It's one of the most well-known passages in the Bible. It is Jesus’ final command to "go and make disciples of all nations," yet a new study shows a shocking number of American Christians have never heard of what is commonly known as "the Great Commission.” Christian researcher George Barna discovered that half of U.S. churchgoers, a staggering 51 percent, said they had never "heard of the Great Commission" term and among those who had, only 17 percent were familiar with the Biblical passage reference.
Shockingly only 1 in 10 millennials who go to church regularly are familiar with the term. This belies the alarming truth that if most believers can’t identify what it is, how many church-goers are actually doing it? No wonder our society is in shambles. The church must reverse this trend if it is to be a light in an ever darkening world.
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