The Doctrinal Statement of the Dallas Theological Seminary says the following under "Article XVII-The Great Commission":

"We believe that it is the explicit message of our Lord Jesus Christ to those whom He has saved that they are sent forth by Him into the world even as He was sent forth of His Father into the world. We believe that, after they are saved, they are divinely reckoned to be related to this world as strangers and pilgrims, ambassadors and witnesses, and that their primary purpose in life should be to make Christ known to the whole world (Matt. 28:18-19; Mark 16:15; John 17:18; Acts 1:8; 2 Cor. 5:18-20; 1 Pet. 1:17; 2:11) " [emphasis mine] (Full Doctrinal Statement, Dallas Theological Seminary).

According to this statement the saved of the present dispensation are to make Christ known in all the world, and the message that is to be preached can be found at 2 Cornithians 5:18-20:

"And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God" (2 Cor.5:18-20).

The gospel of reconciliation cannot be preached apart from the "purpose" of the Lord Jesus' death upon the Cross:

"And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself...And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in the body of His flesh through death" (Col.1:20-21).

"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son" (Ro.5:10).

The Acts 2 dispensationalists teach that the commission to preach the "word of reconciliation" began on the day of Pentecost. However, the Scripture passages in regard to the events of the day of Pentecost will be searched in vain for any mention of the "word of reconciliation". How can this be explained? After all, if the Twelve had been given a commission to preach the "word of reconciliation" on the day of Pentecost then we would surely expect them to carry out that commission.

In an attempt to answer this Lewis Sperry Chafer, the founding president of Dallas Theological Seminary, writes:

"Even after His resurrection and forty days of instruction concerning the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3) they questioned Him as to the realization of the nation's hope: 'Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?' (Acts 1:6)...He does not tell them their kingdom is abandoned, or merged into a spiritual conquest of all nations: He plainly infers that every promise of God is still intact; but assigns to them the immediate ministry of the new gospel age. Even this they failed to comprehend" [emphasis added] (Chafer, The Church Which is His Body).