The problem however is that the quantitative growth of Christianity in a nation is not the only measurement of successful evangelism. The qualitative growth in a Christian’s life is evidenced by the strength of his Christianity. The long term growth and sustainability of the church and its potential to transform communities must therefore be carefully considered. Unless the church deals with the quality issues, it could render all its evangelistic work ineffective. Finding a balance between quality and quantity is imperative as both are important to the development of the Kingdom of God.

The apparent low priority of discipleship and training has caused the African church to also develop a lack of leadership. Leadership development is crucial since a lack of well-developed leadership will inevitably lead to a weak and shallow church.

The problem is that African Christian leaders and evangelistic ministries have not yet developed a comprehensive evangelistic approach that can present the gospel in a relevant manner to the people of Africa.

This problem causes a nominal “pre-Christianity” as I would call it, in Africa, and presents a major challenge to the church in terms of evangelism and the completion of the Great Commission. I present the term “pre-Christian” as an expression of a person who considers himself a Christian without ever receiving the saving grace of Christ, submitting his/her life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and bearing the fruit of the Christian life. Jesus answered John on the question on salvation “you must be born again” (John 3:16). Africa may have many “Christians” but very few “discipled” believers following Jesus Christ. - Written By Louis Blom

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