The Big Story: Church — Mission Forward

We are living in the church age, a pivotal moment in God's unfolding redemptive story that stretches from creation to the return of Jesus Christ. At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out not on one person but on an entire people, empowering them collectively to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. The Great Commission is not simply a call to get decisions. It is a call to make disciples, teach them, and help them grow in faith. The church is not a building or a denomination but a community of people who belong to Jesus Christ, made up of every tribe, language, and nation. Every believer has been given the Holy Spirit's power to participate in this mission, and the enemy does not want you walking in that authority. The church age will conclude with the return of Jesus, a blessed hope that should shape how urgently and faithfully we live out the mission today. You were not saved just to sit. You were empowered by His Spirit and commissioned to carry His redemptive work to the world around you.