Contemporary Evangelism for the 21st Century

Our church is dying. We're stagnant. We're not growing. We need revival.

These statements reflect the sentiments of numerous church members in the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as cries for evangelism and church growth are plenteous. While total numerical membership in North America has steadily grown, the per capita number of new baptisms in recent years has not risen in proportion to this overall growth.

What are some of the reasons for this decline? Why has ...