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    The Neglected Great Commission: Evangelism
    The Neglected Great Commission: Evangelism
    The Neglected Great Commission: Evangelism
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    The Neglected Great Commission: Evangelism

    By Gabriel O. Akinbode

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    Evangelism is heavily associated with announcing and proclaiming the gospel. Both Western evangelical and Eastern Orthodox Christians have—for the most part—favored this view of evangelism. In The Neglected Great Commission, author Rev. Dr. Gabriel O. Akinbode describes what evangelism means and further discusses the Great Commission that Jesus Christ gave to his disciples, to go into the world and make disciples of all nations.

    Strengthening the faith of Christians, Akinbode offers a host of information on spiritual awakening. He:

    • traces a brief history of the commission from the beginning and how it was passed from generation to generation;
    • identifies the essentials of evangelism;
    • delves into the scriptural pattern of evangelism and divides it into two parts, namely mass evangelism and personal evangelism;
    • reveals the urgent need to reach the young people with the gospel that the harvest is plentiful, the laborers are few, and time is short;
    • describes how the Great Commission was neglected;
    • lifts up the benefits that can be achieved through obedience to the Great Commission; and
    • advocates for all believers to rise up and embrace the Great Commission.

    The Neglected Great Commission communicates that the power of Jesus is available to save, heal, deliver, and use you for God’s glory. There is a reward in serving the Lord.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateSep 5, 2023
    ISBN9798385005185
    The Neglected Great Commission: Evangelism
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    Gabriel O. Akinbode

    Gabriel O. Akinbode, an ordained elder well known across the church as a brilliant preacher, teacher of the word, revivalist, and musician, is the coordinator of Brooklyn Southwest Cooperative Parish, Long Island West in the New York Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. He has his seat at Christ United Methodist Church, Brooklyn, New York. Akinbode and his wife, Grace, have three children.

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      The Neglected Great Commission - Gabriel O. Akinbode

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      ALSO BY GABRIEL O. AKINBODE

      God at Work: A Short History of the Fellowship of Evangelical Groups in the Western Part of MCN (Ibadan: Scripture Union Press, 1992)

      Marvelous in Our Eyes (Ibadan: Feyisetan Press, 1998)

      Christ’s Gift of Congregational Life in the Ministry of Holy Communion: A professional project submitted to the Theological School of Drew University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Ministry degree (2013)

      The

      Neglected

      Great

      Commission

      EVANGELISM

      Gabriel O. Akinbode

      Copyright © 2023 Gabriel O. Akinbode.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Unless otherwise indicated, scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked KJV are taken from the Holy Bible, King James Version.

      Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

      ISBN: 979-8-3850-0519-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 979-8-3850-0608-3 (hc)

      ISBN: 979-8-3850-0518-5 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2023915172

      WestBow Press rev. date: 08/25/2023

      For the Methodist Evangelical Movement’s (MEM) Golden Jubilee Celebration, Agodi Diocese of Methodist Church, Nigeria, and the Brooklyn Southwest Cooperative Parish of Long Island, West District, New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, United States.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      1 The Etymological Meaning of Evangelism

      1.1 The Etymological Meaning of Evangelism

      1.2 The Great Commission

      1.3 A Brief Review of Church History on Evangelism

      1.4 The Logic of Evangelism

      1.5 What Prompted Me to Write This Book

      2 The Essentials of Evangelism

      2.1 An Evangelist Must Have the Assurance of Conversion

      2.2 An Unshakable Conviction

      2.3 A Real Evangelist Has Consciously Received the Great Commission

      2.4 Christlike Compassion

      3 The Scriptural Pattern of Evangelism

      3.1 Types of Evangelism

      3.1.1 Mass Evangelism

      3.1.2 Personal Evangelism

      3.1.3 The Urgent Need to Reach Young People with the Gospel

      3.2 The Urgency of Evangelism

      3.2.1 The Harvest Truly Is Plentiful

      3.2.2 A Clarion Call to the Valley of Dry Bones

      3.2.3 The Shortness of Time and the Endlessness of Eternity

      4 Negligence of the Great Commission

      4.1 The Reluctant Evangelist

      4.2 The Suffering of Evangelism in the Hands of Its Exponents

      4.3 Why Evangelism Is Neglected

      4.3.1 Evangelism Is Neglected Because of Ignorance

      4.3.2 Evangelism Is Neglected Because of Fear

      4.3.3 Evangelism Is Neglected Because of Worldly Cares and the Deceitfulness of Riches

      4.3.4 Evangelism Is Neglected Because of Exaggerated Doctrinal Prejudice

      4.3.5 Evangelism Is Neglected Due to Prayerlessness, a Lack of Compassionate Love, and a Lack of Tact

      5 The Benefits of Evangelism

      5.1 Uplifting Churches and Communities Out of Lethargy and Spiritual Death

      5.2 Evangelism Is Fruitful in Promoting the Kingdom of God

      5.3 Evangelism Transfers People from the Kingdom of Darkness to the Kingdom of Christ

      5.4 Evangelism Makes People Render Fruitful Service to God

      5.5 Evangelism Is a Strong Apparatus for Church Expansion

      5.6 Evangelism Moves with Power and Authority to Save, Heal, and Deliver

      Conclusion: A Declaration of the Gospel

      Time Is Short

      Bibliography

      INTRODUCTION

      This book, The Neglected Great Commission: Evangelism, is an American remembrance of Marvelous in Our Eyes, a book I published to celebrate the silver jubilee of the Methodist Evangelical Movement (MEM) in the Methodist Church, Nigeria, in 1998. This year, 2023, marks the golden jubilee of the Methodist Evangelical Movement, and it behooves me to reiterate the revolution we started as young people, bringing back the glory of evangelism to all Methodist churches and other denominations in Nigeria and beyond, as established by John Wesley.

      Around that time, a prophecy came forth during one of our fellowships. It said that some people among us would be scattered to various parts of the world by God to lift up the Gospel. Little did I know then that my family and I would be relocated to the United States. Some of our fervent brothers and sisters are currently scattered in various parts of the world to serve the Lord!

      In 2000, I was serving as pastor at Bodija Methodist Church in Ibadan, Nigeria. One of my church members gave me a United States visa lottery form. It was strange to me because I had never thought about doing it before, but I prayerfully filled in the form. Not quite long after she mailed it for me, another person at my job at the Oyo State Agricultural Development Program gave me another form, which I likewise filled out and mailed. As if those were not enough for confirmation, the boss of my wife at her place of work in the Ibadan Secretariat was going to give her another form, but she told her boss that her husband had mailed some out. To my amazement, in April 2001, I received a package in the mail that I had been successful out of the millions of people who had applied. That was how I got to the United States in February 2002, and my family joined me in June of the same year.

      I give much thanks to Venerable Samuel Jegede and his family for helping my family and me a lot by ensuring a seamless transition to and settlement in the United States. Venerable Samuel Biodun Jegede was also a member of the Methodist Evangelical Movement in Nigeria before he relocated to the United States, which brought us closer together. While we were with them, we always went to their church—Christ Life Ministries Inc.—in Brooklyn, New York, which was led by Bishop Julius and Matilda Abiola. We enjoyed Bishop Abiola’s hospitality.

      After settling down, I went to the Theological School, Drew University, where I obtained my Master of Divinity degree and doctorate in the areas of worship, preaching, and spirituality. I became an ordained elder in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and subsequently served as pastor for Cuyler-Warren United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, for four years, Immanuel and First Spanish United Methodist Church in Brooklyn for three years, Bloomfield United Methodist Church in Bloomfield, Connecticut, for four years, Red Hook United Methodist Church in Red Hook, New York, for two years, and Christ United Methodist Church in Brooklyn for seven years. I am currently serving as the coordinator of Brooklyn Southwest Cooperative Parish, which has six churches, including Christ United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, and seven pastors.

      Since my years in the ministry, I have been humbly used by God in the areas

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