This web site is dedicated to
helping Christians and churches everywhere take the Great Commission as seriously as God
does.
Many churches spend time and
money doing everything under the sun but the Great Commission. The other things might be OK, but they should
never take the place of obeying the Great Commission given by our Lord Jesus Christ.
It's Not Just Soul Winning Evangelism
Evangelism is just the
beginning. It's winning them and developing them into mature, spiritual Christians. Empty professions of faith mean
nothing. It's far better to see 2 people genuinely saved and following Jesus than to see 2,000 professions of faith
where there is no change of life and no real salvation. Real salvation changes people's lives (2 Cor. 5:17). A
person who made a profession of faith but whose life didn't change probably never got saved. They just prayed a
prayer.
The Great Commission Is Not Missions. It is more than
Missions.
The Great Commission tells us that we are to
make disciples everywhere...
Jesus' Purpose
Statement
for His Church
Go therefore
andmake
disciples of all the
nations,baptising them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit,teaching them to observe all things that I
have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always,even to the end of
the age."
Matthew
28:19-20
1. Locally
We are
responsible to God to reach every possible person who is within our reach. Early in his
ministry, Jerry Falwell coined the term Saturation Evangelism, defined as
Reaching every available person through every available means.
Our first responsibility is to reach the area where
God placed us. How many of the people in your city have heard the Gospel through the ministry
of your church? We need to get the Gospel to EVERYONE within reach (Mark
16:15).
2. The Regions Beyond
Our responsibility does not end in our local area. It
extends to the whole world. That is why we hold missions conferences, take mission trips,
challenge our young people to answer the call to missions and send out missionaries. When
our church people are actively winning souls at home, they are more likely to answer God's
call to win the lost in other parts of the world.
For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also
for the Greek.
