Episode: Rick Richardson on Evangelism
Longtime friends Rick Richardson and Bishop Todd Hunter do a deep dive into evangelism: where it started, how it has developed, and where it is today. This episode is full of rich historical narratives and present-day strategies for confidently and optimistically sharing the Gospel.
Rick is Professor of Evangelism and Leadership at Wheaton College and also directs the Church Evangelism and Research Institutes for the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Rick founded the Church Evangelism Institute and has worked with hundreds of senior pastors and their leaders in revitalizing churches through conversion growth. His latest book, You Found Me: New Research on How Unchurched Millennials, Nones, and Irreligious are Surprisingly Open to Christian Faith, presents the current new research on the unchurched and the churches reaching them. He was the National Coordinator of Evangelism nationally with InterVarsity in the late 1990s. In addition, Rick is an ordained Anglican priest, and served for several years as a Pastor of Evangelism and Small Groups. He also helped launch the Willow Creek DuPage site, Willow Creek’s first multi-site campus. Rick earned his M.Div. from Northern Baptist Seminary, and his Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2007.
