Matthew 28:19-20 says this, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] 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.”
This is what we know as the Great Commission. This is our calling and work as followers of Jesus. We do not need a missionary call or ministry call to be obedient to this great commission. It is for all believers in all places. One of the things that I have loved about being a part of Red Nueva Vida is the singular focus we have on making disciples.
They have developed what we call the Discipleship Route in which we help lead people not just towards becoming disciples but disciple makers. It is a 2 year long discipleship process. At the end everyone decides not if but where they are called to make disciples. Most are called to make disciples within their local church context, some are called to plant churches maybe in their same context or similar context, and yet others are called to be missionaries and make disciples in a cross-cultural context. None of these are more important than the other. But I love that the discipleship route leads everyone towards reproduction.
A few weeks ago I had the privilege to "commission" our first group of disciple makers. I have wept, celebrated, learned, grown, confessed and done life with these guys for the past two years. They are family. From this group will come about 5 more discipleship groups and hopefully 2-3 churches that are in process or Lord-willing will be planted in the next few years.
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