Link to sermons on topic: GREAT COMMISSION

SERMON TOPIC: Outreach and Evangelism

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 February 2020

Sermon synopsis: The root of the word evangelism, evangel, is derived from the Greek word euangelion which is translated good news. From that same word, we derive the word gospel. Many words in English are.....

SERMON TOPIC: Wycliffe Bible Translators in SA

BY: Johanna Pillinger ON: 7 July 2019

Sermon synopsis: Bible Translation is at the core of who Wycliffe are. We want to see God’s Word alive in every language, transforming lives and communities in this generation. Almost one third of the world's.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Great Commission - Part 5 - Trends and opportunities

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 18 November 2018

Sermon synopsis: Jesus gave the Great Commission 2000 years ago, what’s happened since? “With the explosion of the church in the Southern Hemisphere, we must ask, does the church of the Lord Jesus Christ still.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Great Commission - Part 7 - Trends and opportunities

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 26 August 2018

Sermon synopsis: TREND 1: MIGRATION In the past you had to go to a foreign country to be a missionary to other people groups. Now many of those people groups are coming to us. “Go into all the world” includes.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Great Commission - Part 6 - Trends and opportunities - HIV-AIDS

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 29 July 2018

Sermon synopsis: HIV-AIDS is a pandemic that is ravaging families, communities and entire nations. Since the start of the epidemic around 78 million have become infected with HIV and 35 million people have died of.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Great Commission - Part3b - Global trends (cont)

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 13 September 2015

Sermon synopsis: So what are some of the global trends we are seeing in today’s world? How do these present challenges or opportunities for us to advance and complete the Great Commission? - Positive trends in.....

SERMON TOPIC: Last words of Jesus - The great commission

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 12 July 2015

Sermon synopsis: When someone is about to leave us (e.g. death or a departure to a faraway land), the last words they speak are ones that they consider to be the most important. There’s no time for wasted words when.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Great Commission - Part 3- Global trends

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 7 June 2015

Sermon synopsis: If current patterns continue, the unreached will still be 23-28% of the world’s population in 2025 (Stan Park, Ethne '06). So how should we approach missions and evangelism? Should we just keep on.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Great Commission - Part 2 - Uneven distribution of resources

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 29 June 2014

Sermon synopsis: There is enough evangelistic activity to reach the whole world. Enough activity for every one in the world to hear a 1-hour presentation of the Gospel every other day all year long. Over 1,43.....

SERMON TOPIC: Last words of Jesus - The great commission

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 15 June 2014

Sermon synopsis: When someone is about to leave us (e.g. death or a departure to a faraway land), the last words they speak are ones that they consider to be the most important. There’s no time for wasted words.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Great Commission

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 24 July 2011

Sermon synopsis: Often people ask, "What prophetic event remains unfulfilled to prevent the return of Jesus?" Well consider this prophecy by Jesus. In Matthew 24:14, speaking prophetically Jesus said that "this.....