How effective is evangelism compared to the doubling effect of discipling

Evangelism Versus Discipling?

	How effective is evangelism compared to the doubling effect of discipling?
	How quickly would each reach the population of the world?

	Assuming the current world population is approximately 6,800,000,000 people


		If evangelists
		brought 5,000
		people each day		If a discipler discipled
		to salvation.		one person for one year
				and then the two of them
		On the day of		discipled 2 people the next
		Pentecost,		year, and then the 4 of
		Peter only brought		them discipled 4 people
		3,000 people to		the next year and the 8
		Christ.		of them discipled 8 people
				the next year , and so on…
		5,000 per day
		= 1,825,000/year

		This many	At	This many
		people would	end of	people would
		be saved	Year #	be saved

		1,825,000	1	1
		3,650,000	2	2
		5,475,000	3	4
		7,300,000	4	8
		9,125,000	5	16
		10,950,000	6	32
		12,775,000	7	64
		14,600,000	8	128
		16,425,000	9	256
		18,250,000	10	512
		20,075,000	11	1,024
		21,900,000	12	2,048
		23,725,000	13	4,096
		25,550,000	14	8,192
		27,375,000	15	16,384
		29,200,000	16	32,768
		31,025,000	17	65,536
		32,850,000	18	131,072
		34,675,000	19	262,144
		36,500,000	20	524,288
		38,325,000	21	1,048,576
		40,150,000	22	2,097,152
		41,975,000	23	4,194,304
		43,800,000	24	8,388,608
		45,625,000	25	16,777,216
		47,450,000	26	33,554,432
		49,275,000	27	67,108,864
		51,100,000	28	134,217,728
		52,925,000	29	268,435,456
		54,750,000	30	536,870,912
		56,575,000	31	1,073,741,824
		58,400,000	32	2,147,483,648
		60,225,000	33	4,294,967,296
		62,050,000	34	8,589,934,592
		63,875,000	35	17,179,869,184
		65,700,000	36	34,359,738,368
		67,525,000	37	68,719,476,736
		69,350,000	38	137,438,953,472
		71,175,000	39	274,877,906,944
		73,000,000	40	549,755,813,888
		74,825,000	41	1,099,511,627,776
		76,650,000	42	2,199,023,255,552
		78,475,000	43	4,398,046,511,104
		80,300,000	44	8,796,093,022,208
		82,125,000	45
		83,950,000	46	During the 43rd year, the entire
		85,775,000	47	population of the world would be
		87,600,000	48	reached for Christ.
		89,425,000	49
		91,250,000	50
		273,750,000	100
		456,250,000	200
		638,750,000	300
		821,250,000	400
		1,003,750,000	500
		2,828,750,000	1000
		4,653,750,000	3000
		6,478,750,000	4000

	It would take evangelists over 4,000 years to reach only that portion of the world's population that exists today! Do we have that much time?
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