Great Commission

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Christian theological concept biblical mandate missionary directive

The Great Commission is Jesus Christ’s directive to his disciples to spread his teachings and make disciples of all nations, forming a foundational mandate for Christian mission and evangelism.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Great Commission canonical	7
Christian mission	1
Great Commission in Matthew 28:19	1
Great Commission in Matthew 28:19–20	1
The whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological concept ⓘ biblical mandate ⓘ missionary directive ⓘ
addressedTo	apostles of Jesus ⓘ the eleven disciples ⓘ
centralTo	Christian evangelism ⓘ Great Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Christian mission missiology ⓘ
coreCommand	baptize believers ⓘ go into all the world ⓘ make disciples of all nations ⓘ preach the gospel ⓘ teach disciples to obey Jesus’ commands ⓘ
emphasizedBy	Pentecostal churches ⓘ surface form: Pentecostalism Evangelicalism ⓘ surface form: evangelical Christianity missionary societies ⓘ
givenBy	Jesus Christ ⓘ
hasPrimarySource	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ surface form: Gospel of Matthew 28:18–20
hasSource	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ surface form: Acts of the Apostles 1:8 Gospel of John ⓘ surface form: Gospel of John 20:21–23 Gospel of Luke ⓘ surface form: Gospel of Luke 24:46–49 Gospel of Mark ⓘ surface form: Gospel of Mark 16:15–16
includesAction	baptizing ⓘ going ⓘ making disciples ⓘ teaching ⓘ
includesFormula	baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
includesPromise	Jesus’ continuing presence ⓘ “I am with you always, to the end of the age” ⓘ
influenced	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox mission theology Roman Catholic missionary activity ⓘ global Christian missionary movements ⓘ modern Protestant missions ⓘ
interpretedAs	ongoing mandate for the church ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
originalTextLanguage	Koine Greek ⓘ
recordedIn	New Testament ⓘ
relatedConcept	church planting ⓘ discipleship training ⓘ evangelism ⓘ world missions ⓘ
scope	all nations ⓘ the whole world ⓘ
theologicalTheme	Trinitarian baptism ⓘ authority of Christ ⓘ discipleship ⓘ evangelization ⓘ mission of the church ⓘ
timeOfGiving	after the resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
traditionalLocation	a mountain in Galilee ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesus Christ → associatedWithEvent → Great Commission ⓘ

Trinity → scripturalBasisClaimedIn → Great Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Commission in Matthew 28:19

Holy Baptism → scripturalBasis → Great Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Commission in Matthew 28:19–20

Ascension → associatedWith → Great Commission ⓘ

Great Commission → centralTo → Great Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian mission

Gospel of Matthew → contains → Great Commission ⓘ

Lausanne Movement → motto → Great Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: The whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary → mottoFocus → Great Commission ⓘ

Descent of the Holy Spirit → linkedTo → Great Commission ⓘ

teachings of Jesus → includes → Great Commission ⓘ

Four Evangelists → associatedWith → Great Commission ⓘ