On Sunday, July 17th guest speaker Robin Holmes challenged Redeemer Presbyterian Church, in Charleston, SC with the question, "are we living as a great commission church?" Before Jesus' ascension into heaven, he gathered his disciples in Galilee, where his ministry started, and kicked off their ministry with the Great Commission, "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, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
There are three indicators that mark a church as a church of the commission. Through Jesus' kingship, commands, and confidence, we as a church can and must strive to make, baptize, and teach disciples just as Jesus commanded. Listen to Robin Holmes exposition on the Great Commission here and be challenged to ask yourself, "am I a person of the Great Commission?"