The visionary who is serving God ceases to live for personal ambitions, but rather for God's ambitions.

Evangelism that starts at the nonbeliever's point of felt need and ties the gospel into that area of need has the greatest capacity for capturing the mind and heart of the non-Christian.

We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.

These figures emphasize how soft people's commitment to God is. Americans are willing to expend some energy in religious activities such as attending church and reading the Bible, and they are willing to throw some money in the offering basket, but when it comes time to truly establishing their priorities and making a tangible commitment to knowing and loving God, most people stop short.

Leadership is the process of motivating, mobilizing, resourcing, and directing people to passionately and strategically pursue a vision from God that a group jointly embraces.

Jesus didn't die so we could fill auditoriums, he died so that lives could be transformed.

True visionaries are never lukewarm.