Doctrines Concerning

The Church

F. That the mission of the church is found in the Great Commission.

Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

1. Make disciples (Evangelism).

2. Baptize them (Identification).

3. Teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded (Discipleship). 

Personal Opinion:

How to make sense out of the testimony of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and even between Luke's Gospel and the first few chapters of Acts?

Maybe it can be done if I spend some time with my side by side version of the Gospels.

But no matter, it seems none of the accounts of the Great Commission would justify applying it to someone who was not a face to face eye witness to Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection and had received special powers.