Evangelism After Christendom: The Theology And Practice Of Christian Witness Paperback – March 1, 2007

Excellent integration of a fervor for sharing the gospel with the wisdom of what it means do this by being church properly.Definitely worth reading if you believe sharing your faith is key, but you sense the call to make Jesus your “personal LORD and savior” might be only the beginning of the offer evangelism provides for others and for the believing community.

I write and speak some about the concepts of Christians living in God's Alternate Kingdom while temporarily living at a postal address in this world. Stone's book serves as one of my reference texts in this area. It's a very good read for guidance on living as a Christion in modern, liberal, western cultures. A professor friend of mine, Dean Fleming, recommended the book to me. As it turns out, he studied with Bryan Stone. This book is worth a read for any serious Christian who wants to understand the world in which he/she is living.

I got to page 50, which contains a sentence of 122 words, and closed the book for good. So did the committee give you tenure? That was the audience, wasn't it? My M.Div. class certainly wasn't the audience. If you believe you're on to something, that you have ideas that could benefit the church, then don't you have an obligation to disseminate it in an accessible form, that will be read by more than a very select few? Nearly every other page had a sentence of 50-80 words, with another sentence inside them in parenthesis or set off by brackets, or both. These are just too long to process; by the time you get to the end, you forget the beginning. This is writing to impress, not to inform. It is possible to discuss complex subjects clearly. Your editor failed you and you failed us.

Stone's work is a challenging read, but well worth the investment for anyone who wants to get beyond the mere techniques of Christian evangelism. He offers an historical perspective on God reaching out to humanity, and offers a deeper way of understanding what it means to be a Christian witness.Whoever reads this book might need to check on certain academic terms used by the author. It reads like a graduate text. But this in no way diminishes the value of this book.I recommend it for every pastor, church leader, and missionary.

Stone does a good job arguing for evangelism as an offer to participate in the peaceable reign of God. I my opinion the view could be more balanced with some scriptures that demonstrate a very outgoing form of announcing the good news. A good read for pastors and theology students, perhaps not for your average Christian.

This book is a good contribution to the Christian discussion of what it means to evangelize faithfully. It asks good questions and works hard to propose a carefully constructed theological response. It is a little inaccessible to the average layman, especially as it seeks a deep philosophical foundation from which to build its case.

Refreshing! in world concerned with progress, success, and the commodification of the Other, this book gives an alternate way forward. It refuses reduction of evangelism to marketing, with simplistic system based on consumerist, capitalistic models.

Interesting and relevant read. Stone identifies real struggles with evangelism and offers some thought provoking solutions.