The work of Christian Reformed missionaries in Mexico has recently been going through a crisis. Especially in this concluding article on Missions in Mexico, Rev. Neal Hegeman helps us to better understand the problems of our mission there. The Hegemans are at present at Apartado 100, San Francisco de Dos Rios, San Jose, Costa Rica, […]
In the first article on Mexico we described the entry stage of the mission work of the CRC in Mexico. The CRC made contact with migrants in the late 50’s, did follow-up work in Mexico, were invited to work with the Independent Presbyterian Church in Mexico and commenced their mission work in the early 60’s. […]
In this article Rev. Neal Hegeman who has worked on our mission field in Mexico introduces us to the complex and recently troubled work there. He has graduated from our seminary and is to take up work under the Christian Reformed Board of World Missions in Costa Rica. Recent issues of THE OUTLOOK have contained […]
Thirty years ago the Christian Reformed Churches adopted an indigenous mission policy making it their aim from the beginning of work in each field to establish self-propagating, self-governing and self-supporting churches. Such an aim is easier to adopt than to realize. Today our missionary efforts face new pressures to have the churches in the various […]
Dr. Timothy M. Monsma, veteran of twelve years of missionary service in Nigeria and at present professor of missions at Grand Rapids, Michigan’s, Reformed Bible College, in this and a following article, calls our attention to the bearing of our Reformed creeds on our missionary activity. This material is also being published under a slightly […]
This is the first article in a new series entitled From Maintenance to Missional. The title might perplex some readers, so allow me to state at the outset my intentions. Conversion growth in Presbyterian and Reformed churches is virtually nonexistent. In my opinion that should, can, and must change. Hence this call for reformation in […]
Last time, I tried to show that Reformed evangelism is simply biblical evangelism: It emanates from the church, is not necessarily a “pastoronly” job—since the Scriptures identify evangelism as a spiritual gift that’s correlative with but that can also be distinct from the pastor-teacher role—and its power is not in the evangelist, his methods, gimmicks, […]
No area today figures more prominently and more significantly in the world‘s news than the Middle East. The three great so-called revealed religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—began and flourished in the Middle East, and all three are powerful factors in the conflicts and tensions there today. Historical Background – Christ’s earthly life and ministry were in […]
William Carey (1761–1834), English shoemaker and cobbler, is usually considered to have been “the father of modern missions.” Were there Protestant missions also prior to Carey’s time? It is to this question that Rev. Timothy M. Monsma addresses himself in this article. After a brief ministry at Chandler, Minnesota, Rev. Monsma served as a CR […]
Lesson 5: THE SENDING SPIRIT (3) Scripture: Zechariah 4:6; Acts 2:1–4; I Corinthians 2:9-11; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 4:11–16 The great missionary holiday on the church calendar is Pentecost -and with good reason. The Holy Spirit came with the rushing of a mighty wind which filled the house where the disciples were gathered. Upon each of […]