This document discusses the Great Commission given by Jesus in Matthew 28:19-20 to make disciples of all nations. It notes that 75% of Christians have not shared their faith in the past 6 months. It explores common excuses and objections for not evangelizing, such as lack of training, debates around predestination, concerns about cultural relevance, and preferences for revival meetings over personal evangelism. Statistics show that most people come to faith through family and friends rather than church activities. The document argues that the ultimate goal of making disciples is for more people to worship and glorify God, and that the mission to evangelize will one day end when all people have been reached, but worship will continue forever.

2. 13. Christ’s Commission to Make Disciples of All Nations
What We Believe Series

3. “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

4. 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

5. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission
Missing the Point of the Command

6. The Spread of Christianity Throughout History

7. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission
Missing the Point of the Command
I Don’t 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

8. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission
Missing the Point of the Command
I Don’t have Enough Training
If God Predestines What’s the Point of Evangelism?

9. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission
Missing the Point of the Command
I Don’t have Enough Training
If God Predestines What’s 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 don’t get
converts to God, you get converts to an illusion.
This is not evangelism, but deception.”
John Piper

10. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission
Missing the Point of the Command
I Don’t have Enough Training
If God Predestines What’s the Point of Evangelism?
The Gospel Needs to Be Made Culturally Relevant
We Need More Revival Meetings and Altar Calls

11. How People Came to Christ
Coworker / Neighbor - 5%
Pastor / Teacher - 25%
Family / Friend - 59%
Other - 11%

12. The Great Confusion about the Great Commission
Missing the Point of the Command
I Don’t have Enough Training
If God Predestines What’s the Point of Evangelism?
The Gospel Needs to Be Made Culturally Relevant
We Need More Revival Meetings and Altar Calls

13. 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

14. 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.

15. Worship, therefore, is the fuel and the goal of our
charge.