Second Annual Outreach Resource of the Year Awards (2004)

 

by Tamara Rice

We’re rolling out the red carpet once again for our second annual Year’s Best Outreach Resources awards, and are just as hopeful that by giving these effective tools the attention they deserve, they’ll continue their evangelistic impact in the months and years ahead. 

The editors of Outreach gathered nominations in 11 categories (products must have been released in 2004). Then you, our readers, voted on the best of the best. We, the editors, chose the Year’s Best Outreach Resource overall award from among the winners of the 11 categories.

Congratulations to all of our winners and nominees for their commitment to excellence and devotion to advancing God’s Kingdom through outreach.

And the winner is ...

2004 OUTREACH RESOURCE OF THE YEAR

 

The Passion of the Christ
(Icon/Newmarket)

 

 

 

CHILDREN'S OUTREACH

An effective tool for reaching children with the Gospel, either to the point of conversion or as part of a spiritual journey toward Christ.

The Big Cube
(EvangeCube Int’l.)

Nominees:

Lava Lava Island edited by Jody Brolsma (Group/Tyndale)

Hands-On Bible (Group/Tyndale)

Postmodern Children’s Ministry by Ivy Beckwith (Zondervan)

The Story of Jesus for Children (JESUS Video Project America)

 

 

YOUTH OUTREACH

A product effective for reaching youth with the Gospel, either to the point of conversion, or as part of a spiritual journey toward Christ.

Rev’d up
(Dare 2 Share Ministries)

Nominees:

CounterCultural Christians Youth Ministry Edition with Charles Colson (Group)

G.O.S.P.E.L. Journey DVD with Greg Stier (Dare 2 Share Ministries)

Raising the Bar by Alvin Reid (Kregel)

Thriving Youth Groups by Jeanne Mayo (Group)

 

 

TARGET MINISTRY

A unique product developed as a tool to help engage a target audience with the Gospel, either to the point of conversion, or as part of a spiritual journey toward Christ.

Loving Homosexuals As Jesus Would

by Chad Thompson (Baker)

Nominees:

Dewitched by Tim Baker (Thomas Nelson)

Golf Ministry in a Box by Scott Lehman (In His Grip Golf Association)

Special Needs—Special Ministry by Jim Pierson, Louise Tucker Jones and Pat Verbal (Group)

 

TRAINING STAFF/LEADERS

A product designed and proven to equip, train or otherwise teach church leadership to be more effective in their outreach efforts.

The Volunteer Revolution
by Bill Hybels (Zondervan)

Nominees:

Emerging Culture by Jimmy Long (InterVarsity)

The Externally Focused Church by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson (Group)

The 1 Thing by Thom Schultz and Joani Schultz (Group)

 

EQUIPPING CONGREGATIONS

A product designed and proven to equip, train or otherwise teach church leadership to be more effective in their outreach efforts.

Irresistible Evangelism Training kit
by Steve Sjogren, Dave Ping and Doug Pollock (Equipping Ministries Int’l./Group)

Nominees:

Going Public With Your Faith by William Carr Peel,  Walt Larimore and Amanda Sorenson (Zondervan)

Questioning Evangelism by Randy Newman (Kregel)

The Way of the Master by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort (The Way of the Master)

 

TESTIMONY/BIOGRAPHY

A resource telling the story of a real-life journey toward the Christian faith—a story both inspirational and influential in the spiritual walk of others.

Twice Adopted
by Michael Reagan with Jim Denney (Broadman & Holman)

Nominees:

God in the Alley by Greg Paul (WaterBrook)

Lost Boy No More by Abraham Nhial and DiAnn Mills (Broadman & Holman)

Nobody’s Child by John Robinson (Kregel)

 

MISSIONS/GLOBAL

An effective resource for engaging individual believers to support, participate with or learn from the global community.

Bible And Mission
by Richard Bauckham (Baker)

Nominees:

Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence by Donald E. Messer (Augsburg Fortress)

Introducing World Missions by Scott Moreau, Gary Corwin and Gary McGee (Baker)

One Life Revolution DVD edited by Shawn Blossey (World Vision/ Youth Specialties)

 

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

A technology-related product (digital, electronic, film or software) effective in engaging unbelievers with the Gospel or facilitating steps toward Christ.

The Passion of the Christ (Film/DVD)
(Icon/Newmarket)

Nominees:

Fellowship One (Fellowship Technologies)

focalPoint Mission System (Missional Marketing)

HV:VI2 (Highway Video)

Igniter Videos, Volume 2 (Vertical Sky)

SermonSpice.com (sermonspice.com)

 

CHURCH CONNECTION

An effective resource for church follow-up, connection and assimilation of guests or unbelievers toward biblical community within a local church.

The Race to Reach Out
by Douglas Anderson and Michael Coyner (Abingdon)

Nominees:

Church Community Builder (Church Community Builder, Inc.)

PowerMember (Connectionpower.com)

Shaped by God’s Heart by Milfred Minatrea (Wiley)

 

POSTMODERN OUTREACH

An effective product for reaching people within a postmodern context, helping them to engage with the Gospel, either to the point of conversion, or as part of a spiritual journey toward Christ.

A Generous Orthodoxy
by Brian McLaren (Zondervan)

Nominees:

Experiential Storytelling by Mark Miller (Zondervan)

Mission to Oz by Mark Tabb (Moody)

Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller (Thomas Nelson)

 

PERSONAL EVANGELISM

A resource proven effective in helping individual Christians as they interact with unbelievers, leading them to the point of accepting Christ as their Savior.

The Passion of the Christ (film/dvd)
(Icon/Newmarket)

Nominees:

Jesus: Man of Passion edited by Gloria Ward (Partners in Ministry)

The Passion: True or False; Experience the Passion by Brian Mavis (Outreach, Inc., publisher of Outreach)

The Servant King by Robert Paauw (Int’l. Bible Society)

 

-Outreach magazine, "Features," May/June 2005

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