Matthew 28: 16-20: Missionary Challenges in Wesleyan Perspective Dr. Paulo Roberto Garcia 1 Methodist University of Sao Paulo Summary The pericope of Matthew 28 is the basis of countless research and missionary work. It is a text that points out important dimensions in the perspective of the mission. Yet it was not a text that was substantially part of Wesley's writings (as for example the Sermon on the Mount). However, this text presents challenges that can be read both in Wesleyan and Latin American perspectives. This is our goal. To do so, in delimiting the text starting at 28.16, we started by “inclusion” as a category, considering the sending destined also those who had doubts. From the perspective of "going", "baptizing" and "teaching", we perceive the missionary and soteriological dimensions of daily life, the sacraments and teaching. For Latin America where churches have moved from a missionary perspective focused on conversion, retaking biblical and Wesleyan mission principles in a broader perspective is a challenge. This article proposes to read the text of Matthew 28: 16-20 from some distinct looks but that are part of the same space. It seeks to read the text from the reality of Latin America, especially from the Wesleyan tradition churches that live in the midst of a great movement of spiritual renewal that can be seen in all the Christian traditions present in this continent. At the same time, he seeks a Wesleyan and Latin American look at the interpretation of a biblical text that has marked the history of the churches. For this reason, this pericope and this gospel present themselves as bearers of novelties to be studied. 1. The Gospel of Matthew - The Assumptions of This Article Here are some of the assumptions that mark the way we read the gospel of Matthew. They will be indicative for the pericope approach and also for an approximation of gospel reading in a Wesleyan perspective read from Latin America We begin with an affirmation that will determine the assumptions that we will detail below. The gospel of Matthew presents to today's Christian communities a rich testimony of how the memory of Jesus guided the life of the community of Matthew in the face of the new challenges to faith that arose in Galilee almost two decades after the destruction of the Temple. The teachings and life of Jesus became a guide for the followers of Jesus who were in the community of Matthew. 1.1. Geographical Location: from Syria to Galilee Brazilian Methodist Elder. Doctor in Sciences of Religion. Professor of New Testament at 1 School of Theology (Bachelor) and Professor at Graduated Program in Religion Studies at Methodist University in São Paulo. Researches and teaching activities in Bible / New Testament, mainly in the following subjects: Historical Jesus, Old Judaism, Social Context of the Mediterranean World, Cultural Anthropology.