What effect does evangelism by extraction have on movement toward Christ?

• A. It accelerates adoption across culture
• B. It slows down or can freeze movement toward Christ
• C. It guarantees rapid church multiplication
• D. It has no effect on movement tempo

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is how taking evangelism out of its native context and pulling people into a separate Christian setting affects how quickly Christ’s movement spreads. Evangelism by extraction creates a divide between the new believers and their own culture, social networks, and everyday life. Converts may become attached to a separate Christian subculture rather than living out faith within their families, workplaces, and communities. Because movement toward Christ grows best when faith is woven into the fabric of daily life and is contagious through ordinary relationships, extracting people tends to limit that contagious spread. The result is slower progression—sometimes severe enough to appear as a freeze—in movement toward Christ across the culture. It doesn’t accelerate adoption, it doesn’t guarantee rapid multiplication, and it does have a measurable effect on movement tempo.