1. 1. 13. Christs Commission to Make Disciples of All Nations What We Believe Series
2. 2. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20
3. 3. The Great Commission Omission 75% of Christians who believe in the Great Commission have not shared Christ with anyone in the past six months Lifeway Research
4. 4. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission Missing the Point of the Command
5. 5. The Spread of Christianity Throughout History
6. 6. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission Missing the Point of the Command I Dont have Enough Training Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches. Charles Spurgeon The Prince of Preachers
7. 7. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission Missing the Point of the Command I Dont have Enough Training If God Predestines Whats the Point of Evangelism?
8. 8. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission Missing the Point of the Command I Dont have Enough Training If God Predestines Whats the Point of Evangelism? The Gospel Needs to Be Made Culturally Relevant If you alter or obscure the Biblical portrait of God in order to attract converts, you dont get converts to God, you get converts to an illusion. This is not evangelism, but deception. John Piper
9. 9. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission Missing the Point of the Command I Dont have Enough Training If God Predestines Whats the Point of Evangelism? The Gospel Needs to Be Made Culturally Relevant We Need More Revival Meetings and Altar Calls
10. 10. How People Came to Christ Coworker / Neighbor - 5% Pastor / Teacher - 25% Family / Friend - 59% Other - 11%
11. 11. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission Missing the Point of the Command I Dont have Enough Training If God Predestines Whats the Point of Evangelism? The Gospel Needs to Be Made Culturally Relevant We Need More Revival Meetings and Altar Calls
12. 12. 13.1 We believe that the commission given by the Lord Jesus to make disciples of all nations is binding on His Church to the end of the age. This task is to proclaim the Gospel to every tribe and tongue and people and nation, baptizing them, teaching them the words and ways of the Lord, and gathering them into churches able to fulfill their Christian calling among their own people
13. 13. The ultimate aim of disciple-making is that God would create, by His Word, worshippers who glorify His name through glad-hearted faith and obedience. This mission exists because worship doesn't. When the time of ingathering is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, this assignment will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.
14. 14. Worship, therefore, is the fuel and the goal of our charge.