Your Next Door Neighbors

A friend just passed these survey stats on to me on recent converts and "the most effective forms of evangelism." What's important here is that this is a study on your next door neighbors. Here are a few of the major findings on New England Christian converts compiled by Vision New England:

• For 71%, relationship with a caring Christian friend, neighbor, coworker, or family member, is the single most important factor in seeing a person come to a living faith in Christ.
• 80% of churches list evangelism as one of their top three priorities. Less than 2% of New England congregations experience ongoing adult conversion evangelism taking place.
• Only 14% of converts are coming to faith in Christ in one time conversion event experiences. Previous classic methods of gospel presentation are not as fruitful today as personal relationships & lifestyle witness.

What does this mean for our church in this area? What should we be doing better to reach out to our communities? What can you start doing now?

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