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If you're talking about public conversions, very few, I would guess. Most preachers I have heard speak on the subject like to say that if you witness to people
by thetrumanshow 16y ago
If you're talking about public conversions, very few, I would guess.
Most preachers I have heard speak on the subject like to say that if you witness to people and the number of conversions you see in your lifetime is > 0, then you can call it a success, and if the number of conversions = 0, then you can at least be confident that it had some impact according to a verse in Isaiah 55:11 that says "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
Given that, from the street preacher's perspective, his success-rate is 100%.
As far as actual conversions, also called a Profession of Faith, I would guess that the quality of the pitch has a lot to do with the final results. Here's an example of a good pitch (American street preaching in Peru, with subtitles):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYLUpHQaiE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYLUpHQaiE
- ajju 16y agoI suspect that this is true, although in my view religious conversion is not very different from changing your clothes. Neither, in and of itself, affects how good of a person you are.