Home missions: What are we doing?
Audred Spriensma examines the Protestant Reformed Churches in America's domestic mission work, comparing the organization's approach in 2001 (three missionaries with declared fields) to 2019 (one missionary with a broader strategy). The article defends the PRC's shift toward a decentralized model where local congregations initiate evangelistic Bible studies and outreach, arguing this represents renewed missional energy rather than diminished commitment to the Great Commission.
Notice the title of the article, "What are we doing?" Missions is the work of the church. In the year 2001, we had three home missionaries, working in three different declared fields with church plants: Northern Ireland, the eastern United States, and the Western United States. The calling of the church was to pray for our missionaries and, of course, financially support the work with their offerings. In the year of our Lord, 2019, we have one home missionary, with no declared field of labor,...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org