Congratulations to Jerram Barrs

Thanks, TakeYourVitaminZ, for letting us know that Outreach Magazine recently named Jerram Barrs’ Learning Evangelism from Jesus the book of the year in the evangelism category.

From Crossway Blog:

“The Outreach Resources of the Year is a celebration of the best books, DVDs and curricula produced to help the Church and Christians reach out in areas such as evangelism, compassionate service and cross-cultural ministries.

Congratulations to Dr. Barrs!

Barrs studied Jesus’ conversations with diverse people in his day and drew lessons and principles for attractively communicating the gospel to unbelievers in ours. While our culture may tempt God’s people to conform, retreat, or be silenced, Jesus exemplified how to attract people to the gospel. He modeled how to initiate spiritual conversations full of grace and truth. Christian evangelism, then, both in theory and practice, must be shaped by his pattern.

We invite you to read the sample chapter on Jesus and the Bible Teacher and consider getting a copy of his award winning resource.”

Dr. Barrs is the founder and resident scholar of the Francis Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO, where he is also Professor of Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture. He is also the keynote speaker at the 2010 Women in the Church Leadership Training Conference: Gospel Driven Discipleship where I am (gratefully) headed tomorrow.

I can’t wait to learn from him in person! And then, I’m sure, pick up this book, too.