Decisions or Disciples? A Study in Evangelism Effectiveness in Taiwan

Much cross-cultural evangelism is marked by aggressive zeal with limited results not commensurate with the energy expended. Evangelism is too often a one-way monologue that seeks decisions rather than disciples. This approach is based on a faulty biblical understanding of evangelism that also violat...

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Main Author: Swanson, Allen J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1989
In: Missiology
Year: 1989, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-68
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