Posts by Pastor Kevin Folger, North America Representative - Ministry Asia

Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, left His church with a divine mandate to obey. As we explore the Scriptures, we find that Jesus gave this mandate to His church on the Mount of Olives as His final physical instruction before His ascension to take His place at the Father’s right hand. This sacred order, found in all four Gospel records, is often called the Great Commission. The men and women who comprised Christ’s first church in Jerusalem took this command seriously. They obeyed the Lord and waited in Jerusalem until they were filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit, as described in Acts 2. These individuals were then incredibly faithful, evangelizing Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and even the farthest reaches of the earth before their deaths. Historical accounts tell us that almost all of them died as martyrs for preaching the message of Christ.