“We are living at a time of cultural shift. The postmodern mindset is gradually replacing
the modern worldview. How can we communicate the gospel to a culture in
transition? Do we need to rethink evangelism to reach our generation? In
Evangelism
Outside the Box
Rick Richardson tackles these questions and comes up with some
challenging answers.”
NICKY GUMBEL,
Chaplain, Alpha Course
“Affirming that winning people to Jesus Christ is ‘100 percent God, 100 percent us,’
Rick Richardson shakes off the dust of misconceptions and assumptions about
today’s seekers, revealing God’s handprints on our own culture—a culture full of
opportunities, if we’ll only see them and grasp them.”
LUIS PALAU,
Evangelist, Luis Palau Evangelistic Association
“If the contemporary church is going to reach this postmodern generation it will have to
embrace new methods of evangelism. Rick Richardson’s book is an extremely useful
guide for this challenging task.”
LYLE W. DORSETT,
Professor of Evangelism and Spiritual Formation, Wheaton College
and Graduate School
“Rick Richardson’s book is disturbing on two levels: first, he refuses to let believers off
the hook regarding lost persons in a lost culture. He dares to tell us to transform the cul-
ture and not condemn it. Second, he tells us ‘old’ evangelism ways won’t work
and suggests a new apologetic—just when the old ways were becoming comfortable
to me. Disturbing—disturbing—disturbing. Thank God for those who disturb me!”
LON ALLISON,
Director, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College
“Is witnessing for you something like hitting a handball into a sand dune? Lots of effort,
little response? Have you found that the old answers, the ‘proven’ methods, just don’t
seem to work? Then read
Evangelism Outside the Box
. Rick Richardson listens to our
culture with sensitive ears, asks probing questions, points to fresh approaches. I believe
that his book, like Paul Little’s
How to Give Away Your Faith
and Cliffe Knechtle’s
Give Me A