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Missions are people being sent to communicate the gospel to others. Missions include missionaries, the message that they bring, and the official calling of being sent. We perceive missions as important in many ways. We read the monthly newsletters, bulletin announcements, and blogs. We give to the c
The latter is mission work in the most selected sense of the term. Specifically the mission-mandate refers to this. Plainly therefore, missions is the work of God who through our Lord Jesus Christ and by His Spirit causes the glorious gospel of salvation to be brought before men so that the eternal
What is the present status of missions in our churches? To answer this question we could begin by reporting an inventory of our present facilities and reviewing our present activities. We have a mission board, consisting of five ministers and four laymen, men who have been chosen by synod and mandat
Personal Missions refers to the witness of the Truth we are to give in our words and conduct. As saved in Christ, we exist for one purpose; to be living testimonies of the Truth which saves. What this means is that you are to be walking Bibles. The word of eternal life in Christ is to be plainly sta
A missionary is not something unto himself; he must be sent out of the commitment and prayers of the church. Mission work is the unconditional proclamation of the unconditional gospel.
Whether we are out on the mission field thousands of miles away, or whether we live right here in Grand Rapids, opportunities are all around us to be involved in missions. Christ shows us in the parable of the good Samaritan who we must witness to: anyone that we come into contact with.
As you know, the mission work of our churches is carried out and performed especially by the missionaries, the calling churches, and the FMC. But these men and bodies, though they are indeed the ones who are directly involved in the work, do what they do on behalf of the churches as a whole. This me
Not only are men sent forth but the church is directly commissioned to send them. These passages we will have to consider in later articles as our space is virtually filled for this issue. However, we must note yet that it is in the light of these passages that we must arrive at a true conception of
The word Missions literally means to send, to delegate, to perform some service or function by authority. In connection with our subject, in the theological sense of the word, it means to send forth men with authority to preach the Gospel and administer the sacraments, and that upon the authority f
Much has been said and written (cf. Beacon Lights, March, May, August-September, 1961) about the mission program of the Protestant Reformed Churches. Criticisms have been leveled; appeals have been made. A synopsis of the present mission state-of-affairs had been requested and then given. It has bee