Mission to the World

Mission To The World

Mission to the World (MTW) is the mission-sending agency for the Presbyterian Church in America. This evangelical Christian organization advances 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 596 career missionaries, 115 two-year missionaries and 4829 short term missionaries.^[2]

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

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

Locations

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

Asia Pacific
Australia, Cambodia, Guam, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu

Europe
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine

Latin America
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad

North America
Canada - Hobbema, Alberta United States - New York, Washington (state) (Native American), Minnesota (Native America)

Publications

MTW publishes two regular periodicals. Network magazine comes out twice yearly and includes articles and pictures of MTW's work around the world. Mercy, a newsletter highlighting global disaster response, medical, and child sponsorship ministries, is published several times yearly.^[5]

Headquarters

The organization maintains headquarters in Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. 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, Administrative Committee, and Reformed University Fellowship.^[6]

References

External links

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Official website

Protestant missions to Africa

People	Roland Allen William Anderson Frederick Stanley Arnot John Arthur Samuel Bill Joseph Booth Daniel Coker Daniel Kumler Flickinger George Grenfell Carl Hugo Hahn Joseph Hardcastle Joseph Crane Hartzell Johannes Ittmann Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt Johann Ludwig Krapf Margaret Nicholl Laird Christian Ignatius Latrobe David Livingstone Mary Livingstone (née Moffat) Alexander Murdoch Mackay Joseph Merrick Robert Moffat Andrew Murray Helen Roseveare Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder John Philip Martti Rautanen Orishatukeh Faduma Alfred Saker Heinrich Schmelen William Henry Sheppard Mary Slessor John McKendree Springer Charles Studd William Taylor Gottlieb Viehe

Missionary agencies	American Board Africa Inland Mission Berlin Missionary Society Bethel Mission BMS World Mission Congo-Balolo Mission Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Mission Society Echoes of Service Finnish Missionary Society Heart of Africa Mission Livingstone Inland Mission London Missionary Society Mission Africa Mission to the World Paris Evangelical Missionary Society Rhenish Missionary Society USPG WEC International Wycliffe Global Alliance

Pivotal events	Slave Trade Act 1807 Slavery Abolition Act 1833

See also	Christianity in Africa Timeline of Christian missions

Protestant missions to Latin America

Background	Christianity Protestantism History of Central America History of South America Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery Timeline of Christian missions

People	Auca Missionaries Chet Bitterman Thomas Bridges Frank Drown James Cooley Fletcher Louis Francescon Francisco Penzotti Allen Francis Gardiner Henry Grattan Guinness Juan Bautista Canut de Bon Gil Daniel Parish Kidder Justus Henry Nelson Joy Ridderhof Rachel Saint Ashbel Green Simonton Waite Stirling William Cameron Townsend

Missionary agencies	South American Mission Society Wycliffe Bible Translators American Bible Society TEAM HCJB Regions Beyond Missionary Union Mission Aviation Fellowship Mission to the World United Andean Indian Mission

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Protestant missions to the Middle East

Background	Christianity Protestantism Missions timeline

People	Daniel Bliss Andrew Bonar William Whiting Borden Joseph Cochran Edward Cronin Douglas Dunlop Henry Otis Dwight William Goodell Anthony Norris Groves Cyrus Hamlin Henry Harris Jessup Alma Johansson Samuel M. Jordan Andrew Jukes Henry Martyn William McElwee Miller Eli Smith Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer William McClure Thomson Lillian Trasher Lilias Trotter Cornelius Van Allen Van Dyck Samuel Marinus Zwemer

Missionary agencies	London Missionary Society American Board Church Mission Society Baptist Missionary Society Mission to the World

Protestant missions to the Pacific Islands

Background	Christianity Protestantism Missions timeline

Missionaries	South Pacific List of missionaries to Hawaii

Missionary agencies	American Board Baptist Missionary Society Church Missionary Society London Missionary Society Mission to the World South Seas Evangelical Church

Miscellaneous	Bible translations into Oceanic languages

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Protestant missions to Southeast Asia

Background	Christianity Protestantism Missions timeline

People	George Boardman Sarah Hall Boardman Adoniram Judson Ann Hasseltine Judson Francis Mason Eliza Grew Jones John Taylor Jones Emily Chubbuck Dan Beach Bradley Daniel McGilvary Eugenio Kincaid Margaret Landon Justus Vinton Calista Vinton

Missionary agencies	London Missionary Society American Board Church Mission Society Baptist Missionary Society OMF International Borneo Evangelical Mission US Presbyterian Mission Mission to the World SEND International

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