The Master Plan of Evangelism Quotes

“Jesus did not urge his disciples to commit their lives to a doctrine, but to a person who was the doctrine, and only as they continued in his Word could they know the truth ( John 8:31–32).”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“It is good to tell people what we mean, but it is infinitely better to show them. People are looking for a demonstration, not an explanation.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“One living sermon is worth a hundred explanations.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“People are looking for a demonstration, not an explanation.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Preaching to the masses, although necessary, will never suffice in the work of preparing leaders for evangelism. Nor can occasional prayer meetings and training classes for Christian workers do this job. Building men and women is not that easy. It requires constant personal attention, much like a father gives to his children. This is something that no organization or class can ever do. Children are not raised by proxy. The example of Jesus would teach us that it can be done only by persons staying close to those whom they seek to lead.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“A few people so dedicated in time will shake the world for God. Victory is never won by the multitudes.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“He was “the Saviour of the world” (John 4:42). God wanted all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. To that end Jesus gave himself to provide a salvation from all sin for all men. In that he died for one, he died for all. Contrary to our superficial thinking, there never was a distinction in his mind between home and foreign missions. To Jesus it was all world evangelism.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Knowledge was gained by association before it was understood by explanation.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Having called his men, Jesus made a practice of being with them. This was the essence of his training program—just letting his disciples follow him.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“We must decide where we want our ministry to count—in the momentary applause of popular recognition or in the reproduction of our lives in a few chosen people who will carry on our work after we have gone.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Evangelism is not an optional accessory to our life. It is the heartbeat of all that we are called to be and do. It is the commission of the church that gives meaning to all else that is undertaken in the name of Christ.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“We must learn this lesson again today. There can be no dillydallying around with the commands of Christ. We are engaged in warfare, the issues of which are life and death, and every day that we are indifferent to our responsibilities is a day lost to the cause of Christ.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Jesus did not have the time nor the desire to scatter himself on those who wanted to make their own terms of discipleship.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“We have not been called to hold the fort, but to storm the heights.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Love is the only way to win the free response of men, and this is possible only by the presence of Christ within the heart.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Followers must have leaders, and this means that before much can be done with the church membership something will have to be done with the church officials.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Christian disciples are sent men and women—sent out in the same work of world evangelism to which the Lord was sent, and for which he gave his life. Evangelism is not an optional accessory to our life. It is the heartbeat of all that we are called to be and do. It is the commission of the church that gives meaning to all else that is undertaken in the name of Christ. With this purpose clearly in focus, everything that is done and said has glorious fulfillment of God’s redemptive purpose—educational institutions, social programs, hospitals, church meetings of any kind—everything done in the name of Christ has its justification in fulfilling this mission.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Through their word” he expected others to believe in him ( John 17:20), and these in turn to pass the word along to others, until in time the world might know who he was and what he came to do ( John 17:21, 23).”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“All the disciples had to teach them was a teacher who practiced with them what he expected them to learn. Evangelism was lived before them in spirit and in technique. Watching him, they learned what it was all about. He led them to recognize the need inherent in all classes of people, and the best methods of approaching them. They observed how he drew people to himself; how he won their confidence and inspired their faith; how he opened to them the way of salvation and called them to a decision. In all types of situations and among all kinds of people, rich and poor, healthy and sick, friend and foe alike, the disciples watched the master soul winner at work. It wasn’t outlined on the blackboard of a stuffy classroom nor written up in a “do it yourself” manual. His method was so real and practical that it just came naturally.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Jesus said: “If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. . . . He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. . . . If a man love me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. . . . If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love. . . . This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I have told you” ( John 14:15, 21, 23, 24; 15:10, 12).”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“His nature, being personal, is only expressed through personality, first revealed fully in Christ, and now expressed through his Spirit in the lives of those yielded to him.”
― Billy Graham, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“One cannot transform a world except as individuals in the world are transformed, and individuals cannot be changed except as they are molded in the hands of the Master.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“pattern of Jesus at this point means anything at all, it teaches that the first duty of a church leadership is to see to it that a foundation is laid in the beginning on which can be built an effective and continuing evangelistic ministry to the multitudes. This will require more concentration of time and talents on fewer people in the church while not neglecting the passion for the world. It will”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Victory is never won by the multitudes.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“They saw how their Master denied himself many of the comforts and pleasures of the world and became a servant among them. They saw how the things they cherished—physical satisfaction, popular acclaim, prestige—he refused; while the things which they sought to escape—poverty, humiliation, sorrow, and even death—he accepted willingly for their sake.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“And let us remember, too, that one does not have to have the prestige of the world to be greatly used in the Kingdom of God.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“We must have his life in us by the Spirit if we are to do his work and practice his teaching.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“His concern was not with programs to reach the multitudes, but with men whom the multitudes would follow.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“Reflective man produces new philosophies; it is only regenerate man who holds the clue to a society that is really new.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism

“There is no place in the Kingdom for a slacker, for such an attitude not only precludes any growth in grace and knowledge but also destroys any usefulness on the world battlefield of evangelism.”
― Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism