Telling the Story: Evangelism for the Next Generation [Paperback]

Luis Palau (Author), Timothy L. Robnett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2006

From itinerant preachers to international missionaries, untold numbers of people have heard the call to evangelism, but struggle to hear anything further to help them move forward. Telling the Story answers those who wonder “Have I been called to be an evangelist?” and “Where do I begin?” Written by veteran evangelist Luis Palau and Dr. Timothy L. Robnett, this book will provide those called to serve God in evangelism with a step-by-step handbook for establishing, building and maintaining an effective evangelistic ministry.
This invaluable resource includes:
• Finding the right ministry position
• Building a ministry team
• Utilizing mulitmedia resources
• Maintaining the balance between personal and professional life

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From the Back Cover

Maybe you think you would like to serve God as a full-time missionary or evangelist, but you’re not sure. And if you are called, how do you move forward?

 Telling the Story answers those who wonder “Have I been called to be an evangelist?” and “Where do I begin?”  Here, you’ll discover help for:

• Understanding evangelism and what it means to be an evangelist
• Finding the right position
• Building a ministry team
• Utilizing multimedia resources
• Characteristics and spiritual requirements to have or to cultivate
• Maintaining a balance between personal and professional life
• Assessing your spiritual gifts


Written by veteran evangelist Luis Palau and evangelism trainer Tim Robnett, this book will be a valuable resource for anyone contemplating the call to evangelism.

About the Author

LUIS PALAU is a world-renowned evangelist who speaks to hundreds of thousands of people annually at his festivals and is an author of many books. Whether on stage speaking to crowds of a quarter-million people; through his radio messages heard daily in more than 40 countries; or in counsel and prayer with leaders from the local church to the White House, Palau consistently remains one of the world’s most effective and compelling spiritual communicators. Palau recently started a daily radio program airing on 850+ affiliates and launched Next Generation Alliance, a ministry to assist young evangelists.

DR. TIMOTHY L. ROBNETT trains and encourages emerging evangelists as the director of Next Generation Alliance, a ministry of the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association (LPEA). Dr. Robnett is Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Internship Director at Multnomah Biblical Seminary. Before moving into full-time evangelistic ministry, Robnett spent 18 years in the local church as a youth pastor, associate pastor and senior pastor. He has published articles in a variety of evangelism and ministry journals, and served as the theological reviewer for the Starting Point Study Bible, a 2003 Gold Medallion Award finalist.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Regal (October 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830739009
• ISBN-13: 978-0830739004
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,198,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The new Mere Christianity, November 2, 2009

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Joshua Hopping - See all my reviews

This review is from: Start Here: Kingdom Essentials for Christians (Paperback)

The first phrase that came to mind when I sat down to review Don Williams' new book Start Here was: "It is the new Mere Christianity".

It may sound crazy, but that is what it is...Don Williams follows in the foot steps of CS Lewis in trying to put and describe the mysterious and wonderful event of being resurrected into a new life. The life of Christ.

It all started when Rich Nathan, Columbus, Ohio Vineyard Church, asked Williams to write a book for new believers. Yet, it couldn't be just any book - it needed to bring to light the fullness of the Kingdom of God. In that vain, Williams wrote a book full of Kingdom language.

For example, in the first chapter, "What's Happened to Me?", Don Williams explains that once a person has accepted Christ as their personal savior, they have now been "delivered from Satan's kingdom" and into "God's kingdom". It is an "exchange of sovereignties."

We are no longer our own. We belong to Christ and He is our Ruler and King. As such, we must only do what He says. That is the foundation of Faith.

From this foundation, Williams takes the reader on a journey from "Life in the Kingdom" to the "Call to Kingdom Ministry" onward to "The Road Marked `Suffering'" and "Kingdom Power", ending with the "Community of the King" and "You're in the Kingdom Now."

Please note that while this book was written for those new in the Faith, it is also one that should be read by believers of all `ages'. For me personally, it called to remembrance the reason why I walk the path that I do: the grace of God and for the love of a King.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great foundation, March 19, 2007

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Jeff Hopper (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Start Here: Kingdom Essentials for Christians (Paperback)

Don Williams offers an excellent beginning point in many important areas for newer Christians. At the same time, even the "oldsters" can be refreshed with some of the author's insights, particularly with regard to the context of our lives--leaving one kingdom behind in full pursuit of one much better.

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's Get Started, May 31, 2008

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Dennis W. Herrick "DEAD HEAD" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Start Here: Kingdom Essentials for Christians (Paperback)

Sometimes ... you just have to go back to the basics - this book helps. Something about us drives us to make the simple complex. It really help to have a book like this to get us back on track.