What is the mission of Wesley Chapel? Read Matthew 28:16-20. What a joy it is to be the pastor of Wesley Chapel. Rhonda and I came in 2010 to a church that had a plan to build a new building on new land. From the beginning I inserted “The Question of the Week.” That first summer I asked the question, “What is the mission of Wesley Chapel?” The answers were excellent, but they were different from one another. As a matter of fact, there were 88 different responses. Imagine if an 88-piece concert orchestra gave a performance but each musician used a different piece of sheet music? What if there were 88 construction workers building a house and each worker had a different set of blueprints? Here I was, the pastor of a church, and the people had 88 ideas about what we were supposed to be doing as a church. The next Sunday, I shared a message from Matthew 28. We don’t have to guess what the mission is because Jesus told it to the disciples. After the crucifixion and resurrection, the Risen Christ gave these instructions, “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” From these words of Jesus, The United Methodist Church has given us the mission “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” Everything we do goes for this purpose. Every dollar we give goes for this mission. Every decision we make, we make with the mission in mind. Let’s accomplish the mission together as Jesus has instructed.



Lord Jesus, empower us to carry out the mission to make disciples, and by doing so, transform the world. Amen.