Share Jesus without Fear



Share Jesus without Fear

Author Information

Author of a series of products related to Share Jesus Without Fear, William (Bill) Fay is a graduate of Denver Seminary and talk show host of “Let's Go,” an internationally syndicated radio program. Prior to accepting Christ in to his life, Fay's father was a vice president with General Foods, successfully introducing a product of frozen foods called Birds Eye. Fay was raised on a silver spoon. Eventually, he had ties to the mafia and ran Fantasy Island, one of the largest houses of ill repute in the United States. At sixteen, he fathered a child. Fay admits he cheated his way through college and as a professional gambler he also cheated at cards. He is presently on his fourth marriage, three of which were before his confession of faith. After accepting Jesus, his life was flipped for God's Kingdom. Today, he travels around the world, teaching and equipping Christians to be successful evangelists. Share Jesus Without Fear has been translated into Spanish and Fay has created a selection of booklets, journals, workbooks, and CDs to accompany the book. His website boasts that over five million copies of his booklet “How to Share Your Faith Without an Argument” are in print. William Fay lives with his wife, Peggy, in Ft. Myers, Florida.

Linda Evans Shepherd has authored over twenty books, mostly targeted at female audiences including The Potluck Club series. She too travels around the nation publicly speaking in an effort to teach and encourage her audiences. She is a frequent guest on both radio and television talk shows and she co-founded Jubilant Press. Longmount, Colorado is the home of Shepherd and her family.

Content Summary

Share Jesus Without Fear is Fay's systematic method to more effective evangelism. With scripture and his personal experience, Fay[1] encourages his readers to shed preconceived ideas of evangelism and utilize his method of sharing Jesus with those around them, loved ones and strangers alike. Fay opens his work with an encouragement to his readers. Success in evangelism, he argues, comes simply from sharing one's faith, not, as most think, from seeing a person come to Christ (p. 2-3). Then he shares his vision specifically that saved people will return to the community of the unsaved to lead others to salvation rather than only finding comfort in their new community of believers. In his vision he uses an analogy of people drowning in the ocean and those saved on an island. Fay presents his concept of the “Sin of Silence” (p. 6-7), followed by statistics and information about how most come to salvation. Because only ten to fifteen percentage of people come to Christ through an “event,” and only five percent of Christians share their faith with others, Fay argues that this “Sin of Silence” is a major problem. After making his case for a need of all believers to also enjoy and active lifestyle of evangelism, Fay moves to addressing the root of most objections to sharing ...