Missional
Missional Discipleship: Reinterpreting the Great Commission
06/02/08
Jonathan Dodson
In evangelical subculture the ubiquity of the Great Commission is matched by the poverty of its interpretation. Matthew 28:18-20 — the command to make disciples of all nations — is frequently summoned to validate countless and sundry discipleship and evangelism programs, ideas and practices, often ignoring the interpretive wealth of the text. It's as if we expect that planting the Great Commission flag at end of a sentence will immediately summit our discipleship agendas.