Refocusing the Great Commission

This is thinking outside the box: Has Matt. 28:19-20 passed its prime as the rallying verses for missionary outreach? Eddie Arthur wonders if John 20:21 might be a more appropriate missionary focus for today:

God sent Jesus in humility, to serve and finally to sacrifice himself. Likewise, we should expect humility, service and sacrifice to be part of our lives as He sends us out. This sits very uneasily with some of the quasi-military rhetoric about marching and capturing and so on which is part of the current church scene. Our call is to be humble servants, not conquering heroes (and churches need to be prepared to support humble servants and not expect every prayer letter to be full of success stories).

Amen.