Evangelism in the Early Church

Green has a grasp of two important principles: missiology and historical theology. As a result, this book answers many of the questions we 20th and 21st Century Christ-followers have on the mission of bringing the Gospel to the world.

Well written and well documented expose on the kickoff of Christianity in the first century. Great perspectives, things I had never thought about, and things I never knew about the culture at that time. If you are well read in the Gospels and Church Epistles, and are trying to ramp up your impact as Christian today, you will greatly appreciate this book. It should be a companion manual for the practical Christian as they study the New Testament. I especially appreciate how the author recognizes and emphasizes the centrality and importance of Jesus, who he was then, and who he is to us now.The academians (?) can spout and sputter their hair-splitting conjecture based on their opinion of this text or that, but "it don't take no genius to confess Jesus as Lord and believe God raised him from the dead." It is written with the simple motive of helping the reader to strengthen themselves in the Lord.

After having New Testament survey classes in undergrad with Mark Given (who did his doctoral work with Bart Ehrman), this book has done much to help clarify what the teaching of the early church was over against the hyper-skepticism found in Ehrman's writings and lectures. The third chapter is especially helpful; it goes back to the earliest sources of Christianity, determines what this message of the Gospel entailed and then cross-references third-century sources (like Origen, etc.) to demonstrate that the message had not fundamentally changed.More than being an interesting history lesson, however, this book will stir you to share the news that Christ came to save sinners--and *you* qualify.

I found this book by reading J.P. Moreland's The Kingdom Triangle. Green comes from a great perspective as both a scholar and a practitioner. He believes that everyone should be a theologian and an evangelist and he wrote this book with an eye for both. His description of the situation in ancient Rome was fascinating, both things that helped the early evangelists and things that hindered them. His study of the way that the Apostles and early fathers preached the gospel has inspired me to do my own study in Acts.

It was a little dry, but very informative.

Great book with a solid lesson. Some of is statement seem like hey could be better supported but overall excellent

At first, far too many unfamiliar words or phrases for a novice student who had never learned Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic; it wad mindboggling.

A classic that should be required reading for anyone wanting to understand the context of Early Church evangelism.

I love the contents of this book. But really a book published in 1970, revised in 2003 selling on kindle for £6 more than the hardback and £15 more than the paperback is nothing more than shameless price gouging! This review will remain at 2 stars until you make the price more realistic.

Excellent book

Such a fantastic read! My only criticism is that the kindle version doesn't have actual page numbers. Made it more difficult to cite when using it as a resource for a research paper.