To help
alleviate Christians’ fears about talking with friends who have a different
belief system, Brawner has written a new book, How to Share Christ with Your Friends of a Different Faith. Not
another theological publication that is read and then sits on the shelf,
Brawner’s book is a practical guide designed to move believers from talking
about sharing their faith to actually initiating spiritual conversations that
respectfully express their relationship with Christ.
In his book
Brawner begins by explaining why Christians should share their faith and then
offers tips for expanding one’s circle of friends to include those of other
faiths. The next eight chapters discuss different religious beliefs—Roman
Catholic, Protestant, Animistic, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Mormon, and
Atheist/Humanist/Agnostic—and include a brief background on and overview of the
religion, a detailed example of a plan for talking with others about Christ,
and questions people might ask about Christianity. Brawner has written each
chapter as a self-sustaining guide so that the reader can quickly open to the
chapter that corresponds to the religion in question and find all of the
information needed.
Brawner’s
easy-to-use guide breaks down each religion and offers specific step-by-step
plans for how to share one’s faith. His format not only relates to the
religions mentioned in the book but easily can be applied to any other belief
system.
In
the book’s foreword, Dr. Robin Hadaway, interim president and professor of
missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO, writes,
“Profound, penetrating, and practical are words that spring to
mind when describing this extremely original book on evangelizing all peoples.
Jeff Brawner combines a scholar’s grasp of theology with a missionary’s heart
for the lost to produce one of the finest works in years on evangelism.”
Dr.
Jeff Brawner is chairman of the Department of Missions at Mid-America Baptist
Theological Seminary, Cordova, TN. In his ministry he has experience as an
overseas missionary, pastor, and youth minister. He and his wife, Christy, have
two daughters—Anna and Elizabeth.
