The two young men one sees walking the streets of America and carrying two black books are proving that evangelism and home teaching still works. This means that the average congregation in the U.S.A. does not have even one addition yearly. Why has it been that our Christian Colleges which once was our source of training Pulpit Ministers, and now has better facilities, more money with which to work, and more teachers with doctorates on the campuses are producing many graduates - but seemingly we are not getting the job done that Jesus asked us to do . That, of course, was to evangelize the lost world. We have more Associate Ministers and yet fewer converts than when the one Pulpit Minister was his own Youth Minister, Secretary, and even did some of the custodian work at times.
Evangelism is basically stagnant in most congregations.
It is estimated that 1,500 ministers leave their pulpits each month, due to moral failure, spiritual burnout or contention within their local congregations.