The Evangelist: His Ministry and Message by W P Nicholson and published by Classics.
This book is a series of 14 messages on the work and message of Evangelists within the church today. Despite being preached several decades ago, the words of these studies still have enormous application for today.
Excerpt from “The Evangelist: His Ministry and Message.”
There is a disposition in these times to belittle the work and the office of the evangelist. We can understand this, so far as the modernists are concerned, because the whole appeal of the true evangelist is to the saving power of God in Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit. His only message is the gospel. The modernist either denies or has lost faith (if he ever had any) in the gospel. He denies the necessity of being born again.
The modernist’s message is character, not calvary. His appeal is not to the Holy Spirit and His work of convicting of sin, and persuading and enabling the Sinner to believe in Jesus Christ as his one and only Saviour. Instead he appeals to the will and self-respect of man, so we can understand the modernist’s position and attitude to the evangelist and evangelistic work.
In addition to the opposition of the modernists, there is a tendency in many churches to criticize the evangelists, and to ignore them in all church plans, or to encourage the pastors to carry on evangelistic campaigns without them. This is contrary to the Word of God and the historical practice of the Church.
