Dateline - Perspective Ezra Earl Jones is the General Secretary of the General Board of Discipleship. Perspective is a periodic commentary about the life and the ministry of The United Methodist Church.
Disciples are people of faith.
They have faith in the one they follow. For us, that one is Christ. I personally have been one of Brother Roger's admirers for two decades. However, my intent here is to call attention to the wording of the award. That mission, of course, is what the risen Christ called the original disciples to do in Matthew 28.