Dear Friends,
As we step into the weeks after the Easter weekend, I find myself returning again to those familiar, powerful words from Matthew 28:19:
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…"
We often hear this as a sending command, a call to action, to movement, to mission. And it is that. But having just marked Easter, we are reminded that before this commission was ever spoken, there was another "going."
Jesus went first.
He went to the cross.
He went into suffering.
He went all the way to death, so that we could be restored to relationship with our Father God.
The Great Commission does not stand alone, it flows out of the finished work of the cross and the victory of the resurrection. We are only able to "go and make disciples" because Jesus first came to seek and save us. And that continues to shape how we see our place in God's mission.
Because mission is not something we strive to manufacture, but something we are invited into. A continuation of what Jesus has already begun and secured.
For those of us serving in operational and administrative roles across the Church, that invitation can sometimes feel distant from our daily work. It is easy to feel a step removed from the "frontline", especially when our days are filled with logistics, systems and responsibilities that seem far from the visible edges of mission.
But Easter reminds us that God works powerfully through what can look hidden, ordinary, even unnoticed.
After all, the cross itself did not look like success. It did not look like impact. And yet, it was the very turning point of history.
So perhaps the question for us, as we move forward into the next season of church, is not, "Am I doing something significant enough for God?" but rather, "Am I offering what I have as part of His mission?"
Because the same Jesus who went to the cross now sends us, each of us, into the part we are called to play.
And for many of you, that calling looks like enabling mission to happen. It looks like creating the conditions in which others can go, serve and share the gospel in your community, nationally and even across nations. It looks like faithful, consistent work that may not always be seen, but is deeply significant.
There is no "just" in the Kingdom of God.
So, here is a gentle challenge as we step into this next season:
Where does the cross, and the love demonstrated there, connect with your work right now? And how might that reshape the way you see what you do?
As we continue in the light of the risen Jesus, may we be reminded that we are not simply supporting mission, we are part of it. Rooted in His sacrifice, sustained by His grace and sent in His name.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…"
May we each carry renewed purpose in that calling in the weeks ahead.
With every blessing,
Jules Morgan
Managing Director,
UK Church Administrators Network (UCAN) & Churchworkers.net (CWN)