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“Why do only 5% of Christians ever lead anyone to Christ?”

I  had a friend and pastor ask me one time, “Why do you think statistics show only 5% of Christians ever lead anyone to Christ?”

Many quote this statistic as a reason for not sharing the gospel or as an excuse for not leading someone to Christ. However I think that statistic makes sense only if you look at another figure. Bill Bright is his book The Coming Revival, reported that “only two percent of believers in America regularly share their faith in Christ with others” (New Life Publication, p. 65)

Could the answer be that simple? Can the reason most Christian never lead someone to Christ is because they do not share the gospel with others on a regular basis? Yes, I believe it is that simple.

How do you become good at something? You first study it, then you do it. At first you will not be very good, and you will struggle and even mess up. If you continue to practice what you are learning to do then it becomes second nature. However if you only do it a couple times at first, then a couple times a year after that, you will never become good at it.

Try becoming good at golf by watching a video, taking a couple practice swings, and going to the golf course for a game twice a year. How good will you get? Not very. What is the chance you will sink a hole in one or even two? Not very likely.

Well we do that with evangelism, we either never learn to share or faith, or we learn and never practice it. Without practicing it we never become comfortable or even good at it. Our lack of knowledge reduces the chances we will lead anyone to Christ. Our lack of practice causes difficulty in verbalizing the gospel, which reduces our chances of leading anyone to Christ.

Now let assume you have learned to do it and you have practiced it enough that it is second nature for you to explain the gospel. Your chances of leading someone to Christ is perhaps 3 out of 10 ( just picking a number to give as example). You still have to share the gospel with 10 in order to lead the 3 to Christ. If you only share the gospel 7 times this year, you might miss the opportunity to lead someone to Christ.

I believe that lack of knowledge keeps many away from sharing Christ to others. I believe that amongst those that know how, lack of practice keeps them from leading someone to Christ. Then for those who have knowledge and that have practiced enough in the past to have the presentation down pat, they do not share the gospel enough to lead anyone to Christ.

That is the easy answer and it is true for most of us.

Is it possible for someone to have the knowledge, and practice sharing the gospel enough to have it down pat, do it on a regular basis (with the lost) and not lead anyone to Christ?

It is possible. Our command was to preach the gospel to every creature, and to make disciple of all nations. That command does not guarantee us that we will lead anyone to Christ, and out of obedience we may toil for many years if not forever without leading another to Christ. You could be a sower or waterer all of your life and another gets the pleasure of reaping. I have sown and I have reaped. Reaping is more fun but without sowing there is no reaping. I can even tell of one incident were I sowed or watered, and a few minutes later another part of the team I was with reaped.

I only encourage you to learn to share the gospel, use intense practice in the beginning so you can become comfortable, and then do it regularly for the rest of your life. You will be blessed and more importantly you will be a blessing to many.