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BOOK REVIEW (SOUL WINNING BY T.L OSBORN)

T.L Osborn
Soul Winning Out where the sinners are
Laymen write the Church’s last chapter
Copy right 1996
Osborn foundation
Seventh Edition

The book Soul winning out where the sinners are, written by Tommy Lee Osborn, containing one hundred and forty pages in fourteen chapters is a classic on evangelism and soul winning. The book focuses on how laymen as being individual members of the body of Christ are to write the church’s last chapter by taking the good news of salvation for the world beyond the four walls of the church building. This book is coming from no other person but a man who along with his wife Daisy Osborn, who has since gone to be with the Lord, have spent over sixty years of their productive life in mass evangelism, preaching to mostly unreached millions in over 80 nations of the world.
Having read a few books myself on evangelism, such as Personal Evangelism Course by E.W Kenyon, which is more focused on how best to lead people to Christ and influence them to live as Christians, i would say T.L Osborn’s book is a great work on practical evangelism and soul winning. In this book, Osborn goes beyond the doctrinal and scriptural knowledge on the act of soul winning, into the practical realities of reaching out to sinners right where they are. He stresses on soul winning as being the primary calling of the church in terms of individual members of the body of Christ and also as a body of believers.
The most emphasized lesson in this book is that sinners are to be reached and won to Christ right where they are, either through mass or personal evangelism, rather than seeking to invite them or bring them into the four walls of the church, which isn’t bad idea but is not effective enough in reaching out to unsaved millions who will not enter a church building. The author stated that the church has become comfortable and is rarely organising outreaches that are intended to save the lost, but now focuses on how to nurture believers, which in itself is a good thing to do, but must not be at the expense of reaching out to sinners where they are.
The author further gives his personal testimony as an evangelist and soul winner, and his passion to reach the unreached even from his youthful days. He gives his personal reasons why he is a soul winner and encourages every other Christian to be a soul winner. This book provides various options of reaching out to the unreached, such as; distributing literatures, handing out tracts, giving to missions just to mention a few.
In concluding this review, I will like to bring to the forefront a statement made by the author about this book “Discover the secret, the pleasure, the exhilaration of sharing God’s love in a hurting world. Experience new self-esteem; winning others, you truly win Christ. Enriching people, your own life is enriched.”

FOLORUNSO OLAYIDE

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