02863cam a2200373 a 4500 16511338 GBCCL 20251106144748.0 101021s2011 miu b 000 0 eng 9780801013898 cloth 0801013895 cloth 16511338 (OCoLC)662401653 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA DTM YDXCP LNT BWX XPQ DLC 266.001 22 HOR 1 Horton, Michael Scott. The gospel commission : recovering God's strategy for making disciples / Michael Horton. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2011. 316 p. ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Pt. 1. The great announcement. Before you go -- Exodus and conquest : the gospel and the kingdom -- pt. 2. The mission statement. An urgent imperative : "go therefore . . ." -- One gospel and many cultures : contextualization -- The goal : "making disciples" -- pt. 3. The strategic plan. How to make disciples -- Disciples and discipline : "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded" -- The great commission and the great commandment : evangelism and social justice -- Mission creep : inventing our own strategic plan -- Until He comes : the great assurance. "Are we really fulfilling Jesus's final command? Many churches in America today want to be powerful, relevant, and influential in personal and social transformation. A plethora of programs for outreach, discipleship, and spiritual disciplines are available at any bookstore and on countless websites. Yet what we need most is a renewed understanding of and commitment to the Great Commission. We assume that we already know the nature of this commission and the appropriate methods of carrying it out. But Michael Horton contends that it too often becomes our mission instead of God's. At a time when churches are zealously engaged in creating mission statements and strategic plans, he argues that we must ask ourselves anew whether we are ambassadors, following the script we've been given, or building our own kingdoms with our own blueprint. Pastors and church leaders will value this frank and hopeful next-step exploration of the Great Commission as a call to renewed understanding and good practice" -- Publisher description. Discipling (Christianity) Evangelistic work. Missions Theory. Mission of the church. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 10986 10986 0 0 ddc 0 0 GBC GBC MNMS 2025-11-06 1 266.001 HOR 017258 2026-01-27 14:06:36 2026-01-21 c.1 2025-11-06 BK