Preaching and Missions

Preaching may be defined as "the authoritative proclamation of the gospel by the church in the service of the Word of God through Christ" (Herman Hoeksema, Reformed Dogmatics, p. 637). Missions may be defined as that work of God in Christ by which, through the official ministry of the Word by the church, He gathers His elect in the new dispensation out of all nations of the world, both Jew and Gentile, with a view to the realization of the manifestation of His glory in the New Heavens and...