The Effective Invitation: A Practical Guide For The Pastor

by Streett, R. Alan

• ISBN13: 9780825437991
• ISBN10: 0825437997
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780825437885
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns
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Summary

(Revised and expanded; 2nd edition) A step-by-step guide for pastors to prepare and present invitations to accept Christ. "There is no preacher on the earth but will be blessed by these pages." -W. A. Criswell

Table of Contents

Introduction	13	(4)
Preface	17	(170)
1 Tell Me, What Is the Gospel?	21	(16)
Words of Proclamation:
Preaching
Pro-claim
Preacher
Words of Evangelism:
Gospel
Evangelize
Evangelist
2 The Theological Content of the Invitation	37	(18)
Repentance:
The New Testament Call to Repentance
Origin of Repentance
Relation of Repentance to Faith
Faith:
Origin of Faith
Examination of Hebrews 11:1
3 The Public Invitation-Is It Biblical?	55	(26)
The Call to Sinners:
Gift of Exhortation
Use of the Word 'Come'
Counting Converts
Fishing for Souls
Sowing and Reaping
The Call to New Converts:
A Call to be Baptized
Why Baptize Today?
4 Evangelists and Invitations	81	(28)
From Constantine to the Eighteenth Century:
Major Pre-Reformation Evangelists
The Anabaptists
The Puritans
The Eighteenth Century:
America's Great Awakening
Wesley and the Methodists
The Nineteenth Century
The Twentieth Century
5 Billy Graham's Use of the Public Invitation	109	(22)
Graham Begins Using the Public Invitation
The Evolution of the Graham Invitational Style
How a Billy Graham Invitation Works:
Preparing Hearts
The Transition
Answering the Query
Call for Public Commitment
Why Are Billy Graham's Invitations So Effective?
A Divine Calling
A Divine Message
A Divine Arsenal
A Divine Enablement
6 Answering the Critics	131	(8)
7 Extending a Public Invitation-The Reasons Why	139	(12)
Scriptural Reasons
Historical Reasons
Practical Reasons
Logical Reasons
Psychological Reasons
Consequential Reasons: Effects Upon Christian Observers/Effects Upon Pastors and Evangelists
8 How to Prepare and Deliver a Public Invitation	151	(18)
How You Can Prepare an Effective Invitation:
Prayer
The Transition
Theological Instructions
Proper Use of Persuasion
Using a Motivational Theme
Call to Public Commitment
How You Can Deliver an Effective Invitation:
Voice Quality
Other Characteristics
9 Invitational Models	169	(18)
Delayed-Response Invitation:
The After Meeting
Special Appointments
Signing of Cards
Special Classes
Delayed Altar Call
Dangers
Immediate-Response Invitation:
The Altar Call
Raising of Hands and Standing at the Seat
Act of Public Confession
Progressive Invitation
Baptism
The Private Decision
Dangers
Importance of Counseling:
Ministry of Personal Workers
The Inquiry Room
10 Music and the Invitation	187	(20)
How Music Has Been Used to Win Souls
Functions of Music in Evangelistic Preaching
11 Inviting Children to Christ	207	(12)
The Gospel Appeal to Children
How to Present the Message to Children:
Call to Repentance and Faith
Extending the Invitation
Appendix: Selected Invitational Hymns	219	(2)
Notes	221	(16)
Bibliography	237	(10)
Index	247