Mission to the World

Mission to the World (MTW) is the mission-sending agency for the Presbyterian Church in America. This 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
ClassificationProtestant
TheologyReformed evangelical
GovernancePresbyterian
OriginDecember 1973

Mission to the World has missionaries serving in 97 countries around the world. This includes 615 career missionaries, 82 short-term missionaries, 67 volunteer interns, and 1,646 trip participants.[2]

Dr. Paul Kooistra served as the coordinator from 1994 to 2014.[3]

On July 24, 2014 Dr. Lloyd Kim was appointed as the new coordinator.[4]

Locations

MTW missionaries serve all over the world, including the following locations:

Africa

Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

Australia, Cambodia, Guam, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu

Europe

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine

Latin America/Caribbean

Belize, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad

North America

Canada - Hobbema, Alberta United States - Washington (state) (Native America), Minnesota (Native America)

Publications

MTW publishes one regular periodical. Network magazine comes out twice yearly and includes articles and pictures of MTW's work around the world. In addition, there is a bi-weekly MTW Online email that includes recent blog posts.[5]

Headquarters

The organization maintains headquarters in Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. MTW also has smaller hub offices throughout the United States, such as Texas, California, Colorado, and Missouri. The PCA ministry buildings in Lawrenceville are the location from which the ministries of the denomination are coordinated. These ministries are Mission to the World, Mission to North America, Committee on Discipleship Ministries, Administrative Committee, and Reformed University Fellowship.[6]

References
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