Hendricks identifies this as one of Mittelberg’s core values: people need time. Conversion is a process, not a transaction. Push too fast and you trigger rejection. Prayer + fasting + patient love is the formula.
He describes the Holy Spirit’s characteristic mode as soft and feminine — receptive, patient, opening rather than forcing. This matches the broader biblical pattern: the Spirit moves like water and wind, not like hammer strikes.
For evangelism, this changes the posture. The goal isn’t to close the sale. It’s to make yourself available, make the community accessible, and trust that the Spirit moves on its own timetable.
Moon himself warned against high-pressure witnessing: the goal isn’t quantity of followers but quality of leaders. One person who becomes deeply rooted and brings others is worth more than a hundred who attended once and left.
The practical implication: measure outreach by depth of relationship, not breadth of contact. Long patient relationships with a few unchurched people outperform short-term campaigns targeting many.