I do not support the validity of the missionary concept and have no affinity for the instruction contained in Matthew 28. The very idea of proselytes is a negation of the belief that all the religions have the teachings, the instructions, the power and the Lord's blessing to lead their adherents into some form of salvation. I believe that many roads lead us to the same goal and are equally valid. Too many people find the Christian Theme Park unacceptable. It is, at first, perhaps an unintended assault on the freedom of religious tolerance.
Christians have an obligation to propagate their faith.
It is as cardinal a requirement for Christians as other obligations are for believing and faithful Muslims, Jews, Hindus and others. Objection to proselytism is conceived by many as an attack on one of the most relevant aspects of their faith and charge. Only in lands of long lasting hostility or in places where one religion is favored over others and nurtured by government fiat and the power of the civil authority do minorities have cogent reasons for suspicion and fear. In this land, where the common acceptance of freedom to practice, preach and propagate religion is guaranteed by law and cherished by historic tradition, no one should become so unhappy when his neighbors exercises freedoms available to all. I take the liberty, humbly and cautiously, to suggest that the best remedy against falling into what we consider someone else's religious embrace is to secure for ourselves a foundation for our own faith by solidifying truth as we perceive it.