Jesus’ parting words to His followers gave their marching orders: to go and make disciples. While we may struggle to understand all the implications of this call, these men knew exactly what Jesus was commanding. They had spent over three years with Jesus as He invested in their lives making them disciples. So they knew that the commission was to invest in others the way Jesus had invested in them.

This morning we begin a new series on this commission to make disciples. Over the next couple months, we hope to answer two questions. First, what is a disciple? Second, what will it take for a church to make disciples?

Like any good recipe, we must use the right ingredients mixed and baked in the right way to get a perfect cookie. We will start this journey by looking at Jesus’ Great Commission and discover what Jesus meant when He said, “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, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”