When Americans become Christian

Starting spiritual conversations with unsaved people

Sharing your own testimony

Seeking God's will?

African martyr's commitment

Mission trip fund-raising

10 ways to ruin mission trips

Ministry, Church and Society course resources
 

Evangelism statistics: At what age is outreach most effective? How old are people when they get saved?

"I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also." -- 2 Timothy 1:5

Ages at which Americans say they accepted Christ and became a Christian

The data in the pie graph or chart comes from Church Growth Research office at the Global Ministry Center of the Church of the Nazarene.

Another survey -- by the International Bible Society ( www.biblica.com ) -- indicated that 83% of all Christians make their first commitment to Jesus between the ages of 4 and 14, that is, when they are children or early youth. The Barna Research Group ( www.georgebarna.com ) surveys indicate that American children ages 5 to 13 have a 32% probability of accepting Christ, but youth or teens aged 14 to 18 have only a 4% probability of doing so. Adults age 19 and over have just a 6% probability of becoming Christians.

This data illustrates the importance of influencing children to consider making a decision to follow Christ.

Because the 4-14 age period slice of the pie is so large, many have started referring to the "4-14 Window." Many people serving as career cross-cultural missionaries have testified that they first felt God calling them to missionary service during that 4-14 age period.

How do you start a witnessing conversation?

There are lots of questions one can ask to move conversations to talking about spiritual things. [ read more ]

SNU missions course materials and syllabi

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