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United Proclamation Evangelism:

The Indigenous Principle

by J. W. Jepson, D.Min.

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REFERENCES

^{1G. Campbell Morgan, Evangelism (New York: Fleming H. Revell
Co., 1904), p. 42.
^{2Earl D. Radmacher, The Nature Of The Church (Portland,
Oregon: Western Baptist Press, 1972), p. 190.
^{3G. Campbell Morgan, ibid., pp. 26,27.
^{4ibid., pp. 40,41.
^{5A. Skevington Wood, Evangelism: Its Theology And Practice
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1966), pp. 106,107.
^{6Michael Cassidy, "Limitations Of Mass Evangelism And Its
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^{7Henry Clay Fish, Handbook Of Revivals (Boston: James H.
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^{8 ibid., p. 109.
^{9A. Skevington Wood, Evangelism: Its Theology And Practice
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^{10Edward F. Murphy, "Mass Evangelism Is Not Obsolete," Christianity
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^{11J. Wilbur Chapman, The Problem Of The Work (New York:
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^{12Coggin and Spooner, You Can Reach People Now (Nashville:
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^{13H. M. Morey, Revivals And How To Promote Them, Walter P.
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^{14Faris Daniel Whitesell, Basic New Testament Evangelism
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^{15John Wesley White, Evangelism Now, Ralph Turnbull, editor
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^{16George E. Sweazey, Effective Evangelism (New York: Harper
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^{17Arthur P. Johnston, The Battle For World Evangelism
(Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House, 1978), p. 131.
^{18John R. Rice, We Can Have Revival Now (Wheaton, Illinois:
Sword Of The Lord Publishers, 1950), p. 11.
^{19Fish, ibid., p. 110.
^{20Michael Green, Evangelism And The Early Church (Grand
Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970), p. 261.
^{21Roland Q. Leavell, Evangelism, Christ’s Imperative Command
(Nashville: Broadman Press, 1951), p. 132.
^{22A. Skevington Wood, ibid., p. 106.
^{23James Burns, Revivals, Their Laws And Leaders (Grand
Rapids: Baker Book House, 1960 reprint from 1909), pp. 44,45.
^{24Henry Clay Fish, ibid., p. 137.
^{25T. B. Kilpatrick, New Testament Evangelism (London: Hodder And
Stoughton, 1911), p. xli.
^{26Leighton Ford, The Christian Persuader (New York: Harper
and Row, 1966), p. 81.
^{27ibid., pp. 87,88.
^{28Michael Cassidy, ibid., pp. 214,215.
^{29James F. Engel and H. Wilbert Norton, What’s Gone Wrong
With The Harvest? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1975), p. 102.
^{30Sterling W. Huston, Crusade Evangelism And The Local Church
(Minneapolis: World Wide Publications, 1984), p. 69.
^{31 ibid., p. 70.
^{32Ralph G. Turnbull, ed., Baker’s Dictionary Of Practical
Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1967), p. 172.
^{33G. Raymond Carlson, "Do The Work Of An Evangelist," Evangelists
Fellowship Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 1 (Winter, 1986).
^{34Faris Daniel Whitesell, ibid., pp. 116-119.
^{35Jesse R. Kellems, New Testament Evangelism (Cincinnati: Standard
Publishing Co., 1922), pp. 305,
^{36Earl D. Radmacher, "The Missing Church Staff Position," Western
Communicator, Volume 51, Number 1 (December, 1977).
^{37The Interpreters Dictionary Of The Bible, (New York:
Abingdon Press, 1962), Volume 2, p. 181.
^{38Theological Dictionary Of The New Testament, Gerhard
Kittel, ed., (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1964), Volume 2, p. 736.
^{39The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopaedia Of Religious Knowledge
(New York: Funk And Wagnalls, 1909), Volume 12, p. 225.
^{40Faris Daniel Whitesell, ibid., p. 122.
^{41James Hastings, Hastings Dictionary Of The Bible, (New
York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898), Volume 1, page 796.
^{42Hastings, ibid., p. 797.
^{43Eusebius, Hist. Eccles., iii 37, quoted in Kitto’s
Biblical Cyclopaedia (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1862), Vol. 1, pp. 851,852.
^{44Eusebius, Hist. Eccles., V, 10, 2, cited by Kittel, Theological
Dictionary Of The New Testament, ibid., p. 225.
^{45The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopaedia Of Religious Knowledge,
ibid., p. 225.
^{46James Hastings, ed., Hastings Dictionary Of The Bible, (New
York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898), Vol. 1, p. 797.
^{47Michael Green, Evangelism And The Early Church (Grand
Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970), p. 168.
^{48ibid., p. 169
^{49ibid., p. 168
^{50Dean Fetterhoff, Dynamics Of Evangelism (Winona Lake,
Indiana: Brethren Missionary Herald Company, 1965), p. 33.
^{51ibid., p. 36.
^{52G. Campbell Morgan, ibid., pp. 50,51.
^{53Faris Daniel Whitesell, ibid., pp. 120,121.
^{54Bryan S. W. Green, The Practice Of Evangelism (New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951), p. 121.
^{55A. Skevington Wood, Evangelism, Its Theology And Practice
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1966), pp. 76,77.
^{56Lionel B. Fletcher, The Effective Evangelist (New York:
George H. Doran Co., 1923), p. 58.
^{57Dean Fetterhoff, ibid., pp. 39,40
^{58ibid., p. 33.
^{59ibid., pp. 44,45.
^{60J. Wilbur Chapman, Present Day Evangelism (New York:
Fleming H. Revell Co., 1913), p. 184.
^{61Lionel B. Fletcher, ibid., p. 82.
^{62George E. Sweazey, Effective Evangelism (New York: Harper
and Row,1953), p. 167.
^{63E. P. Tinney, Revivals And How To Promote Them, Walter P.
Doe, ed. (New York: E. B. Treat Co., 1895), p. 346.
^{64Lionel B. Fletcher, The Effective Evangelist, ibid.,
p. 55.
^{65ibid., p. 113.
^{66T B. Kilpatrick, New Testament Evangelism (London: Hodder and Stoughton,
1911), p. 50.
^{67Bryan S. W. Green, ibid., p. 122.
^{68Wilbur Chapman, The Problem Of The Work, ibid., p. 178.
^{69H. C. Weber, Evangelism, A Graphic Survey (New York: The Macmillan
Company, 1929), p. 22.
^{70Lionel B. Fletcher, The Effective Evangelist, ibid., p. 221.
^{71Robert E. Coleman, Dry Bones Can Live Again (Old Tappan, N. J.: Fleming
H. Revell Company, 1969), p. 110.
^{72William Luther Muncy, Jr., New Testament Evangelism For Today (Kansas
City, Kansas: Central Seminary Press, 1941), pp. 237,238.
^{73Robert J. Wells and John R. Rice, How To Have A Revival (Wheaton,
Illinois: Sword Of The Lord Publishers, 1946), p. 315.
^{74ibid., p. 331.
^{75Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 143.
^{76Sterling W. Huston, ibid., pp. 78,79.
^{77Arthur P. Johnston, ibid., p. 119.
^{78T. B. Kilpatrick, ibid., pp. 232,233.
^{79Robert J. Wells and John R. Rice, ibid., p. 326.
^{80ibid., p. 330.
^{81Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 59.
^{82ibid, p. 85.
^{83Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 81.
^{84James F. Engel and H. Wilbert Norton, ibid., p. 81.
^{85James F. Engel, How Can I Get Them To Listen? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan
Publishing House, 1977), p. 36.
^{86James F. Engel and H. Wilbert Norton, ibid., p. 100.
^{87ibid., pp. 101,102.
^{88James F. Engel, ibid., p. 25.
^{89Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 104.
^{90H. C. Weber, ibid., p. 27.
^{91Robert J. Wells and John R. Rice, How To Have A Revival, ibid., p. 338.
^{92Sweazey, ibid., p. 168.
^{93R. A. Torrey, How To Promote And Conduct A Successful Revival (New York:
Fleming H. Revell Company, 1906) p. 18.
^{94J. Grant Howard, Insights On Evangelism (Portland, Oregon: Western
Baptist Press, 1978), p. 5.
^{95Phil Kerr, Music In Evangelism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House,
1924L1), p. 61.
^{96ibid., p. 62.
^{97ibid., p. 72.
^{98John R. Bisagno, The Power Of Positive Evangelism (Nashville: Broadman Press,
1968), p. 27.
^{99Phil Kerr, ibid., pp. 74,75.
^{100Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 39.
^{101Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 109.
^{102John R. Rice, How To Have A Revival, ibid., p. 359.
^{103John B. Rice, How To Have A Revival, ibid., p. 361.
^{104Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 108.
^{105Robert L. Sumner, Biblical Evangelism In Action! (Murfreesboro,
Tennessee: Sword Of The Lord Publishers, 1966), p. 279.
^{106Lionel B. Fletcher, The Effective Evangelist, ibid., pp. 29,30.
^{107Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 105.
^{108ibid., p. 106.
^{109ibid., p. 107.
^{110ibid., p. 109.
^{111O. E. Goddard, Modern Evangelism On Fundamental Lines (Nashville,
Tenn.: Cokesbury Press, 1924), p. 32.
^{112Raymond H. Woolsey, Evangelism (Washington, D. C.: Herald And Review
Publishing Association, 1972), pp. 110,111.
^{113Robert L. Sumner, ibid., p. 279.
^{114A. Skevington Wood, ibid., p. 114.
^{115Sterling W. Huston, ibid., p. 115.
^{116ibid., p. 116.
^{117ibid., p. 126.
^{118Brian S. W. Green, ibid., p. 116.
^{119William Wistar Hamilton, Sane Evangelism (Philadelphia: Judson Press,
1909), p. 34.
^{120quoted in R. A. Torrey, ibid., p. 216.
^{121quoted in Walter P. Doe, ibid., p. 322.
^{122Lionel B. Fletcher, ibid., p. 66.
^{123Sidney W. Powell, Where Are The Converts? (Nashville: Broadman Press,
1958), p. 42.
^{124C. William Fisher, Evangelistic Moods, Methods and Message (Kansas
City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press, 1967), p. 39.
^{125Lionel B. Fletcher, ibid., p. 202.
^{126Lawrence O. Richards, A Theology Of Christian Education (Grand Rapids:
Zondervan Publishing House, 1975), p. 65.
^{127John R. W. Stott, Christian Mission In the World (Downers Grove,
Illinois: Inter Varsity Press, 1975), p54
^{128G. Campbell Morgan, ibid., pp. 82,83.
^{129A. Skevington Wood, ibid., p. 11.
^{130ibid., p. 14.
^{131ibid., p. 22.
^{132ibid., p. 24.
^{133A. Skevington Wood, ibid., p. 133.
^{134J. Wilbur Chapman, The Problem Of The Work, ibid., p. 243.
^{135Leighton Ford, ibid., p. 95.
^{136Muncy ibid., p. 256.
^{137Henry Burton Trimble, To Every Creature (Nashville: Cokesbury Press,
1939), p. 62.
^{138Jesse R. Kellems, NEW TESTAMENT EVANGELISM (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard
Publishing Co., 1922), p. 160.
^{139ibid., p. 162.
^{140Brian S. W. Green, ibid., pp. 79,80.
^{141quoted by Walter P. Doe., ibid., pp. 231,232.
^{142ibid pp. 239-241.
^{143ibid., p. 398.
^{144ibid., p. 400.
^{145Engel and Norton, ibid., p. 65.
^{146Brian S. W. Green, ibid., pp. 72,73.
^{147David Augsburger, Caring Enough To Confront, (Glendale, California:
Gospel Light Publications, 1973 , p. 66.
^{148John R. Bisagno, The Power Of Positive Evangelism (Nashville: Broadman
Press, 1968), p. 8.
^{149George Shepherd, quoted in Doe, ibid., p. 20.
^{150J. Wilbur Chapman, Evangelism Today, ibid., p. 92.
^{151Theodore L. Cuyler, quoted in Doe, ibid., p. 97.
^{152V. L. Stanfield, Effective Evangelistic Preaching (Grand Rapids: Baker
Book House, 1965), p. 24.
^{153John R. Bisagno, ibid., p. 10.
^{154John B. W. Stott, ibid., p. 72.
^{155Louis Albert Banks, quoted in B. A. Torrey, ibid., p. 35.
^{156Robert L. Sumner, Evangelism: The Church On Fire (Chicago: Regular Baptist
Press, 1960), p. 147.
^{157John Dowling, quoted in Doe, ibid., p. 160.
^{158James F. Engel, How Can I Get Them To Listen (Grand Rapids: Zondervan
Publishing House, 1977), pp.16-18.
^{159A. Skevington Wood, ibid., p. 25.
^{160Louis Albert Banks, quoted in R. A. Torrey, ibid., p. 33.
^{161John R. W. Stott, ibid., p. 143.
^{162Ian Murray, The Invitation System (London: Banner Of Truth Trust, n.
d.), p. 19.
^{163Lewis Sperry Chafer, True Evangelism (Philadelphia: Sunday School Times
Co., 1919).
^{164Martyn D. Lloyd-Jones, Preaching And Preachers (Grand Rapids: Zondervan
Publishing House, 1972).
^{165Murray ibid., p. 21.
^{166J. Grant Howard, Insights On Evangelism (Portland: Western Baptist
Press, 1978), p. 7.
^{167Murray ibid., p. 3.
^{168ibid., p. 5.
^{169ibid., p. 8.
^{170Robert H. Mitchell, Music And Ministry (Philadelphia: The Westminster
Press, 1978), p. 89.
^{171James H. Jauncey, Psychology For Successful Evangelism (Chicago: Moody
Press, 1972), pp. 15,16
^{172C. William Fisher, ibid., pp. 41,42.
^{173Hyman J. Appelman, quoted in Wells and Rice, How To Have A Revival, ibid.,
p. 183.
^{174Raymond H. Woolsey, ibid., pp. 236,237.
^{175Emory A. Griffin, The Mind Changers (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale
Publishing House, 1976), p. 77.
^{176Lawrence L. Lacour, "Evangelism And Pastoral Psychology," Pastoral
Psychology. Volume 19, Number 185, June, 1968, p. 8.
^{177John R. W. Stott, Fundamentalism And Evangelism (Grand Rapids: Wm. B.
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1959), p. 58.
^{178L. R. Scarborough, With Christ After The Lost (Nashville: Broadman
Press, 1953), p. 146.
^{179Fisher, ibid., p. 42
^{180Murray, ibid., p. 1.
^{181Chafer, ibid., pp. 12, 3.
^{182Roy Fish, Giving A Good Invitation (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1974),
pp. 17,18.
^{183W. E. Grindstaff, Ways To Win (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1957), p.
187.
^{184Faris Daniel Whitesell, 65 Ways To Give Evangelistic Invitations (Grand
Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1945), p. 19.
^{185Fisher, ibid., p. 143.
^{186Stanley C. Brown, Evangelism In The Early Church (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1963), pp. 55,56.
^{187R. A. Torrey, How To Work For Christ (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co.,
1901), p. 291.
^{188R Alan Streett, The Effective Invitation (Old Tappan, New Jersey:
Fleming H. Revell Co., 1984), pp. 152,153.
^{189J. Wilbur Chapman, The Problem Of The Work, p. 100.
^{190Whitesell, 65 Ways To Give Evangelistic Invitations, pp. 42,43.
^{191Fisher, ibid., p. 42.
^{192Streett, ibid., pp. 17,18.
^{193Bisagno, ibid., p. 23.
^{194Murray McLees, "Making The Altar Call," Advance, Volume 3,
Number 11, November, 1967, p. 5.
^{195Roy Fish, ibid., p. 27.
^{196Oswald J. Smith, The Consuming Fire (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing
House, 1954), p. 100.

¹⁹⁷Roy Fish, ibid., pp. 30,31.
^{198ibid., p. 25.
^{199Bisagno, ibid., p. 21.
^{200Bisagno, ibid., p. 13.
^{201R A. Torrey, How To Promote And Conduct A Successful Revival, ibid.,
p. 215.
^{202Bisagno, ibid., p. 23.
^{203Chafer, ibid., p. 14.
^{204Powell, ibid., pp. 50,51.
^{205Chafer, ibid., p. 20.
^{206Fisher ibid., pp. 42,43.
^{207Bisagno, ibid., pp. 16-18.
^{208Watson Argue, "How To Conduct An Altar Call," Advance, Vol.
2, No. 4, April, 1966, p. 12.
^{209Bisagno, ibid., p. 22.
^{210Kellems, ibid., pp. 233,234.
^{211Roy Fish, ibid., pp. 48-54.
^{212William R. Sprague, quoted in Walter P. Doe, ibid., p. 364.
^{213Leighton Ford, ibid., p. 127.
^{214J. Wilbur Chapman, Present-Day Evangelism, ibid., p. 141.
^{215Roy Fish, ibid., p. 33.
^{216William E. Biederwolf, Evangelism: Its Justification, Its Operation, Its
Value (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1921), pp. 186,187.
^{217Whitesell, ibid., p. 60.
^{218ibid., pp. 68,69.
^{219ibid., pp. 77,78.
^{220ibid., p. 91.
^{221ibid., p. 40.
^{222Sumner, ibid., p. 126.
^{223Norman R. Oke, We Have An Altar (Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill
Press, 1954), pp. 66-70.
^{224Scarborough, ibid., p. 149.
^{225Woolsey, ibid., p. 237.}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

226Streett ibid., pp. 166,167.

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INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 REFERENCES