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Public evangelistic meetings continue to be used by Seventh-day Adventist churches across North America to proclaim the Everlasting Gospel. And data show this method continues to yield results. How can this be? Why is this method still effective?

In this webinar, SermonView founder and president Larry Witzel dives into the psychology of Adventist evangelism. He’ll explain how cognitive dissonance is a powerful motivator leading people to change their beliefs and behavior. And he’ll demonstrate some of the specific characteristics of public evangelistic meetings that God uses to help guests embrace Bible Truth.

Archaeology Evangelism

Larry WitzelFrom the Field

“I tell you, I’m not an evangelist!” said Eugene Prewitt, pastor of the Arkadelphia 61-member church. “I haven’t been trained for evangelism, but there’s a desire in me to do …

Vancouver Church Reduces Cost per Guest

Larry WitzelFrom the Field

“Evangelism isn’t dead!” exclaimed Dr. Roger Walter, senior pastor of the Vancouver, Wash., church. “I still believe that Adventist churches grow differently.” Dr. Walter recently wrote a blog post about …

Jewish-Adventist Evangelism

Larry WitzelFrom the Field

With 178 people on opening night, the Jewish-Adventist evangelistic series last May in Vancouver, Wash., clearly struck a nerve in the community. Coordinated by David Cairns, over the next 17 days of the series there were a consistent number of people in attendance, with an average of 141 people per night. In total there were over 389 people that attended at least one day of the series. The most interesting statistic: over 80% of the attendees (315 people) were non-Adventist.

Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Bolotnikov led the evangelistic series titled, “The Gospel through the Eyes of a Jew,” at Beit Shalom Balevav Adventist Community Church, a