Evangelism UK

Evangelism 'More ways than one' says J John and associates

This Authentic book has 14 chapters from associates of J John who illustrate that there are more ways than one to do evengelism in a post modern world: http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/AuthenticSite/product/9781860247224.htm

UK Christian Handbook ready

The Bible Society have announced that the UK Christian Handbook can now be bought from: http://www.bibleresources.org.uk/pages/data.asp?layout=book.htm&id=995

'Movements that changed the world' Nov 14th

Ian Hamilton (ianverl@googlemail.com) says that Steve Addison from CRM is on London on Nov 14th to speak about his book: http://www.movements.net/about-steve

8 Secrets of Happiness book

This new book looks at how people can find happiness: written from a Christian perspective: http://www.the8secretsofhappiness.org.uk/

Bible Society relaunch website

The Bible Society website has been relaunched and includes links to 900 Bible related resources. See: http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/resources22/

'Sparrow Story' The Gospel retold for today

David Rhodes has retold what Jesus said and did, as a sparrow looking down in our day and age: http://www.sparrowstory.com/

Authentic Press announce Hope 08 book to be released

The lessons from Hope 08, together with stories of good practice, will make up a new resource book from Authentic on mission in the UK context. Advance notice is on press page: http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/AuthenticSite/product/9781860245725.htm

Krish Kandiah's recommended reading for mission

Krish Kandiah has the brief for evangelism at the Evangelical Alliance and recommends 6 books for a missional church on the Slipstream website : http://www.eauk.org/slipstream/resources/essential-resources-on-missional-church.cfm

Add evangelism Good Bookstall reviews to your website

Mary Bartholomew manages the Good Bookstall website, and says they have added a tool so you can add specific reviews to another website. See: http://www.thegoodbookstall.org.uk/reviews_incl_build.php

New Authentic Books re Evangelism

Authentic have two new books re evangelism. One is about discovering God in The Shack (from the novel), the other is by Krish Kandiah who has coined the phrase 'Dysciple': see http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/AuthenticSite/cm/releases_books_march09.htm

The Good Bookstall website and evangelism

A variety of book reviews appear in the evangelism section of the Good Bookstall website, which also offers advice about Christian bookshops, suppliers, bookstalls etc: http://www.thegoodbookstall.org.uk/section/8/evangelism/

J John's new book 'Breaking the News'

Authentic have just produced the new book by J John which looks at evangelism and how to do it practically:

http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/AuthenticSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=9781860247231&cookie%5Ftest=1

Christopher Power 'Breaking Free' book

Popular High Street shops are selling this book which tells the story of a man who breaks free with his new Christian faith:

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6413228

'Do Nothing: Christmas is Coming' Advent calendar published

Stephen Cottrell wrote an acclaimed book on spirituality which captured the public imagination, called 'Do Nothing'. A very missional minded Bishop he has now written this alternative Advent calendar which CHP hope will reach the open market:

http://www.chpublishing.co.uk/product.asp?id=2394117

New Authentic books

The Authentic media newsletter announced two books which are particularly relevant for the evangelism network. 'Soul Purpose' by J John is for new Christians grappling with questions of faith, and 'Church Unplugged' by Dave Male is looking at how accessable the Christian community might be in the twenty first century.

http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/AuthenticSite/cm/releases_books_july08.htm

Bible available for new readers

A new presentation of the Bible with illustrations and commentary, has been produced for people who have never read it, or who have English as their second language. To have a look click on:

http://www.wtlbiblepublications.com/

6 Men Encounter God

BRF have a book with a Foreword by the rugby legent Francois Pienaer on the testimonies of six men who have encountered God. The men are from different backgronds and all have an interesting story to tell. All the details are at:

http://www.brf.org.uk/9781841015286

Review book: Tough Talk 2?

Nancy Lush from STL is offering to send review copies of the book by Authentic which is about to be released, on the testimonies of the Tough talk team. They speak at 250 events per year in churches, schools and prisons. If you would like a review copy of the book or ask about interviewing one of the Tough Talk team email:

nancy.lush@stl.org

After McDonaldization: John Drane

John Drane has written a sequel to his best selling book looking at the McDonaldization of the Church, which is aptly called 'After McDonaldization!' Explorng culture, community, and ministry from a missiological perspective, It will be published by DLT and the The launch is next week.

www.johndrane.com

The Good Bookstall

Mary Bartholomew runs the website which serves the Christian book industry: both publishers and shops. It is the only independant review website of its kind and has specific sections on evangelism and emerging church. Latest book review on Evangelism is unusual: The Realm is about cultural engagement to convert England and the latest on Emerging Church is the Shaping of Things to Come by Frost and Hirsch. Always a good site to check out at:

http://www.thegoodbookstall.org.uk/

'Freewheeling' from Activate

Jan Harney from Activate, the outreach among women network, has a new book out called 'Freewheeling'. It picks up on the 'fullness of life' Jesus offers from the perspective of a life coach resource. The book is all about reachng potential and is intended for those who would not call themselves Christian. It is not a study guide but written in the style of a journal, as detailed on:

http://www.activatecv.org.uk/resources/books.html

'Purpose Driven' for the Community

The 40 Days Of Purpose and the 40 Days of Community campaigns were taken up by over 2,400 churches in the UK and 40,000 churches worldwide.

Peter Simpson from Purpose Driven anticipates two new campaigns to attract a lot of interest.The 30 Day campaign  ’30 Days to Live’ focuses on setting our priorities in life. The 40 Days campaign ‘ Building Relationships’ looks at the whole aspect of relationships at based on I Corinthians  13. These initiatives, together with a sale of resources, can be found on:

www.purposedrivenuk.com

Winning Ways

I am currently reading this book from Authentic which is based round a brilliant story of a pastor and evangelist on retreat in the Canadian woods log cabin at night. Get the book to read the story! Sufficient to say Philip Jinadu and David Lawrence do a agood job is helping all evangelists and pastors explore winning ways by creating a an evangelising church and leadership.

http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/AuthenticSite/product/9781850787389.htm

Publicity in the Local Church

The latest book int he evangelism series of Grove books takes a good look at publicity in the local church and how the congregation can make good use of all the readilly available resources in promoting and presenting itself. Realistic, optimistic and very practical for every group not just congregation. It is number Ev 80 on:

www.grovebooks.co.uk

How to be evangelistic without being religious

Gareth Squire from Christain Enquiry Agency is offering to send you a free copy of this book by Graham Horsley as part of the CEA commitment to equip people to share their faith. Written because research suggests that 76% of people say that they have had a spiritual experience but only 6% attend church, the book addresses many issues relating to modern cultureal context. Details at:

www.christianity.org.uk/contact_cea.html

FX in Urban Context

A new Christian publishing house has produced 'Fresh Expressions in the Urban Context' by Re Dr Eleanor Williams. Details are on:

www.ytcpress.com

SU launch web Bible

Scripture Union have invested a great deal in this new resource called WordLive. Everything you could imagine regarding the Bible on one web site and free with resources to accompany it. This is a major initiative launched at the beginning of the year. Details are at:

http://www.scriptureunion.org.uk/2981.id

Hope Resource book 2nd print run

20,000 copies of the HopeO8 Resource book have been sold and distributed now, so another print run of 20k has been printed. This is a phenominal number of books and represents a very network of churches. Copies are in local Christian bookshops and also available from:

www.hope08.com

Live Life Love Lent 2008

Last year 130k adults used the little booklet from Church House Publishing which suggested good things to do for each day in Lent. It gained profile with the 'hug someone' and 'coin in the supermarket trolley' ideas. This year a childrens version is also avaliable. The CHP website link for advance planning is:

http://www.chpublishing.co.uk/feature.asp?id=2393695

Destiny by Krish Kandiah

What's life all about? Krish Kandiah is the new Churches In Mission advisor at the Evangelical Alliance and has written abiout this subject in this new book. Unlike many intorductions to the Christian faith, this starts a long way back with questions like 'Who shall I be today? and 'What am I supposed to be doing?' Deatails are on the blogsite:

http://krishk.wordpress.com/bio/