Steven Taylor – Conference Superintendent of the
Northeast Conference of the Global Methodist Church
As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.
Matthew 4:18-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
“I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:19 (NRSV)
Jesus’ call to discipleship is relational, transformational, and missional.– Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt: “One Eighty: A Return to Disciple-Making”
“I could not seek, if you had not already found me.” – Saint Augustine: “Confessions- Book One”
“Discipleship is not an offer man makes to Christ. It is only the call which creates the situation.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “Cost of Discipleship”
“Follow me.” : Jesus was clearly commanding them to follow him.
The church will have one main mission: To save people from death by repenting of their sin and believing that Jesus is the Son of God.
“There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies: “a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.” – John Wesley, the founder of the Methodists
1. There is a Cost For You
2. There is an Uncertain Future