The
Effective Invitation: A Practical Guide for the Pastor
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Is the public invitation or "altar call" a vital part of your ministry?
Dr. R. Alan Streett provides a practical and biblical guide to the effective use of the invitation in the contemporary church. Examining a wide range of historical information as well as the relevant biblical passages, Dr. Streett traces the invitation's origins in the early church, its use through the Middle Ages, Reformation, and Great Awakening, and its current application by evangelists such as Dr. Billy Graham. Topics that are addresses include:
- effective techniques of past and present evangelists
- guidelines for reaching children and teens with the Gospel
- contemporary invitational models
- music and the altar call
- customized calls to faith
The Effective Invitation provides invitation patterns and principles that can be readily adapted to one's own ministry. This unique resource will better equip pastors, evangelists, and Christian speakers to clearly and distinctively call the lost to Christ.
"This volume comes as a welcome resource. More completely than any book presently available, it addresses the need to publicly call people to Christ. . . . It is a pleasure to commend it to you." -- Dr. Robert E. Coleman, Professor of Evangelism, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois
"With all my heart I commend this splendid book to the emissary of God wherever he stands to proclaim the saving grace our our Lord."
-- from the introduction by Dr. W. A. Criswell, Senior Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas"A Soul Winner's Handbook!! Of all the books I've read, none has impacted my evangelistic ministry more than THE EFFECTIVE INVITATION. After I read the last page, I turned back to the front to read the book again. If you are a pastor, evangelist, teacher, or a soul winner, this book will be a tremendous help to your understanding of the gospel message and how to give a biblical invitation." -- Texas evangelist Mark A. Moore
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 -- Tell Me, What is the Gospel?
Chapter 2 -- The Theological Content of the Invitation
Chapter 3 -- The Public Invitation: Is it Biblical
Chapter 4 -- Evangelists and Invitation
Chapter 5 -- Billy Graham's Use of the Public Invitation
Chapter 6 -- Answering the Critics
Chapter 7 -- Extending the Public Invitation: The Reasons Why
Chapter 8 -- How to Prepare and Deliver a Public Invitation
Chapter 9 -- Invitational Models
Chapter 10 -- Music and the Invitation
Chapter 11 -- Inviting Children to Christ
Appendix: Selected Invitational Hymns