Why is evangelizing whole families beneficial to church-planting movements?

• A. The Holy Spirit flows readily through the bonds that exist between family members and close friends.
• B. It ensures pastors are paid with outside funds.
• C. It guarantees rapid church growth instantly.
• D. It requires Western-style church structures to be successful.

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that using whole families as the unit of evangelism creates natural, lasting networks for making disciples. When one family member is reached, the others often listen and respond because they already share trust, daily life, and a common context. The Holy Spirit tends to move readily through these close bonds, so households become effective, self-sustaining centers for learning, baptizing, and sending new believers to reach more relatives and friends. This household-based approach fosters quick, durable multiplication and a growing movement that expands from within existing relational networks.

The other options miss the mechanism at work: relying on outside funding, expecting instant rapid growth, or assuming Western church structures are essential don’t reflect how movement dynamics spread—through strong family and close-friend ties that empower reproduction.