Christian Children - Part 2
This is a cont from the prev post:I was at the Fusion Conf and heard Voddie Baucham spoke on this topic. He said that we as Americans and Christians, do not think of things that are past our lifetime. While the death rate is about 2 person per whatever since I don't recall, the birth rate in the U.S. is about 1.8. At the same time the birth rate in France & Germany is around 1.4. Then in Finland or Sweden, it's about 1.1. So by those estimates, these cultures are dying.
Now, the birth rate among Muslims is 4 to 6 so lets put it at 5. What happens to these cultures in the next gen or the one after that? It is estimated that Muslims will make up the majority in both France & Germany by the year 2040.
So if Christians continue to have 1.8 kids like the avg of Americans, then we will be outnumbered by those of have more kids like the Muslims. Voddie like Paul, anticipated the question of evangelism, by saying that the statistic for successful conversion is 41 to 1. This means it takes 41 Christians to successfully convert one non-believer. The conclusion is the best way to have a positive impact on this earth is to have as many kids as possible. Of course, in my previous post, all evangels will agree but it's putting it in practice is something else.
Last, when was the last time you heard any pastor speak on this topic? I haven't until I went to this conference or read materials on my own. It's interesting that Gino mentioned that your blue collar worker should have 4 and I've noticed that they do while the white collar folks have about 2. The blues live on meager means while the whites have BMWs, boats, & exotic vacations. As the scriptures say, where your treasures are is where your heart is.
posted by Mercy Now @ 7:44 PM
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I previously answered 4-5. Given this rousing pep talk, and with the permission of a future wife, I'm willing to double that.
Mercy, another way of putting this is that God did tell us to be fruitful and multiply. Now, if math serves me right, 2.1 kids is breaking even on the average, and about a third of women don't even bother to have kids--half of those due to infertility, for what it's worth.
So to merely break even, the woman who has kids needs to have three to simply "break even." You need four to "be fruitful and multiply."
And regarding evangelism, I would guess that the # of people needed for a conversion might be reduced if the evangelists (us) were more faithful to our calling to "be fruitful and multiply."
That is, if we were more faithful to that--not to mention God's commands in Malachi 2 and 1 Corinthians 7 and elsewhere--we might find that those we are trying to reach might take us more seriously to boot.
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