17 min

342: Short Evangelistic Books: Useful or Useless‪?‬ The One Thing

    • Christianity

Are Christian books still a powerful tool for evangelism? Rory Baxter has been publishing books as cheap as he can, to get them into the hands of as many non- Christians as possible. Here's his take on how they've been effective in churches. 



Scott and Rory talk about:


Rory's own story about learning the gospel with dyslexia
What is it about books? You can take it are your own pace, it is easier to give people a book, it sits with people and you can give it away easily


Shorter books allows all types of people to engage with the gospel and they get to the point quickly


Books are a supplement or an addition to evangelistic work within the church. If everyone leaves with a book, they have access to the gospel whenever they want and can return to it anytime.


Different books will work for different people so we need lots of different books but books about Jesus are the most effective in evangelism


Get good books and give them out widely, don’t let cost get in the way because people will read them





TOOLBOX:

10 Of Those

Wandering Bookseller

Matthias Media

Word 1 to 1

12 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Easter.



CREDITS:

The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.

For ideas or questions please email resources@reachaustralia.com.au

To support the Reach Australia Online Library head here.

Are Christian books still a powerful tool for evangelism? Rory Baxter has been publishing books as cheap as he can, to get them into the hands of as many non- Christians as possible. Here's his take on how they've been effective in churches. 



Scott and Rory talk about:


Rory's own story about learning the gospel with dyslexia
What is it about books? You can take it are your own pace, it is easier to give people a book, it sits with people and you can give it away easily


Shorter books allows all types of people to engage with the gospel and they get to the point quickly


Books are a supplement or an addition to evangelistic work within the church. If everyone leaves with a book, they have access to the gospel whenever they want and can return to it anytime.


Different books will work for different people so we need lots of different books but books about Jesus are the most effective in evangelism


Get good books and give them out widely, don’t let cost get in the way because people will read them





TOOLBOX:

10 Of Those

Wandering Bookseller

Matthias Media

Word 1 to 1

12 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Easter.



CREDITS:

The One Thing is brought to you by Reach Australia.

For ideas or questions please email resources@reachaustralia.com.au

To support the Reach Australia Online Library head here.

17 min

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