Focus on Reproduction, Mentor's Guide, MG12

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e. Sunday School: 4-5%

f. Evangelistic crusade or TV show: ½%

g. Church program: 2-3%

h. Friend or relative: 75-90%!

C. Oikos members are receptive to one another.

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1. This kind of evangelism builds on shared history, experience, and concerns.

2. People of an oikos are more likely to listen to their own members than to strangers.

3. Relationships already exist, cutting short the need for the evangelist to cultivate them.

D. Oikos evangelism allows for natural sharing of the Gospel (no cold calling) .

1. Barriers of culture, language, relationship melt away when members of an oikos share with other members of their group.

2. It is the least threatening form of sharing faith.