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Title: Epidemic Evangelism: Creating a Firestorm of new-Found Faith


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Epidemic Evangelism Creating a Firestorm of
new-Found Faith
  • James R. Burns
  • Texas Tech University

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The problem
  • 6.2 billion people on the planet
  • Nearly 50 have never heard of Christ
  • 50 generations, 20 centuriesnever fulfilled the
    Great Commission, ever
  • Half the people who have ever lived are alive
    today
  • Population doubles every 20 years

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10/40 window
  • 3.2 billion people live there
  • 95 of them have never heard about Christ in a
    way that would enable them to consider His claims
  • 200,000 people die in this window every day, most
    without Christ

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The Vision for the Great Commission
  • Diluted
  • Lacking focus
  • Lacking believe-ability

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Reviving the vision
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Eroding Goals
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Success to the Successful
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The Model
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What would it take to achieve the picture above?
  • 10,000 startup evangelists
  • .2 conversion probability (goes down as the
    percentage of Christian believers goes up)
  • .005 recruitment rate from the body of latent
    Christians
  • Evangelists remain so for 2.5 years
  • During this time, they share the gospel 9 times
    annually

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What else would it take?
  • New believers are recruited into the body of
    evangelists at a rate of 100

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Thats our calling Mark 1615
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