__A Graceful Approach to Sharing the Good News__   
Frances Adeney offers a comprehensive treatment of evangelism, showing that new evangelism theologies and methods are necessary in today's religiously pluralistic and secular contexts. By understanding different approaches to evangelism and accepting the views of others on this crucial topic, the church can move forward with a more graceful approach to sharing God's good news with the world.  
  
"In Graceful Evangelism, Professor Adeney combines her proficiency as a scholar with her talent and wisdom as a teacher to provide an extremely valuable resource for those learning and teaching evangelism today. She carefully draws from biblical, theological, and historical foundations to frame thoughtful and balanced practices, offering a comprehensive guide to evangelism in today's complicated North American context."--__Laceye Warner__, Duke Divinity School  
  
"Frances Adeney calls the church to be graceful--gentle, humble, respectful--in its evangelism, and she writes her book in the same graceful way. These pages are filled with experience, conviction, and faith. They should inspire pastors, students, and ordinary Christians, all of whom are called to live out their baptismal vocation to evangelize."--__Stephen Bevans__, Catholic Theological Union  
  
"Graceful Evangelism is a wonderfully accessible, thoroughly researched book that belongs in every introductory course in evangelism in both the seminary and the church. Adeney offers a robust vision for evangelism that is exactly what the church needs today."--__Elaine Heath__, Duke Divinity School  
  
"Frances Adeney has written a book that draws us away from the slick marketing gimcrackery that sometimes passes for evangelism. Graceful Evangelism directs would-be evangelists to get in step with the God who is neither contrived nor hurried. Here is an evangelism textbook that is as concerned with the integrity of the messenger as it is with the packaging of the message."--__Jonathan J. Bonk__, Boston University; former editor, International Bulletin of Missionary Research  
  
"Frances Adeney draws from Scripture, theology, anthropology, missiology, and from historical and contemporary case studies to produce a very useful reflection for rethinking a church's engagement with pre-Christian people. I hope that Graceful Evangelism makes an enduring contribution."--__George G. Hunter__, Asbury Theological Seminary

__Frances S. Adeney__ (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission Emerita at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. She has authored and contributed to many books, including Christianity Encountering World Religions, Christianity and Human Rights, and Christian Women in Indonesia: A Narrative Study of Gender and Religion.

The word evangelism evokes strong reactions among Christians. Conflict about what it is, whether to do it, how to go about it, and the desired results divides churches, demonstrating the need for new theologies and methods that address today's religiously pluralistic and secular contexts. This book offers a comprehensive treatment of evangelism, from biblical models to contemporary practice. Frances Adeney shows that understanding different contexts and approaches to evangelism and accepting the views of others on this crucial topic can help replace the "evangelism wars" (social action vs. proclamation) with a more graceful approach to sharing God's good news with the world.

This comprehensive text shows that despite different views and contexts, Christians can craft a grace-filled approach to sharing God's good news with the world.

Introduction: What This Book Is About  
__Part 1: Where Did We Come From?__ 1. What Is Evangelism? Perspectives and Problems   
2\. What Does the Bible Say? Biblical Models of Evangelism   
3\. Patterns of Evangelism through the Ages   
4\. The Western Missionary Movement in the Nineteenth Century: An American Perspective  
__Part 2: Where Are We Now?__ 5. The Situation for Evangelism in the Twenty-first Century: Two Sides of a Coin   
6\. Today's Mission Trends   
7\. Contemporary Theologies of Evangelism  
__Part 3: Where Are We Going?__ 8. Abundant Life   
9\. A Mission Statement for Evangelism   
10\. Changing Context: Transforming Mission  
__Part 4: Can We Craft a Graceful Evangelism?__ 11. Insights from Contemporary Theologies of Evangelism   
12\. Challenges to Crafting a Graceful Evangelism   
13\. Changes: New Movements and Institutional Re-visionings   
14\. Seeing through Their Eyes: A Spiral of Knowledge Acquisition   
15\. Radical Habits: Practices for Evangelism Today  
Appendix: Constructing a Congregational Timeline  
Indexes

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Graceful Evangelism offers fresh insights into effective evangelism today.

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The wordevangelismevokes strong reactions among Christians. Conflict about what it is, whether to do it, how to go about it, and the desired results divides churches, demonstrating the need for new theologies and methods that address today's religiously pluralistic and secular contexts. This book offers a comprehensive treatment of evangelism, from biblical models to contemporary practice. Frances Adeney shows that understanding different contexts and approaches to evangelism and accepting the views of others on this crucial topic can help replace the"evangelism wars" (social action vs. proclamation) with a more graceful approach to sharing God's good news with the world.

Frances S. Adeney (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. She has authored and contributed to many books, including Christianity Encountering World Religions.

A comprehensive guide on evangelism by Frances S. Adeney, addressing biblical models and contemporary practices in a pluralistic world. Ideal for church leaders and students.

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Graceful Evangelism offers a fresh perspective on sharing faith in today's diverse world.

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