The Purpose of This Textbook:  This full size, 8-1/2 X 11, 530 page Textbook brings together and interrelates Conservative, Evangelical and Charismatic teachings on Evangelism and teaches a Christian how to effectively and successfully share and reach his and her community with the saving message of Jesus Christ.  The Textbook focuses on and trains a Christian in four primary areas:  Evangelism, Discipleship, Apologetics and Spiritual Warfare.

I (Dale P. Kruse) took advantage of all my learning, training and field experience, since 1969, and combined them into two Textbooks: this one titled Evangelism: The Time is Now! (Basic Training) and Relationship With Jesus The Key To Effective Ministry (Advanced Training). One of the unique qualities of these two textbooks is that they draw upon all Biblical streams of Christianity and interrelate the Conservative, Evangelical, Charismatic concepts of Evangelism without compromise.

I mean EVANGELICAL in the sense that Jesus' will for the Church is to seek and to save the lost, and to seek and to save the lost by drawing men to Himself. I mean CHARISMATIC in the sense that in order for our Evangelism to be effective and ministered in love that it must be Jesus centered and be motivated out of love relationship with Jesus. I mean CONSERVATIVE in that our Evangelism, Evangelistically Charismatically oriented, must be motivated within the guidelines of Scripture and be brought into submission to the Bible in its total context to be certain that our Evangelism and ministering is truly Jesus centered and truly motivated out of love relationship with Jesus.

These two Textbooks combine these three streams of Biblical Christianity and their teaching on Evangelism into one program. It is a more holistic approach to Evangelism, but you do not have to be a college graduate to go through it and understand it's content. When I wrote them I strove to keep them simple enough for anyone to understand but complete enough that any Bible scholar could appreciate it and their comments after critiquing the material confirms it. When I finished the 1983 version of this textbook three different College Professors with doctorate degrees, all Evangelists, all published authors in Evangelism of three different Christian faiths critiqued the material. One said to me, "I have never read anything equal to this anywhere. Your depth and completeness are astounding." The program was recommended to both graduate and undergraduate ministry majors. A very nice letter was sent to me by Dr. John D. Morris of Institute for Creation Research, the son of Dr. Henry Morris making the following comments on this Evangelism material:

"Let me congratulate you on a job well done. The materials are excellent tools for teaching others about the truth of God's Word. I am especially pleased that you included creation evangelism in your work." — Dr. John D. Morris, President of ICR August 11, 1998

I have since updated the Basic (87', 94', 97', 99', 2003) and Advanced (87', 97', 99) Textbooks and made them an even better Evangelism Training Program than they were before. What are the necessary ingredients of an Evangelism Training Program in order for it to be successful and how does the Basic and Advanced Evangelism Training Programs more than meet these requirements?  What are the INGREDIENTS of an Evangelism Training Program that will adequately equip Laymen to do the work of Evangelism? They are:

	The teaching of Biblical Doctrine in the areas of Evangelism, Salvation, Discipleship, Apologetics and Spiritual Warfare.
	In Class Training.
	On the Field Training.
	And Advanced Training in the areas of Discernment, Counseling, Apologetics and Spiritual Warfare.

This Basic Textbook more than satisfies these four teaching requirements of a Basic Training Program. This material has been developed out of weekly Evangelism, Discipleship and Apologetic work on the field and in the classroom since 1969.

In the area of EVANGELISM this Basic Textbook teaches the student:

	The Creation, Constitution and Fall of man and Jesus’ Complete Salvation for man.
	Who Jesus Christ is and His Claims about Himself.
	How to communicate the Gospel to others and bring them to commitment in Jesus using the tract What Is Eternal Life?
	What the necessary Ingredients for Christian Conversion Are.
	The Importance of Prayer before Evangelism, what one needs to pray for in preparation for Evangelism and how to pray for these things before going out on the field developed from 34 years of battle on the field.
	How to develop and communicate one’s testimony of salvation clearly.
	How to be an effective witness on the job.
	The different kinds of Evangelism there are and when they are to be used.
	What Holy Spirit led Evangelism is and is not.
	Ethics in Evangelism.
	Several case examples of Evangelism on the field.
	Finally, the cost required to be an effective consistent witness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In SALVATION the Basic Textbook teaches the student:

	What the Bible teaches about man’s fall and why man cannot save Himself.
	Why God the Son had to be fully God and fully man to save us from our sins.
	Why we must be born again to be saved.
	Why Jesus is the ONLY Way to God.
	Why Jesus is our final and only High Priest and why in light of this the Levitical Priesthood was done away with permanently.
	Why Jesus’ Salvation is received through faith alone, not by any works of ours.
	How Jesus’ salvation for our sins makes us perfect in God’s eyes.
	How What Is Eternal Life? adequately communicates these truths on the field.

In DISCIPLESHIP this Basic Textbook teaches the student:

	What Discipleship is and how to Disciple a New Christian.
	How we relate to Jesus for the answer to our needs.
	The Importance of Daily Time in the Word of God.
	The Importance of Weekly Fellowship in a Church.
	How to successfully manage their time during the week so they can also include at least two hours a week to go out and share their faith with others.
	What the Bible teaches about the Constitution and Personality development of man.
	How to Discern What is Truly Jesus’ Voice.
	How to Know and Succeed in Jesus’ Plan for Your Life.
	How to Experience Jesus’ Forgiveness Daily and how to teach this to others.
	The Different Kinds of Faith that there are and the Faith that pleases God.
	What it means to Love Jesus with all your Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength.
	The Cost of Discipleship and what walking with Jesus truly means.

Principles of Discipleship are very important in an Evangelism Training Program because most Christian’s problems that are binding them up can be traced to a lack of knowledge or practice of one or more basic Biblical discipleship concepts. The training in this Basic Textbook of Evangelism will give the trainee the ability to communicate these principles simply and clearly to the person being counseled on the field.

In SPIRITUAL WARFARE this Basic Textbook covers:

	The Nature of Spiritual Warfare
	The Nature of the Flesh
	The Weapons of Our Warfare
	When our Weapons do not Work
	Why Obedience to Jesus is not an option

In APOLOGETICS this Basic Textbook covers:

	The Claims of Jesus Christ which addresses and corrects most of the Christological heresies taught by many of the leading Christian cults in America today.
	The Bible’s Teaching on the Constitution of Man verses Secular Psychology.
	Witnessing ethics: what and what not to do in Evangelism.
	The Issue of Predestination verses the Importance of Evangelism.
	The different ways in which we determine what is true and how the Bible meets these criteria.
	The reliability of Old and New Testament manuscripts.
	Evidence for Moses’ authorship of the Pentateuch.
	Why Genesis and Evolution are not compatible.
	Evidence for the Literal-Historical Reliability of the Bible God’s Word in the areas of historical, cosmological, scientific, theological and redemptive fact.
	Major Old Testament Prophetic predictions concerning Jesus and His fulfillment of them, amazing fulfilled prophecies in the past fifty years and Hebrew Codes.
	Testimonies of Evangelism on the field that deal with tough questions one encounters on the field.
	The literal absolute reality and existence of Heaven and Hell.
	Quick Reference sheets for the Internet and any other kind of Evangelism on the field.

To lead a person to Jesus Christ requires:

	First, Explaining to a person what it means to be a Christian and how to become one which is EVANGELISM and SALVATION.
	Second, teaching a New Christian how to discern what is truly Jesus’ voice to him in the different areas of his life and then encouraging him or her to obey what Jesus tells them to do which is DISCIPLESHIP and SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
	And third, giving honest answers to honest questions about the validity of the Christian faith which is APOLOGETICS.

This Basic textbook on Evangelism, Salvation, Discipleship, Spiritual Warfare and Apologetics gives the Christian more than an adequate foundation in these five areas for successful Evangelism and any Ministry work.

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