Evangelism Explosion International (EE) recently released their worldwide results for 2019, and a whopping number of 11.8 million people was reported as having made professions of faith as a result of their On-The-Job Training (OJTs) during their training sessions. From 2001-2019, this works out to 129.4 million souls, representing 1.725% of the world's population today of 7.5 billion. This was reported as results for the EE training sessions which would have involved tens of thousands of EE trainers. Unreported OJTs and Way-of-Life witnessing would push the total much higher.
By comparison, Billy Graham is said to have been responsible for 3.2 million people coming to Christ. This is the result of Dr Graham's preaching ministry. This figure is huge and probably might never be surpassed but with due respect to Dr Graham, this figure would be static as he is no longer around in person to keep preaching and saving souls. This is why Dr. Graham was such a proponent of EE (he even wrote the forward to the book Evangelism Explosion).
The impact of Dr D.James Kennedy, EE's founder on the number of souls won appears much greater. The total now is 129.4 million and still counting! Although Dr Kennedy is in Heaven now, the number of people coming to Christ as a result of the EE ministry is still increasing every year. With much respect to these two great men of God whom were used mightily in their time, the difference in impact is due to their methodology: the results of equipping (training) compared with that of merely preaching. In equipping, we train others to do and 'multiplication' is the key word whereas in preaching the key word is 'addition'. One ministry is developing fishermen whilst the other is catching fish.
The EE training methodology is founded on four biblical principles:
1. It is the responsibility and privilege of every believer to do the work of evangelism (Acts 1:8);
2. It is the job of the pastor to equip the saints for the work of ministry (Eph 4:11-12);
3. The training of soul-winners is best accomplished through on-the-job training (Mark 3:14); and
4. It is better to train a soul-winner than to merely win a soul (2 Tim 2:2).
If you would like to know more about the EE training and what it can do for you and your church, you might consider attending a nearby clinic which equips church leaders to train their congregation members.
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