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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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