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
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:
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:
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:
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.
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:
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:
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:
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
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:
