Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Evangelism prior to pietism -- Individual freedom of decision for Christ -- Some evangelistic forerunners of the middle ages -- evangelism during the reformation -- Between the reformation and pietism -- II. Pioneers of evangelistic pietism -- The outlines of pietism -- The popular reform group in the Netherlands -- Jean de Labadie -- Theodor Untereyck -- Philipp Jakob Spener -- August Hermann Francke -- III. Evangelistic movements of the eighteenth century -- A. Germany -- The age of pietism -- Pietistic movements in western Germany -- Halle as a center of evangelism -- Herrnhut and Zinzendorf -- Representative evangelists among the "Wurttemberg Fathers" --Some evangelistic procedures of that day -- Pietists in Bavaria -- Evangelism through religious literature and song -- B. In the English colonies of North America -- The significance of evangelism before the founding of the USA -- Pietist Theodor J. Frelinghuysen -- The Presbyterians William and Gilbert Tennent -- Congregationalist Jonathan Edwards -- The Presbyterians and George Whitefield, the Methodist -- Evangelistic movements in Virginia -- C. Great Britain -- A survey of the great revival in Great Britain -- Puritan forerunners -- The religious societies -- Precursors of revival in Wales and colonies -- the evangelism of the Moravian Brethren -- The Methodist evangelists -- The evangelical movement -- Evangelism through literature and song -- IV. Evangelism in the age of missions -- A. Great Britain -- Historical events of God's signal for missions -- The founding of mission societies -- The founding of tract and bible societies -- Establishment of the Jewish mission society -- Progress of Methodism in evangelism and among the working class -- Progress of the evangelical movement -- New evangelistic vigor in the free churches -- The founding of young men's work and of city missions -- Founding of the evangelical alliance -- Charles Finney in Great Britain -- B. The United States of America -- The nature of this period -- Evangelism during the westward movement -- The Methodist circuit riders -- Camp meetings -- Evangelization through mission societies and institutes -- Evangelization through the older denominations -- Charles Grandison Finney -- C. Germany -- The first German revival in the nineteenth century -- Foundations of the revival -- Revival in Southern Germany -- Revival in Western Germany -- Revival in Northern Germany -- Revival in Eastern Germany -- Three evangelistic personalities in an age of Romanticism -- V. The second Great evangelistic and revival movement -- A. The United States -- The prayer revival of 1857 -- The evangelism among soldiers during the civil war -- Dwight L. Moody -- Evangelists from Moody's school -- Evangelism through youth movements -- B. Great Britain -- The prayer revival of 1859 -- Evangelism in the high church -- Major evangelistic efforts through Moody and Torrey -- Evangelistic quickening of national and free churches -- The holiness movement -- The revival in Wales -- C. Germany -- Survey of the rise and development of the German Gemeinschaftsbewegung -- The beginning of free church evangelism -- Johann Hinrich Wichern -- The founding of evangelistic societies -- Blessing of the holiness movement -- Further stimuli through interaction-- Professor Christlieb's repaeted summons and warnings -- The Berlin evangelistic campaign of Von Schlumbach -- Increase evangelism in the 80's -- The Gnadau conferences and the Gnadau association -- Independent evangelists -- Evangelistic pastors, city missioinaries and Gemeinschaftsprediger -- Evangelistic associations and professional groups -- Bible and rest homes -- many living witnesses -- Evangelists from fraternal establishments -- Women evangelist from women's training centers -- Kirchenleitungen and evangelism -- Other evangelistic groups -- Evangelism through literature -- Das Heilslied -- Decline of the revival movement -- VI. Evangelism since world war I -- A. Germany -- New methods of evangelism in the twentieth century -- Evangelists of this period -- evangelism among the military in the World war I -- Tent mission work -- Hindrances to the work because of national socialism -- The oxford group movement -- mass evangelism by the state church -- The institutional church on the way to becoming an evangelizing church -- Ecumenism and evangelism -- Working by teams -- Major evangelistic campaigns -- Special areas of evangelistic work -- manifold aids to evangelism -- New bible schools -- protestant orders for men and women -- American and English evangelistic associations -- B. Great Britain -- Anglican and free churches in increase teamwork -- National young life campaign -- Inter-varsity fellowship -- The oxford group movement -- The 'forward movement' of the Methodist church -- The summons of the Anglican church -- Mission to London -- The tell Scotland movement -- Village evangelism -- Missions in industry -- Misselbrook's Fischaktion -- The torchbearers -- Various evangelistic endeavors -- Full-time evangelists -- C. The United States -- 1916-165- a growth period -- Trends in evangelism --The laymen and evangelism -- Billy Graham -- Evangelism and theological education -- Evangelism and the ecumenical movement -- Problems or opportunities --