Editor’s Note
Barry Gritters' editor's note surveys the Protestant Reformed Church in America's expanding missionary efforts across multiple continents while highlighting a critical shortage of qualified missionaries to fill vacant and emerging positions. The note calls the denomination to fervent prayer, trusting God's sovereign grace to raise up and equip willing men for missionary service as ambassadors of Christ. This brief piece captures both the encouraging progress of missions work and the urgent pastoral plea for God to supply laborers for the harvest.
This issue of the Standard Bearer is our special concentration on missions. Keeping with our commitment to have Scripture exposition at the beginning, we start with a moving meditation on "Jesus' Great Commission" by Missionary-Pastor Daniel Holstege, who recently took up labors as the PRC's second missionary in the Philippines. Please read the meditation with that in mind. We include news from our denominational Domestic Mission Committees; from the Reformed Witness Hour Committee about radio...
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