02-Our Mission 2026: Go, Make, Baptize & Teach

In Matthew 28:18–20, the risen Christ stands before His disciples and issues the most consequential marching orders in history — the Great Commission. Because all authority in heaven and on earth belongs to Him, He commissions every believer — not just pastors and professionals — to Go, Make, Baptize, and Teach.

But this is no calendar event. "Go" means "as you are going" — at work, in the gym, over coffee, in the carpool line. It is a lifestyle of witness woven into the fabric of everyday life. And "Make disciples" demands more than a prayer prayed once; it calls for visible, fruit-bearing transformation — the works of the flesh giving way to the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:19–23).

In this message from the Purpose • Mission • Vision series, we trace a direct line from Jesus' purpose ("to seek and save the lost," Luke 19:10) to His strategy (building His church, Matthew 16:18) to the mission He entrusts to us. We examine why baptism is a public confession — not a condition of salvation — and why teaching to obey is radically different from merely transferring information.

If you've been treating the Great Commission as someone else's assignment — or discipleship as a box to check — this message will challenge you to write down three names, start praying, and step into the mission Jesus died to give you.

Key Texts: Matthew 28:18–20; Matthew 16:13–18; Luke 19:10; Galatians 5:16–23; Romans 10:9; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 3:6–7; Romans 8:29; John 4