Bill Fay - Share Jesus Without Fear

I began my great adventure with our Lord Jesus Christ in 1944. In 1951, I, as an act of my will, became a slave of Jesus Christ (Rom. 1:1). Every day since my total surrender to our Lord, I try to evaluate everything I do in reference to His Great Commission. In my fifty-five years of witnessing for Christ, I have met few believers who were as enthusiastic and effective in their witness for our Lord as Bill Fay. He is a great blessing and inspiration to me.

Dr. Bill Bright, Founder and President
Campus Crusade for Christ International

We at Radio Bible Class aired a sample of Bill's material and had the largest response in the history of our ministry.

Martin R. De Haan II, President
Radio Bible Class

This book is imperative reading for anyone interested in sharing their faith. It's not a book about why we should share our faith, but rather about how we should share our faith.

Dr. Edward G. Dobson, Senior Pastor
Calvary Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Bill Fay provides a no-nonsense, simple, practical, and replicable way to share one's faith. Bill's evangelism is basic meat and potatoes equippingand it works! That's why I had him speak at my church when I pastored in Texas and several times at the church I pastor here in San Diego, California.

Dr. Jim Garlow, Senior Pastor
Skyline Wesleyan Church, San Diego, California

I have never known anyone who has led more people to the Savior or taught more people to do the same.

Dr. Vernon Grounds, President Emeritus
Denver Seminary

Bill Fay has done the body of Christ a tremendous service with his Share Jesus without Fear material. I have seen many and heard of even more people who stopped being silent for our Lord Jesus as a result of Share Jesus without Fear. In [his] new book, Linda Evans Shepherd has caught the spirit of the man behind the material. If you are already familiar with the Share Jesus without Fear message, you will want this book for the added confidence-building material that was not in the course. The chapter on What to Do When They Receive Christ is a much needed dimension for evangelism to be effective. If you are new to Share Jesus without Fear, then you have in your hands the material that is 100 percent practical in nature and 100 percent guaranteed to help you become a successful witness.

Jimmy Kinnaird, Personal Evangelism Specialist
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma

Get ready to experience a guaranteed win with a book that will help you do what the title says it will do. The best, easiest, most effective personal soul-winning method we've seen in twenty-five years of crusade ministry.

Bruce Schoeman, Lowell Lundstrom Ministries
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bill Fay is one of the best in making it a simple process to fulfill the Great Commission of being able to present your faith and the truth of the Scriptures. His book, Share Jesus without Fear, lays out the game plan for young and old alike to communicate the truth of the gospel in a nonthreatening and non-intimidating manner. A must-read for all who desire to give witness of their faith.

Dal Shealy, President/CEO
Fellowship of Christian Athletes

This book is the anecdote to argumentative and antagonistic approaches to evangelism. The foundation is solidly biblical and the method is refreshingly relational. Bill Fay's passion to share Christ is matched only by the encyclopedic nature of his experience. This book is convincing proof that one-on-one evangelism is doable.

E. Glenn Wagner, Ph.D., Senior Pastor
Calvary Church, Charlotte, North Carolina

This book is dedicated first to Jesus Christ, who is my Lord and my Savior. Its purpose is to provide freedom and encouragement so you can share your faith and never fail.

Without God placing people in my life to encourage, challenge, and correct me, my life and this material would not be possible. I want to thank my wife, Peg, for her patience as God continues to change me. I also want to thank Paul and Kathie Grant for all they have done to make this ministry possible. My thanks goes out to my friend Keita Andrews, who caught fire after learning how to share his faith and led many to Christ. Plus, I am grateful for the twenty-five thousand or so of you with whom I have had the privilege of sharing my faith one on one, many of whom prayed to receive Jesus Christ.

I am grateful to Gordon Lewis, professor of systematic theology at Denver Seminary, for giving me a firm theological foundation so I could be confident in the sovereign work of God. I also appreciate my good friend Tom Weins, who always had the ability to be there with the right help or phone call. A special thanks to all of the pastors who serve Christ faithfully. I see you at work when I visit your churches. I pray for you, honor you, and have the deepest respect for your obedience to follow your call for Jesus Christ.

William Fay

I thank God for this work. Someday, when we are on the other side, it will be a joy to meet all those who were touched by this book.

Linda Evans Shepherd

21. I've done too many bad things.

My resume spelled p-o-w-e-r. I was the president and CEO of a multimillion-dollar international corporation, I had ties with the mob, and I owned one of the larger houses of prostitution in the United States. I was involved in racketeering, bookmaking, and gambling. I had a gold Rolex, chauffeured limo, money, my fourth wife, and trophies from my many racquetball championships. I felt I had everything the world said spelled success. And I mocked anyone who dared share his faith in God with me.

One morning, I went to my athletic club looking for someone to annihilate on the racquetball court. As I looked through the little window in the door, I saw a man on the court who appeared to be a Jew. Brazenly, I pushed open the door and demanded, What are you doing here on Yom Kippur? Why aren't you out doing whatever you Jews do on holidays?

Paul Grant replied, I am also a Christian. Yom Kippur is the day Jews ask God to forgive them of their sins for another year. I don't have to do that because I've already received forgiveness through Jesus, the Messiah.

Oh, please, give me a break, I sneered.

For months afterward, Dr. Grant would stand by his locker while I asked questions, deliberately trying to make him late for his patients. I thought, What a stupid fool. How can this idiot sit here and let me do this to him?

It wasn't until a year and a half later, when my house of prostitution was raided, that I ever took him seriously. In the midst of hundreds of phone calls from men, either worried about where the girls were or concerned their names would be found in my records, only Dr. Grant called to ask, Are you OK?

That was the first time in my forty years anyone had ever asked me that question. I was so struck by his concern that when he invited me to go to church with him and his wife, Kathie, I accepted.

Still I didn't make it easy for him. Once in church, I sat on the back row. When the attendant tried to pin a rose on me, I threw it like a Frisbee. Later, when the Grants took me to their home, I heard my first Christian testimony from Kathie.

Kathie is the kind of radiant woman who looks as though she'd never had a zit. I stared at her in disbelief as she told her story about how she had been abused as a child and how she had been the mistress to an oil baron in Indonesia. I figured she'd concocted this story as a way to hook me into some sort of cult, which she called Christianity. But the funny thing is, even though I rejected her testimony that day, I can still tell you the dress she wore. I can still remember the teapot from which she poured. Yet I left their house saying, That's fine for you, but I don't need that junk in my life.