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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

We Make Disciples, Not Just Converts

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this message on Matthew 28, Pastor J.D. teaches on a third core value: “We make disciples, not just converts.” Most churches celebrate how many people attend services or “make decisions” or get baptized. But our central commission, as a church, is much simpler—and much harder: We are called to make disciples.

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0:00.0

Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

0:02.5

A disciple is not just a believer.

0:04.3

A disciple is also a Belonger.

0:06.2

The church, we often say here,

0:07.6

is not just an event you should attend,

0:09.1

it's a community.

0:10.1

It's a family that you're supposed to belong to.

0:12.6

A family whose connection should be even closer to us

0:16.5

than our biological families.

0:18.3

True disciple is a family member.

0:32.1

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer.

0:34.6

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

0:38.6

Have you ever noticed that many churches seem to celebrate how many people attend services or make decisions to get baptized? Those aren't necessarily bad things, but let's be real.

0:45.8

That's not the real purpose of church, is it? Our central commission as a church is much simpler,

0:51.3

and at the same time, much harder. We are called to make disciples.

0:56.3

And that's way different than numbers in a spreadsheet. So what does that look like?

1:01.1

Today, Pastor Jady teaches from Matthew chapter 28 as we dive back into our teaching series titled

1:06.8

Be the Movement. Today is the third core value of our church.

1:11.3

We make disciples, not just converts.

1:14.0

Here's Pastor Jadie.

1:17.3

My family heritage is from, let's just say, the country.

1:20.6

I was born in West Virginia and lived for a while

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