The Logic of Evangelism: Revisited

by Michael J. Gehring (Editor), Andrew D. Kinsey (Editor), Vaughn W. Baker (Editor), William B. Lawrence (Foreword by), William J. Abraham (Afterword)

Overview

The publication of William J. Abraham's The Logic of Evangelism in 1989 marked a turning point in the field and practice of evangelism. Almost thirty years later the book still provokes discussion as it stimulates both theorists and practitioners to comprehend evangelism as initiation into God's reign. Combining theological insight and historical analysis, Abraham's groundbreaking work remains the primary text to set the stage for how evangelism may be conceived. In these timely essays written by both theologians and church leaders, The Logic of Evangelism Revisited takes a critical and yet appreciative look into the ways Abraham's work still speaks to the church in today's world. The authors, coming from a wide array of backgrounds, show how The Logic of Evangelism remains a key text into the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532604577
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	02/14/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	182
File size:	913 KB

About the Author

Michael J. Gehring is Senior Pastor of Main Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville, North Carolina, and Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology at Hood Theological Seminary. He is the author of As the Broken White Lines Become One and The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, and Legacy of C.S. Lewis.



Andrew D. Kinsey is Senior Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church in Franklin, Indiana and Adjunct Professor of Ministry at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio and in the Lantz Center for Christian Vocations at the University of Indianapolis. He is the editor of Notes from a Wayward Son: A Miscellany and the Wipf & Stock Wesleyan Doctrine Series.



Vaughn W. Baker serves the Senior Pastor of Silver Creek United Methodist Church in Azle, Texas, and is the author of Evangelism and the Openness of God. He has given lectures on open theism and missiology.
Michael J. Gehring, a United Methodist Elder, serves in the Western North Carolina Conference. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology at Hood Theological Seminary. His publications include The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, and Legacy of C. S. Lewis (2017), As the Broken White Lines Become One: A Spiritual Travelogue (2018), and coeditor of The Logic of Evangelism Revisited (2019).
Andrew D. Kinsey is senior pastor at Grace United Methodist Church, Franklin, Indiana. He was awarded the Pastor-Preacher-Scholar Award by the Wesleyan Theological Society in 2011.
Vaughn Baker is Lead Pastor of Silver Creek United Methodist Church in Azle, Texas, and Senior Fellow of the Polycarp Community.
William B. Lawrence is professor emeritus of American Church History at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church and a clergy member of the North Texas Annual Conference. Before retirement, his career included both academic and church positions. He was a pastor in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC. He has served on the faculties and staffs of four theological schools. And he has been president of the Judicial Council of The United Methodist Church.
William J. Abraham is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies and Altschuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology. His previous books include The Logic of Evangelism, The Logic of Renewal, Canonical Theism: A Proposal for Theology and the Church, and Canon and Criterion.