While world evangelization is a vital component of the Great Commission, missions strategies must not allow the promise of Jesus to distract from full obedience to his command. Yet the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18– 20 will not allow for such a reduced conception of the essential missionary task. Such mottos imply that the missionary task is coterminous with world evangelization. Often such efforts are connected to Matthew 24:14 where Jesus promises that the gospel of the kingdom will be preached to all nations before the eschaton. To this end, missionary agencies have employed mottos such as “Finish the Task” to rally Christians to complete the work of world evangelization.
