The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Evangelism Explosion and Youth EE

The questions of 'What is the Gospel?' and 'How should it be proclaimed?' are perennial ones and ones which bears serious thought and hopefully here, discussion. There are quite a number of articles on this subject on The Highway found here: Evangelism.

One of the more popular "models" used by churches, Reformed and non-Reformed, has been and continues to be Evangelism Explosion, originally written by James D. Kennedy in 1962 to deal with a decreasing church membership issue at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. After implementing this program the church membership rose from 246 to 3,134 in 1974. As one of the certified EE trainer's has written, EE is akin to the "Romans Road" or "Four Spiritual Laws" methodology. In other words, EE is "seeker friendly". There is also a new branch to the EE program called, "YouthEE", which you can read about here: On Understanding Generations.

My present interest, this being a forum which consists mainly of those professing to adhere to the Reformed Faith, is multifarious which takes the form of the following questions open for discussion:

• Are you familiar with the "Evangelism Explosion" program?
• Do you use EE? Why? - If you don't, Why not? (pros & cons)
• Are you familiar with the new "YouthEE" program aimed at reaching 'GenX'?
• How does EE fare compared to the Gospel of the Bible, Reformers and Puritans? Do you see a difference? If so what differences do you perceive?
• On a broader aspect, what are your thoughts on "Culturalization"?

It is hoped that these questions will spark some informative and edifying discussion. It is not necessary to deal with all of the questions above, i.e., you are certainly permitted to take one or more that you want to discuss. Given the scope of the questions, it would be helpful if you would make the subject of your reply consistent with the question(s) you desire to answer so as to make following replies easier to follow. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Oh, just in case you aren't familiar with Evangelism Explosion, you can read about it here: Home of EE International. And for an online presentation of EE go here: Steps to Life.

In His grace,