The Church Of God In Christ International Department of Evangelism (of which I am privileged to serve as President) has reported well over 67, 000 souls saved in 2017. This type of reporting can be (admittedly) a little frustrating.
People will complain that, "instead of raising money, how many souls got saved?" Well, once our department started actually reporting how many souls got saved, then folks started complaining again. The question then was asked, "who does that, taking the time to count how many got saved?" Thus, I have learned that some people are past help. They are just determined to complain no matter what.
But, for those who really are students of the Bible, you do realize that the only reason that we know how many people got saved in the New Testament was because SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO COUNT. So we are only following the biblical pattern:
- Acts 2:41. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
- Acts 4:4. Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. Acts 19:6-7. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 7 And all the men were about twelve.
So those who want to complain about us counting souls; may need to dust off their Bibles and read it every now and then and see what the apostles did. They won souls and COUNTED how many came to Christ.
With that in mind, here is the report for the year 2017 for the Church Of God In Christ:
2017 SALVATION REPORT:
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TOTAL SALVATIONS
REPORTED FOR 2017: 67,946
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TOTAL BACKSLIDERS
RECLAIMED REPORTED FOR 2017: 5,134
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TOTAL FILLED (ACTS
2:4) REPORTED FOR 2017: 3,912
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TOTAL PHYSICALLY
HEALED REPORTED FOR 2017: 1,911
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TOTAL DELIVERED AND
MISC: 2,478
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TOTAL LIVES CHANGED
REPORTED FOR 2017: 81,381
To God be the Glory!
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