX (6) ABSENCES:
GRADE F
FOUR (4) ABSENCES:
GRADE C+
THREE (3) ABSENCES:
GRADE B2. 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. IT IS
THE STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY TO SUBMIT THESE INFORMATIONS VIA
E-MAIL. DON’T WAIT FOR A REMINDER.
3. Serious involvement in and commitment to an outreach project
(Evangelism Explosion, Gateway Homeless Ministry, Hospital Visits, Prison
Ministry, etc.) during this 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 your outreach project with the dates and main experiences,
lessons, and/or impressions that you have each time you went out to speak to
someone.
5. Written Personal Atestimonies.@ Each student will have an opportunity to
share his/her written personal testimony in the context of a small group. For a
format of how to prepare your personal Atestimony,@ see Metzger 2002, 209-210.
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Required Readings
Books
The whole book of Acts. Inspired by the Holy Spirit. Commanded by God. Just
reading due on February 21.
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. Reading and written reading report due
on March 06.
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. Reading and written reading report due on March
27.
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. Reading and written
reading report due on April 17.
At least 250 pages of an Aevangelist@ biography/biographies. Reading and written
reading report due on May 01. Some suggestions:2
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 18th century
revival. London: Wakeman Trust. 224 pages.
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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/.
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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
Fullerton, W.Y. Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A biography. This biography is
available online: http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/biopref.htm
DISCIPLINE YOURSELF TO READ 10 PAGES PER DAY. YOU WILL FINISH
THESE READINGS BEFORE MAY 1.
Other Sources
Use your Internet search engine (Google,3 Yahoo, Copernic, etc.) and search for
Abooks on evangelism,@ Aevangelism bibliography,@ Abibliography on evangelism,@
Aevangelism institute,@ Aevangelism books,@ Aevangelism resources,@ Atheology of
evangelism,@ Ahistory of evangelism,@ Aevangelism and culture,@ Aevangelism
methods,@ AReformed Evangelism,@ APuritan Evangelism.@
Off the Map Organization--http://www.off-the-map.org/
Recommended Articles on EvangelismBMonergism
website--http://www.monergism.com/directory/search.php?action=search_links_simpl
e&search_kind=and&phrase=evangelism
John Piper resourcesBhttp://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library
Eerdmans.com--http://www.eerdmans.com/shop/subjectarea_list.asp?pg=1
Bakerpublishinggroup.com
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--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
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Try http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search.
Includes the following publishing companies: BakerAcademic, BakerBooks,
BethanyHouse, Revell, Chosen, BrazosPress, and Cambridge University Press.
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Out-of-print Books, Audio, Videos, Images OnlineBwww.archive.org/
Preliminary Bibliography5
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.
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Update this preliminary bibliography by accessing the recommended
websites above.
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Brueggemann, Walter. 1993. Biblical perspectives on evangelism: Living in a
three-storied universe. Nashville: Abingdon Press.
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
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Edwards Professor of American Christianity, Yale University) and others. 179
pages
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.
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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).
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. 2nd 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.
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Phillipsburg: Craig Press.
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kingdom. London: United Society for Christian Literature-Lutterworth Press.
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Philadelphia: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company.
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Bevordering van Calvinisme.
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the New Testament scriptures]. Translated by H. De Jongste. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: The
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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.
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Great Britain, and the United States of America. Translated by Helga Bender Henry. Grand
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Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press.
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concerning the way of salvation. Vestavia Hills: Solid Ground Christian Books.
Spurgeon, Charles H. 1993. The soul winner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
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Course Objectives Related to MDiv Student Learning Outcomes
Course:
Professor:
Campus:
Evangelism
Elias Medeiros
Jackson
MDiv Student Learning Outcomes
Rubric
Articulation
(oral &
written)
Broadly understands and articulates knowledge,
both oral and written, of essential biblical,
theological, historical, and cultural/global
information, including details, concepts, and
frameworks.
Scripture
Significant knowledge of the original meaning of
Scripture. Also, the concepts for and skill to
research further into the original meaning of
Scripture and to apply Scripture to a variety of
modern circumstances. (Includes appropriate use
of original languages and hermeneutics; and
integrates theological, historical, and
cultural/global perspectives.)
Reformed
Theology
Significant knowledge of Reformed theology and
practice, with emphasis on the Westminster
Standards.
Sanctification
Demonstrates a love for the Triune God that aids
the student’s sanctification.
Strong
Strong
Strong
Strong
Desire for
Worldview
Burning desire to conform all of life to the Word of
God.
Winsomely
Reformed
Embraces a winsomely Reformed ethos. (Includes
an appropriate ecumenical spirit with other
Christians, especially Evangelicals; a concern to
Mini-Justification
Strong
Moderate
Minimal
N/A
Moderate
Moderate
1. Students will be sharing the
gospel weekly with
unchurched individuals
2. Students submit two pages
report for each book
1. Working with the original
languages
2. Biblical Expositions on
selected texts of the Old
and the New Testament
explicitly related to the
subject of the course
3. “ Saturate” use of the
Bible
1. Lecture on Reformed and
Puritan “Evangelism”
2. The theology of the
Sovereignty of God and its
implications for evangelism
1. Stress and exemplify the
relationship between sinful
living and lack of initiative
towards evangelism
Every lecture will challenge
each student in living their
whole life in view of God’s
glory, the edification of the
church and the salvation of
the lost
Emphasis on how God the
Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit, sovereignly use
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Preach
Worship
Shepherd
Church/World
present the Gospel in a God-honoring manner to
non-Christians; and a truth-in-love attitude in
disagreements.)
Ability to preach and teach the meaning of
Scripture to both heart and mind with clarity and
enthusiasm.
His people for His glory and
the salvation of the lost
Minimal but
modeling
Knowledgeable of historic and modern
Christian-worship forms; and ability to construct
and skill to lead a worship service.
Moderate
Ability to shepherd the local congregation: aiding
in spiritual maturity; promoting use of gifts and
callings; and encouraging a concern for
non-Christians, both in America and worldwide.
Moderate
Ability to interact within a denominational
context, within the broader worldwide church,
and with significant public issues.
Minimal
1. Applications are constantly
made throughout the
lectures
2. I do not lecture. I preach
throughout the course.
1. Evangelism as caused by
the inability and
impossibility of fallen
creatures to worship their
creator.
2. Discussion on the role of
the church as a worshipful
community and
Evangelism.
1. Emphasis on the role of the
pastor in the context of
actively modeling
evangelism for every
member of the local
church.
2. Evangelism is considered
glocally (locally and
globally).
This is included on the
preceding justification
(Shepherd)