Most converts today come from Lifestyle Witnessing rather than from evangelistic efforts.

Dr. Win Arn's research shows almost 80% of all believers claim they came to faith because a friend or neighbor loved them and introduced them to Christ. When asked the primary way they came to faith in Christ they mentioned:

Lifestyle Witnessing is the most powerful way to reach the lost.

If all the evangelists in the USA could reach 1,000,000 people a year, it would take almost 200 years to reach the lost in US, if no one else is born or dies.

If every believer, over the course of an entire lifetime, introduced 2 or 3 friends to Jesus, all the lost in America could be reached in one generation (less than 40 years).