The global mission of the Church of the Nazarene since its beginnings has been "to respond to the Great Commission of Christ to 'go and make disciples of all nations' (Matthew 28:19)".[6] In December 2006, this was expressed more precisely as "to make Christlike disciples in the nations".[7] This frames the global mission of the denomination. In 2009 the General Assembly indicated in its revision of Article XI of the Manual the means for accomplishing its mission: "making disciples through evangelism, education, showing compassion, working for justice, and bearing witness to the kingdom of God."[8] The mission of the Church of the Nazarene is to make Christlike disciples in the nations.[9][10] The denominational vision is: "to be a disciple-making church, an international community of faith, in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition."[11]