Discipleship, Leadership, Church Planting, Missions
For Such a Time as This
For many Christians around the world, it may seem that chaos, danger and perversion continue to reign and even worsen. Economic and political turmoil continue to destabilize many countries. Violence and brutal persecution of Christians are increasingly common. Blatant...
What Does a “Great Commission Church” Look Like?
leadership, discipleship, missions The Great Commission -- disciple the nations (Mt 28:19) -- is the mission Jesus gave the church until his return (see Sept blog). This blog is called Great Commission Leader because I want to encourage and be a resource to Christian...
What the Great Commission is NOT
missions, discipleship The Great Commission as given by Jesus in Matthew 28:19 is "disciple the nations." This is the mission Jesus gave to the Church, which includes EVERY congregation, until He returns. ALL Christ followers are called to be a disciple and make...
What Exactly IS the Great Commission?
My family and I were missionaries in Brazil for over fourteen years. The Brazilian church has an expression that refers to the Great Commission passages of Matthew 28 and Mark 16 based on the command of Jesus to "Go." Basically, they turned the verb into a noun and...