Statistics demonstrate that ordinary Andrew relational evangelism is the most effective way to go. The American Institute of Church Growth surveyed some eight thousand church attenders and found that 1 to 2 percent were people with special needs; 2 to 3 percent were walk-ins; 5 to 6 percent were influenced to come by a particular preacher; 2 to 3 percent came because they liked the church program; 1 to 2 percent came because they had responded to a visitation effort; 4 to 5 percent had been reached by Sunday school; 0.5 percent came through evangelistic crusades/TV programs; and a whopping 75
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