What is the Great Commission?
A lot of people think the Great Commission only applies to famous preachers or pastors, musical celebrities, or missionaries. But that’s not true. They can’t reach all of humanity by themselves.
Is the Great Commission hard to do? Not really, because God’s power makes it happen. All you need is the belief that Jesus is Who He said He is and that people need to know Him.
At Great Commission Artists, we keep it simple. We get on our knees, thank God for His Son and His Spirit in our lives, and offer art gifts and time to His purposes.
The truth is that the Great Commission also applies to everyday people who intersect with other everyday people in their part of the whole world, and that means you and me, whatever our circumstances and abilities might be.
Our ministry name originated in the context of group prayer. Sitting at my kitchen table in 2011, our original core group and I were seeking God about how He wanted this new art fellowship to look. We prayed and worshiped for a year and half before launching. One night during that season, one of the women suddenly said something so profound that we were almost startled. “I think we’re the Great Commission Artists,” she said. Immediately, I knew that she had heard from the Holy Spirit. That name encapsulated our vision and mission perfectly. What I personally loved was the double inference, that generically and professionally, artists are commissioned, and, more importantly, spiritually Christ Himself commissions us in Matthew 28:18-21.
It’s that simple. We consider ourselves privileged and called to testify to Jesus via the arts. Indeed, we are Great Commission artists.
© Marianne McDonough, 2024