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Two Different Types of Church Growth
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The chart below shows how multiplication is much more powerful than addition.  To demonstrate addition, we start out with 100,000 churches that will lead one new person to Christ every week.  It will take 1,346 years to reach the the current world's population (7 billion).  

To demonstrate multiplication, we start out with one Christian.  This Christian will lead only one person to the Lord each year.  The Christian will then invest a year bringing the new convert into spiritual maturity.  The following year, the two Christians will each lead a person to the Lord and spend a year leading them into spiritual maturity.  Every year, this doubling process continues.  Using multiplication, the present world's population can be reached in less than 33 years.  

There are two charts below. The first chart shows the number of new converts for each year. The second chart shows the accumulative total of new converts.

 

Year # Addition Multiplication
  (new converts) (new converts)
     
1 5,200,000
1
2 5,200,000
2
3 5,200,000
4
4 5,200,000
8
5 5,200,000
16
6 5,200,000
32
7 5,200,000
64
8 5,200,000
128
9 5,200,000
256
10 5,200,000
512
11 5,200,000
1,024
12 5,200,000
2,048
13 5,200,000
4,096
14 5,200,000
8,192
15 5,200,000
16,384
16 5,200,000
32,768
17 5,200,000
65,536
18 5,200,000
131,072
19 5,200,000
262,144
20 5,200,000
524,288
21 5,200,000
1,048,576
22 5,200,000
2,097,152
23 5,200,000
4,194,304
24 5,200,000
8,388,608
25 5,200,000
16,777,216
26 5,200,000
33,554,432
27 5,200,000
67,108,864
28 5,200,000
134,217,728
29 5,200,000
268,435,456
30 5,200,000
536,870,912
31 5,200,000
1,073,741,824
32 5,200,000
2,147,483,648
33 5,200,000
4,294,967,296
34 5,200,000
8,589,934,592

 

 

Year # Addition Multiplication
  (Accumulative (Accumulative
  total) total)
     
1
5,200,000
1
2
10,400,000
3
3
15,600,000
7
4
20,800,000
15
5
26,000,000
31
6
31,200,000
63
7
36,400,000
127
8
41,600,000
255
9
46,800,000
511
10
52,000,000
1,023
11
57,200,000
2,047
12
62,400,000
4,095
13
67,600,000
8,191
14
72,800,000
16,383
15
78,000,000
32,767
16
83,200,000
65,535
17
88,400,000
131,071
18
93,600,000
262,143
19
98,800,000
524,287
20
104,000,000
1,048,575
21
109,200,000
2,097,151
22
114,400,000
4,194,303
23
119,600,000
8,388,607
24
124,800,000
16,777,215
25
130,000,000
33,554,431
26
135,200,000
67,108,863
27
140,400,000
134,217,727
28
145,600,000
268,435,455
29
150,800,000
536,870,911
30
156,000,000
1,073,741,823
31
161,200,000
2,147,483,647
32
166,400,000
4,294,967,295
33
171,600,000
8,589,934,591
34
176,800,000
17,179,869,183

 

       

 

 

Other Chapters in this Section

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The Missile Principle
Earn the Right to be Heard
What Would You Say?
The Fireman's Job
You must show the Need before you Provide the Solution
Presenting the Gospel
Skeleton:  The Frame that Everything is Built Upon
Muscle:  The Power of Memory Verses
Skin:  The Beauty of Illustrations
Discussing Evolution?  Keep it Simple
Addition vs. Multiplication
Chart of Savings
Chart of Church Growth
A Practical Example of Sharing Your Faith



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