Mission to the World
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| Mission To The World | |
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| Classification | Protestant |
| Theology | Reformed evangelical |
| Governance | Presbyterian |
| Origin | December 1973 |
Mission to the World (MTW) is the mission-sending agency for the Presbyterian Church in America. The evangelical Christian organization believes in advancing the Great Commission by promoting Reformed and covenantal church planting movements using word and deed in strategic areas worldwide.[1]
Mission to the World has missionaries or international partners serving in 100 countries. This includes 543 long-term missionaries and 996 short-term workers, including 86 short-term missionaries, 92 volunteer interns and residents, and 818 trip participants.[2]
Paul Kooistra served as the coordinator from 1994 to 2014.[3] On July 24, 2014, Lloyd Kim was appointed as the new coordinator.[4]
Publications
[edit]MTW publishes one regular periodical. Network magazine comes out twice yearly and includes articles and pictures of MTW's work around the world.[5]
Headquarters
[edit]The organization maintains headquarters in Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. MTW also has smaller hub offices throughout the United States. The PCA ministry buildings in Lawrenceville are the location from which the ministries of the denomination are coordinated. These ministries are Administrative Committee, Committee on Discipleship Ministries, Geneva Benefits Group, Mission to North America, Mission to the World, PCA Foundation, and Reformed University Fellowship.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ pcannet. "PCA Home". pcanet.org. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Who We Are–Mission to the World".
- ^ "TE Paul Kooistra Elected Moderator of 36th PCA General Assembly". 11 June 2008.
- ^ "PCA Minister Lloyd Kim Nominated as Mission to the World Coordinator". 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Resources – Mission to the World".
- ^ "Contact_Us". www.mtw.org.
External links
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