A good example of this is me and my mother: I have had the pleasure of knowing the author personally and as a result had his tutoring while going through this training program. That gave me an edge when I decided to go through the training program of Evangelism as well. As I read through the textbook I would remember having talked with Pastor Kruse about some of the subjects beforehand and that made it a lot easier for me to understand. However, my mother has never talked to or met the author, and one day she picked up this Textbook and read a few chapters of it and she understood them almost perfectly. That was no easy task for my mother because she was born in Romania and she did not come to America until she was in her 30’s. As a result she still has problems understanding what some Americans say. Over the years her English vocabulary has continued to increase, but due to the fact she had to learn it later in life it will always be a challenge for her. However, one day she picked up the Basic Textbook of Evangelism Textbook written by Dale Kruse and not only had no problem reading it, but came to saving faith in Jesus Christ as a result of what she read!

Brothers and Sisters, if you have given your life to Jesus and want Jesus to use you to successfully bring others to saving faith in Him, then you will want to go through this Training Program of Evangelism! While it is more beneficial to go through this training program with others, if you don’t have this opportunity, you can still go through the training program by yourself and benefit from it tremendously, so I encourage you to order this textbook and begin the program immediately. Don’t be afraid that you won’t be able to understand it because you WILL!!!! Don’t be afraid of its size, it is a big book with almost 500 pages, because through the weekly homework assignments given in the front of the Textbook you will be able to complete the training program in only 13 weeks.

Brothers and sisters, we are all called to Evangelism, but it is your decision if you want to have the largest arsenal of evangelical knowledge you can get in one book or if you want to read a couple of smaller books here and there and mainly just wing it. Not only have I learned how to bring a person to saving faith in Jesus Christ through this training program, and how to disciple them after they are saved, but the Textbook also has a section on apologetics which gives clear answers about why we as Christians believe what we believe about Jesus and the Bible, answers I have been able to use with full documentation in the classroom. It also has a section called Bible Internet Quick Reference which is exactly that: Quick Bible references you can use to share Jesus with men and women on the internet. I STRONGLY encourage ANYBODY to order this textbook, and if you don’t want to do that then at least do yourself the favor of ordering the Discipleship book with the same title called Evangelism: The Time Is Now! This book has the first 4 chapters of the Textbook. I have the Textbook with the same title, so I gave my discipleship book to a brother so he too could benefit and grow from the encouraging messages inside this book.

Pastor Kruse was my tutor and mentor while going through this training program and I can tell you that he is one of the most loving brothers I have ever had the pleasure of knowing; so don’t be afraid to purchase this Basic Textbook of Evangelism for yourself or the training program for your church or Christian School. I promise you that you will never regret it or find yourself lacking in anything you will need in sharing Jesus with others on the field either planned aggressively or one on one through the daily encounters of life. I should know, because through what I have learned in this training program I have been able to lead many others to saving faith in Jesus and then help them get established in their new found relationship with Jesus for a successful walk with him.

Bogdan Laza
Beaverton, Oregon
December 25, 2000
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