Bibliographies for the Study of Evangelism

The Center is in the process of developing a comprehensive list of resources for the study of Evangelism. The bibliographies below are organized by the approach taken in the books. 

• Biblical Studies in Evangelism

Arias, Mortimer and Alan Johnson. The Great Commission: Biblical Models for Evangelism. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1992.

Brueggemann, Walter. Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993.

Cantalamessa, Raniero. Life in the Lordship of Christ: A Spiritual Commentary on the Letter to the Romans for a New Evangelization. trans. Frances Lonergan Villa. Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1990.

Cocoris, G. Michael. Evangelism, A Biblical Approach. Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1984.

Elizondo, Virgilio P. The Biblical Pedagogy of Evangelization: Its Signification in Our Times. Conference presented to the bishops and religious educators of Texas, March 27, 1974. San Antonio, TX: Mexican American Cultural Center, 1974.

Fung, Raymond. The Isaiah Vision: An Ecumenical Strategy for Congregational Evangelism. Risk Book Series, no. 52. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1992.

Graham, Billy. A Biblical Standard for Evangelists. Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, 1984.

Hammett, John S. “The Great Commission and Evangelism in the New Testament.” Paper presented at the Southeastern Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Wake Forest, NC, March 19-20, 1999.

Klaiber, Walter. Call and Response: Biblical Foundations of a Theology of Evangelism. Howard Perry-Trauthig and James Dwyer, trans., Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1997.

Marshall, Michael. Great Expectations?: Preparing for Evangelism through Bible Study. Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publications, 1991.

McIntosh, Gary. Biblical Church Growth: How You Can Work with God to Build a Faithful Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2003.

Mugambi, J. N. Kanyua. The Biblical Basis for Evangelization: Theological Reflections Based on an African Experience. Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1989.

• Theological Studies and Evangelism

Abraham, William J. The Logic of Evangelism. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989.

Arias, Mortimer. Announcing the Reign of God. Nashville: Academic Renewal Press, 2001.

Arias, Mortimer. The Search for a New Evangelism: Fondren Lectures, 1977: A Project to fulfill the Requirements of the D.Min Degree. Dallas, TX: Perkins School of Theology, 1977.

Coalter, Milton J. and Virgil Cruz, eds. How Shall We Witness?: Faithful Evangelism in a Reformed Tradition. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.

Cook, Henry. The Theology of Evangelism: The Gospel in the World of Today. London: Carey Kingsgate Press, 1951.

Fackre, Gabriel J. Word in Deed: Theological Themes in Evangelism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1975.

House, Paul and Greg Thornbury, eds. Who Will Be Saved?: Defending the Biblical Understanding of God, Salvation, & Evangelism. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2000.

Jeans, David, Ian Maher, and Daniel Cozens. Affirming the Evangelist: Responses to Good News People. Grove Evangelism Series, no. 50. Cambridge: Grove, 2000.

Johnson, Ben Campbell. Rethinking Evangelism: A Theological Approach. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1987.

Jones, Scott J. The Evangelistic Love of God & Neighbor: A Theology of Witness and Discipleship. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003.

Knight III, Henry H. “Evangelism as Worship,” Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, 18 (2002-2003).

Knight III, Henry H. “Learning From Students,” Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education 17 (2001-2002).

Knight III, Henry H. “Why Evangelism Needs Theology,” Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, 16 (2000-2001).

Knight III, Henry H. "Listening as a Scholarly Discipline,” Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, 15 (1999-2000).

Knight III, Henry H. "Teaching Theology for Evangelism," Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, 14 (1998-99).

Knight III, Henry H. "Evangelism and Church Renewal," Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, 13 (1997-98).

Knitter, Paul F. Introducing Theologies of Religion. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002.

Kolb, Robert. Speaking the Gospel Today: A Theology for Evangelism. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Pub. House, 1984.

Marsh, Clive. Questioning Evangelism: A Contribution from a Liberal Perspective. Grove Booklets on Evangelism, no. 24. Bramcote, Nottingham: Grove Books, 1993.

Nessan, Craig L. Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1999.

Nicholls, Bruce. In Word and Deed: Evangelism and Social Responsibility. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1986.

Pickard, Stephen K. Liberating Evangelism: Gospel, Theology, and the Dynamics of Communication. Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999.

Poe, Harry Lee. The Gospel and its Meaning: A Theology for Evangelism and Church Growth. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996.

Pope-Levison, Priscilla. Evangelization from a Liberation Perspective. American University Studies, Series VII, Theology and Religion, v. 69. New York, NY: P. Lang, 1991.

Recinos, Harold. Good News from the Barrio. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2006.

Rieger, Joerg. Opting for the Margins: Postmodernity and Liberation in Christian Theology. New York, NY: Oxford, 2003.

Sanders, John. No Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the Unevangelized. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1991.

Schmidt, Henry J. Witnesses of a Third Way: A Fresh Look at Evangelism. Elgin, IL: Brethren Press, 1986.

Stone, Bryan P. Compassionate Ministry: Theological Foundations. Maryknoll, NV: Orbis Books, 1996.

Wells, David F. God the Evangelist: How the Holy Spirit Works to Bring Men and Women to Faith. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1987.

• Missiology and Evangelism

Bevans, Stephen B. and Roger P. Schroder. Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004.

Bosch, David J.: Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll, NV, Orbis, 1991.

Duraisingh, Christopher and Ana Langerak. Called to One Hope: The Gospel in Diverse Cultures. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1998.

Das, Somen. Mission and Evangelism. Delhi: Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1998.

Guder, Darrell L. Be My Witnesses: The Church’s Mission, Message, and Messengers. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1985.

Guder, Darrell L. The Continuing Conversion of the Church. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000.

Guder, Darrell L. and Lois Barrett, eds. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998

Hunsberger, George R. and Craig Van Gelder. The Church Between Gospel and Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996.

Hunter III, George G. Radical Outreach: Recovering Apostolic Ministry and Evangelism. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003.

Knight III, Henry H. “The Spirit and the Mission of God,” Quarterly Review, 21:2 (Summer 2001).

Newbigin, Leslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989.

Newbigin, Leslie. The Open Secret, Revised Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdman’s Publishing Company, 2002.

Peterson, Paul D., ed. Missions and Evangelism: A Bibliography Selected from the ATLA Religion Database. Chicago, IL: American Theological Library Association, Religion Indexes, 1985.

Poston, Larry. “‘You Must Not Worship in Their Way’ When Contextualization Becomes Syncretism.” Paper presented at the meeting of the Northeastern Region of the Evangelical Theological Society, Northeast Campus of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. Schenectady, NY, March 27, 2004.

Shenk, Wilbert R. The Transfiguration of Mission. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1993.

Smith, Gordon T. Beginning Well: Christian Conversion and Authentic Transformation. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 2001.

Tucker, Ruth. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions, 2nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.

Tucker, Ruth. Guardians of the Great Commission: The Story of Women in Modern Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1988.

Zuck, Roy B. Vital Missions Issues: Examining Challenges and Changes in World Evangelism. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Resources, 1998.

• Wesleyan Studies in Evangelism

Collins, Kenneth J. and John H. Tyson, eds. Conversion in the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2001.

Gunter, W. Stephen and Elaine Robinson, eds., Considering the Great Commission: Evangelism and Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2005.

Hunter III, George G. To Spread the Power: Church Growth in the Wesleyan Spirit. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1987.

Logan, James C., ed. Christ for the World: United Methodist Bishops Speak on Evangelism. Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 1996.

Logan, James C., ed. Theology and Evangelism in the Wesleyan Heritage. Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 1994.

Outler, Albert C. Evangelism in the Wesleyan Spirit. Nashville, TN: Tidings, 1971.

Outler, Albert C. That the World May Believe. New York, NY: Joint Commission on Education and Cultivation Board of Missions of the Methodist Church, 1966.

Yrigoyen, Charles, ed. The Global Impact of the Wesleyan Traditions and Their Related Movements. Pietist and Wesleyan Studies, no. 14. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002.

• Psychological and Sociological Studies in Evangelism

Carrier, Herve. Evangelizing the Culture of Modernity. Faith and Cultures Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1993

. Dockery, David S. The Challenge of Postmodernism. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.

Fowler, James W. Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian: Adult Development and Christian Faith, rev. ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000.

Fowler, James W., Karl Ernst Nipkow, Friedrich Schweitzer, eds. Stages of Faith and Religious Development: Implications for Church, Education, and Society. New York : Crossroad, 1991.

Fowler, James W. Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1981.

Gallo, Antonio, Robert Magliola, and George F. McLean, eds. Culture, Evangelization, and Dialogue. Washington, DC: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2003.

Knight III, Henry H. A Future for Truth: Evangelical Theology in a Postmodern World. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1997.

Kraft, Charles H. Anthropology for Christian Witness. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996.

Maher, Ian. Faith and Film: Close Encounters of an Evangelistic Kind. Cambridge: Grove Books, 2002.

Phillips, Timothy R. and Dennis L. Okholm, eds. The Nature of Confession: Evangelicals and Postliberals in Conversation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996.

Poe, Harry Lee. Christian witness in a postmodern world. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2001.

Poe, Harry Lee. Christianity in the Academy: Teaching at the Intersection of Faith and Learning. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004.

Poe, Harry Lee. Science and Faith: An Evangelical Dialogue. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2000.

Rieger, Joerg. Opting for the Margins: Postmodernity and Liberation in Christian Theology. New York: Oxford, 2003. ISBN 0-195-16119-x

Schofield, J. Chris, General Editor. The Gospel for the New Millennium. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2001.

Schweitzer, Friedrich L. The Postmodern Life Cycle: Challenges for Church and Theology. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2004.

Sider, Ronald, J., Philip N. Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh. Churches that Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Work. Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, 2002.

Sider, Ronald J. Evangelism, Salvation and Social Justice. Bramcote, Notts: Grove Books, 1977.

Sider, Ronald J. Good News and Good Works: A Theology of the Whole Gospel. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1999.

Snyder, Howard A., Ed. Global Good News: Mission in a New Context. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001.

Stassen, Glen H., Diane M. Yeager, and John Howard Yoder. Authentic Transformation: A New Vision of Christ and Culture. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1996.

Stone, Bryan P. Faith and Film: Theological Themes at the Cinema. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2000.

Sweet, Leonard. SoulTsunami. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1999.

Unruh, Heidi Rolland and Ronald J. Sider. Saving Souls, Serving Society: Understanding the Faith Factor in Church-Based Social Ministry. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

• Conferences on Evangelism

Addresses and General Proceedings of the World Methodist Convocation of Evangelism, June 26-28, 1953, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nashville, TN: Tidings, 1953.

Catholic Church, Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano. Evangelization at Present and in the Future of Latin America: Third General Conference of Latin American Bishops: Conclusions. Official English edition. Washington, DC: National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1979.

Dayton, Edward R. and Samuel Wilson, eds. The Future of World Evangelization: The Lausanne Movement. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1984.

Dhavamony, Mariasusai, ed. Evangelization, Dialogue and Development: Selected Papers of the International Theological Conference, Nagpur (India), 1971. Documenta Missionalia, no. 5. Rome: UniversitaÌ Gregoriana, 1972.

Douglas, J. D., ed. The Calling of an Evangelist: The Second InternationalCongress for Itinerant Evangelists, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, 1987.

Douglas, J. D., ed. Let the Earth Hear His Voice: Official Reference Volume, Papers and Responses / International Congress on World Evangelization, Lausanne, Switzerland. Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, 1975.

Douglas, J. D, ed. Proclaim Christ until He Comes: Calling the Whole Church to Take the Whole Gospel to the Whole World. Lausanne II in Manila, International Congress on World Evangelization, 1989. Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, 1990.

Hunter, Harold D. and Peter D. Hocken, eds. All Together in One Place: Theological Papers from the Brighton Conference on World Evangelization. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.

International Missionary Council. Evangelism: Presenting Papers Based upon the Meeting of the International Missionary Council at Tambaram, Madras, India, December 12th to 29th, 1938. Madras Series, vol. 3. New York, NY: International Missionary Council, 1939.

Nichols, Alan and Billy Graham, eds. The Whole Gospel for the Whole World: Story of Lausanne II Congress on World Evangelization, Manila, 1989. Charlotte, NC : Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 1989.

Renee Padilla, C., ed. The New face of Evangelicalism: An International Symposium on the Lausanne Covenant. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1976.

Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, ed. New Delhi Speaks about Christian Witness, Service, and Unity; the Message, Appeal, and Section Reports. New York, NY: Association Press, 1962.

"You are the light of the world": Statements on Mission by the World Council of Churches 1980-2005. Geneva: WCC Publications, 2005.

• History of Evangelism

Bennett, David. The Altar Call: Its Origins and Present Usage. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000.

Ferguson, Everett, ed. Conversion, Catechumenate, and Baptism in the Early Church. New York, NY: Garland, 1993.

Fox, Robin Lane. Pagans and Christians. New York, NY: Knopf, 1987.

Frend, W.H.C. The Rise of Christianity. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1984.

Harnack, Adolf von. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the first Three Centuries. ed. and trans. James Moffat. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam, 1908.

Hillgarth, J.N. Christianity and Paganism, 350-750: The Conversion of Western Europe. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.

Hinson, Glenn E. The Evangelization of the Roman Empire: Identity and Adaptability. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1981.

Krieder, Alan. Worship and Evangelism in Pre-Christendom. Cambridge: Grove Books, 1995.

MacMullen, Ramsay. Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997.

MacMullen, Ramsay. Christianizing the Roman Empire (A.D. 100-400). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984.

• Biographies of Evangelists

Andrews, John Richard. George Whitefield: A Light Rising in Obscurity, 2nd Edition. London: Morgan & Chase, 186?.

Bascuti, Ellen. Luis Palau: Evangelist to the World. Heroes of the Faith Series. Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour Publishers, 2000.

Blumhofer, Edith Waldvogel. Aimee Semple McPherson: Everybody's Sister. Library of Religious Biography. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1993.

Brown, George. The Lady Preacher, or, The Life and Labors of Mrs. Hannah Reeves. Women in American Protestant Religion. New York, NY: Garland, 1987.

Bruns, Roger. Preacher: Billy Sunday and Big-time American Evangelism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1992.

Cook, Vallance. Thomas Cook: Evangelist, Saint; An Appreciation by His Brother Vallance Cook, 2nd Edition. London: Chas. H. Kelly, 1914.

Dallimore, Arnold A. George Whitefield: Evangelist of the 18th-century Revival. London: Wakeman Trust, 1990.

Ellis, James Joseph. Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Lives that Speak Series. London: J. Nisbet & Co., 1891.

Epstein, Daniel Mark. Sister Aimee: The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993.

Fielder, Geraint. Grit, Grace, and Gumption: The Exploits of Evangelists John Pugh, Frank and Seth Joshua. Fearn, Ross-shire: Christian Focus; Evangelical Movement of Wales, 2000. Foundation for Evangelism. Prophetic Evangelist: The Living Legacy of Harry Denman. Nashville, TN: Upper Room, 1993.

Frady, Marshall. Billy Graham, A Parable of American Righteousness. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1979.

George, Timothy, ed. Mr. Moody and the Evangelical Tradition. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004.

Graham, Billy. I Saw Your Sons at War: The Korean Diary of Billy Graham. Minneapolis, MN: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1953.

Graham, Billy. Just as I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997.

Hambrick-Stowe, Charles E. Charles G. Finney and the Spirit of American Evangelicalism. Library of Religious Biography. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1996.

Hardman, Keith. The Spiritual Awakeners: American Revivalists from Solomon Stoddard to D.L. Moody. Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1983.

Lambert, Frank, Pedlar in Divinity: George Whitefield and the Transatlantic Revivals, 1737-1770. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.

Minnix, Kathleen. Laughter in the Amen Corner: The Life of Evangelist Sam Jones. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1993.

Morgan, Edward. The Life and Times of Howell Harris: The First Itinerant Preacher in Wales. Denton, TX: Needs of the Times Publishers, 1998.

Pike, G. Holden. The Life and Work of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1892.

Pollock, John Charles. Billy Graham, Evangelist to the World: An Authorized Biography of the Decisive Years. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1979.

Short, Ruth Gordon. George Whitefield, Trumpet of the Lord. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Pub. Association, 1979.

Smart, Henry Thomas. The Life of Thomas Cook: Evangelist and First Principal of Cliff College, Calver. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1913.

Smith, Amanda. An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist, reprint. The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-century Black Women Writers. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1988.

Sunday, Billy. The Sawdust Trail: Billy Sunday in His Own Words. Bur Oak Book Series. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2005.

Tyerman, Luke. The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield. Azle, TX. Need of the Times Publishers, 1995.

Vickers, John A., ed. The Journals of Dr. Thomas Coke. Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 2005.

Weisberger, Bernard A. They Gathered at the River: The Story of the Great Revivalists and Their Impact upon Religion in America. New York, NY: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, 1958.

Whalin, Terry. Luis Palau. Men of Faith Series. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1996.

Wirt, Sherwood Eliot. Billy: A Personal Look at Billy Graham, The World's Best-loved Evangelist. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1997.