Despite the significant role women have played in the evangelistic ministries of the church, their contributions are only beginning to be studied. Women largely have been absent from categories of discourse related to evangelism due to a truncated understanding of evangelism as solely verbal proclamation, most often as preaching. This project intentionally connects the study of evangelism and American women’s religious history through a focused analysis of specific women and their involvement in evangelistic efforts. In the ministries of these women a profound synthesis of verbal proclamation and other evangelistic practices, including compassionate ministries, shaped by distinctive theological themes embodied the gospel message. These women combined verbal proclamation with care for the poor, sick, and disenfranchised in their roles as preacher, visitor, missionary, and reformer. This study concludes with a constructive theological proposal for evangelism informed by these women’s contributions. The focus upon the evangelistic ministry of these women provides an opportunity for their voices to contribute to the formation of understandings, theology, and practices of evangelism within the contemporary church.
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Saving Women: Retrieving Evangelistic Theology and Practice | 2007 | Book |
Laceye Warner |