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The work of your home missionary

Audred Spriensma·2017-12-01
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In this article, Audred Spriensma describes his calling as a home missionary in the Protestant Reformed tradition, emphasizing that the missionary's primary work is the faithful preaching of God's Word to gather Christ's church. He outlines practical aspects of domestic mission work, including pulpit supply, evangelism efforts, community engagement through Bible studies, and coordination with the Domestic Mission Committee. The article illustrates how Reformed churches conduct missionary labor within their own land, balancing outreach to the unsaved with gathering believers from apostatizing churches.

The question that has been asked many times of me is, "What are you supposed to do?" What is the work of your new home missionary? What am I doing? What do I hope to do? The home missionary is a preacher. The Reformed faith should always emphasize the great urgency of the preaching of the Word. Romans 10:15 asks, "How shall they hear without a preacher?" Christ gathers His church through the preaching. And that preacher must be sent. On September 17 I was installed in Byron Center PRC as a...

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Author
Audred Spriensma
Date

2017-12-01

Source
Standard Bearer
Scripture References
Romans 10:15Acts 13:1Ephesians 6:19
Topics
MissionsPreachingChurch Government
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