Life Group Questions for the Week of November 8, 2026

Nov 8, 2026 |

1. We’re beginning a sermon series called Developing a Heart for Missions. In your view, what does it mean for someone to “have a heart for missions”? How would you describe the state of your own heart with respect to missions?

2. Why do you think there isn’t consensus among Christians or even within a local church as to what is (and what isn’t) missions? Does there need to be?

3. Read John 20:19-23. Why do you think Jesus grounded his commission to his disciples (“...I am sending you”) in the mission of God the Father (“As the Father has sent me...”)? How do you understand the word “As” in verse 21?

4. Take a look at these commissioning statements found in Scripture: Matt. 28:18-20; Luke 24:44-49; Acts 1:6-8. What do they have in common? How do they compare to Jesus’ words in John 20:21-23?

5. How might a church like ours move from viewing missions as one of serval ministries of the church run by those with a heart from missions, to a shared participation as the church in the mission God to redeem a people for himself?