Understanding the Great Commission: A Biblical Guide for Evangelism and Discipleship in 21st Century

What if evangelism and discipleship were not two separate tasks, but one single mission? Today's church knows how to run events, fill auditoriums, and measure attendance. Yet it has often forgotten the essential thing: Jesus did not command us to "make converts," but to "make disciples." In Understanding the Great Commission, Mario A. Maldonado returns to the heart of Matthew 28:18-20 and shows that evangelism and discipleship are not two separate programs, but two movements of the same motion. Drawn from more than forty-six years of ministry, this book moves from theology to practice, with a solid biblical foundation and tools you can put to work this very week. What you'll discover: - Why the Great Commission is one single mission, and how the central verb of Matthew 28 changes everything. - The content of the gospel we proclaim, and how to share your personal testimony with clarity. - The life, methods, and prayer of the evangelist: why who evangelizes weighs as much as what is evangelized. - What it truly means to be a disciple, and how Jesus Himself formed His own. - The complete cycle-from convert to disciple to disciple-maker-with the RIM model (Relationship, Instruction, Multiplication) and a personal plan for the next six months. Ideal for: - Seminary and Bible institute students. - Pastors, small-group leaders, and disciple-makers. - Every believer who longs not only to win people to Christ, but to form them until they form others as well. Every chapter includes practical applications and assignments so that truth does not stay as information, but translates into obedience. It works equally well for individual study or as a small-group curriculum over a quarter. Understanding the Great Commission is the third title in the Like the Bereans series, written for those who, like the believers of Acts 17, examine the Scriptures every day to test what is true. Don't read this book alone. Read it, meditate on it, and multiply it. About the author: Mario A. Maldonado has served in ministry for over four decades. He is the author of the Like the Bereans series and founder of the Disciplicando discipleship ministry. He writes from Memphis, Tennessee.