This lesson takes youth through a study of 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 with a focus on what it means to be reconciled to God and what it looks like to be Christ’s ambassadors in the world. Links to video and other resources provide options to round out the study and engage with global missions more personally.
Resource Category: Church Resources
Sermon: Christ’s Ambassadors
Executive Director Rev. Dr. John Mehl shares this missional sermon based on 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 and including stories from the mission field. This sermon outline is presented in outline form that hopefully makes it possible for the preacher to adapt content as fits his own style of proclamation. The law we see in the temptation for humanity to forget that we are eternal beings. We try managing God out of our lives so we can live comfortably in the flesh. We can’t avoid the truth that there is a God and a judgment day. Christians view eternity without fear because we were reconciled/justified before God.
Children’s Message: Christ’s Ambassadors
This children’s message based on 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 helps children understand what the role of an ambassador is, what it means that believers are Christ’s ambassadors, and what it looks like for missionaries to be these ambassadors in a foreign culture.
Bible Study: Christ’s Ambassadors
Take a group through this discussion-oriented study of God’s Mission and our role in it. This study centers on an in-depth look at 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 and includes leader’s guide, student handout, and a visually rich PPT.
MCN Sunday
“Christ’s Ambassadors” 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Join us on February 1, 2026 (or another Sunday that works for you) to celebrate a service of mission and witness. This year’s text and resources focus on our calling to be Jesus’s ambassadors here, there, and everywhere.
Don’t know where to start? Check out the MCN Sunday Overview.
Worship Resources
Teaching Resources
MCN Introduction Resources
Bulletin Insert
Print this half-sheet to share basic information about MCN with your congregation. This resource can be used in conjunction with MCN Sunday, a mission partner’s visit, or anytime you want to increase awareness.
Children’s Message: Workers in God’s Harvest
Two children’s message options based on Matthew 9:35-38 help children think about the ripe harvest around the world and in their own neighborhood and who it is God calls to be workers in this harvest. Special emphasis is put on praying to the Lord of the Harvest!
Children’s Message: Announcement!
This children’s message based on Isaiah 12 talks about different ways people around the world announce news. Then children learn how different missionaries share the good news of the Gospel with others. Finally children consider how they can announce this great news to others, too.
Introduction to MCN Video
Watch and share this 3 minute introduction to MCN and the work of our mission partners around the world.
Sermon: The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Workers Few
Executive Director Rev. Dr. John Mehl shares this missional sermon based on Matthew 9:35-38. In his words, “…This king without borders is already working both around us and inside of us to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom. We are his instruments with those we see here at home and with those we support who are working far away…”