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the Engel Scale
Why the Engel Scale:
 The Engel Scale has been used to introduce many Christians to a new understanding of evangelism. In the past, people have often seen evangelism only in terms of people being converted. The Engel Scale changes this picture. If you understand something of the journey a person must take in order to discover God, then you know that helping someone take one more step towards God is successful evangelism just as much as helping them over the final line. The Engel Scale helps people to understand this journey.
Evangelists have long known the truth of this, but it has not often been taught and understood. Almost everyone who makes a commitment to Jesus has a story to tell of people and events in their lives bringing them closer and closer to the point of total surrender. Some figures indicate that the average length of the journey, from the time people start looking for God to the time they find Him, is four years. However reliable that figure, and whatever it means, it is clear that for most people the journey to God is a long one.
We offer here a modified scale . This is intended to assist anyone who wants to share their faith in a way which fits what God is doing in the lives of the people they meet.
The Modified Engel Scale is, of course, a vast over-simplification of the steps which transforms a non-believer to an active disciple of Jesus Christ. Each one of us is called individually and responds in a unique way. But the scale contains enough detail, and the details can be seen working out in real life often enough to make it useful.
If you like to know more:
What’s Gone Wrong With the Harvest?
A Communication Strategy for the Church and World Evangelization
by James F. Engel
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