Book provides practical ways to seek and retain members

April 9, 2015 | Miami, Florida, United States | IAD Staff

A new book on organizing the church for evangelism and discipleship of new members was released recently and aims to provide innovative insight into seeking, winning and conserving new members.

Pastor Balvin Braham, author of the Book A Practical Guide to Evangelism How to Win and Keep New Members, says this book is intended to strengthen soul-winning and conservation efforts within the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

“The book provides innovative ideas that church administrators and departmental leaders at every level of the organization, and all pastors and church elders can utilize to increase witnessing and enhance discipleship,” says Braham.

Braham explains that every church member can find the book valuable in building his or her personal faith while enriching his or her witnessing capabilities.

An entire chapter is dedicated to how to sharpen skills in the area of personal evangelism, specifically relating to visitation. It also provides insight on how to serve as members of small groups, how to identify their spiritual gifts and various methods that they can utilize to conduct bible studies with others.

The book highlights ways of executing personal and public evangelism and moves pastors and members toward critical thinking for defining and uncovering needs in their churches and communities for greater outreach. It outlines step-by-step methods on how to plan and execute effective family, women’s, men’s, youth, children’s and health evangelism initiatives and how each ministry may conduct effective nurturing of new believers.

A practical guide on how to do evangelism in Adventist educational institutions is one of the unique features of the book. How to reach former Adventists and witness to those of non-Christian religions are also addressed.

Pastor Braham says the book is not only a “practical how to guide” on public and personal evangelism and as conserving new members, but focuses on new members and how to conserve their faith in Christ and the church and offers an overview of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The book contains a review and discussion questionnaire at the end of each chapter recapturing the main points to assist in contextualizing the information in the respective cultural context.

“I am convinced that the Lord gave me special inspiration to write this book and engineered the process that made it a reality,” says Pastor Braham. “The extent to which it will impact church growth and retention is beyond imagining.”

Pastor Balvin Braham is from St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, and has worked as an educator, evangelist, and conference president. Currently he serves as administrative field secretary in the Inter-America Division coordinating evangelism and church growth. His education includes a bachelor’s in theology from Northern Caribbean University, a master’s in religion from Andrews University, and a doctorate in organizational leadership from Argosy University.

The book is available in English, Spanish and French.

For more information on how to obtain a copy of A Practical Guide to Evangelism How to Win and Keep New Members, contact your local conference if you are in the Inter-American Division or place your order at www.theevangelismbook.com