Joseph C. Aldrich

When it comes to evangelism, do you ever feel like a sheep among wolves? You know the gospel message should get out, but frankly, you're in no hurry to become supper for some hungry wolf pack. You've been chewed on once too often; let the "professionals" do it. For everyone who has felt that way, Joe Aldrich has good news: God wants to make you into an "attack lamb." For most of us, he says, evangelism means loving people until they ask you why. It's touching people in ways appropriate to show more your own giftedness so that Christ becomes the issue. God isn't asking you to back an unbeliever into a corner to mash mental machinery. He's not calling you to back-up the evangelical dump truck and pull the lever. He is calling you to action. Gentle Persuasion is an encouraging appeal for Christians of all ages and abilities to become part of God's strategy for bringing needy men and women to Christ. join Joe as he explains how cherry pies, hammers and saws, lawn mowers, broken down cars, chariots of fire, babysitters, duck hunters, llama farmer, anyone can draw your friends to the Savior. show less

For most of us, evangelism means loving people until they ask us why. It's touching people in ways appropriate to your own giftedness so that Christ Becomes the issue.

Michael Comments:
I picked this book up a couple of years on a clearance rack for just a few bucks. What a good a choice that purchase turned out to be. What I liked most about this book was the point that in order to effectively evangalize and share Christ with others that have different lifestyles than us we've got to show people that we care about them. Lifestyle Evanagelism gives helpful methods to build relationships with others that can be powerfully used by God. Jesus showed us through show more his relationships that we've got to reach out to others whether they are different than us or not. A few good examples would be Jesus' calling to make Matthew the tax collector a disciple. Additionally, Jesus reached out the samaritan at the well. The apostle Paul disscusses his mission of evangelism in 1 Corinthian 9;22-32 and says '. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.' show less

This is one of my favorite books on evangelism...I think many within the Emerging Church would identify with much of this book.

I will always recommend this as a first read when talking about reaching people