the statistics at the annual meeting. We often scuttle great evangelistic preaching in favor of pumping up our annual reports. Even when the statistics are good, the motives may be wrong. New believers are more than just the cold statistics that get recorded as baptisms, catechisms, and indoctrinations. The purpose of evangelistic preaching and witnessing is to move persons—each too precious to wind up as a statistic—into the larger family known as the kingdom of God. Every Christian witness must