The Church’sFaithfulResponse to the Great Commission

Worldwide Outreach ofThe Orthodox Presbyterian Church

SUPPORTINGTHE WHOLE WORK OF THE WHOLE CHURCH

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church strives to encourage

the unity Christ gives to His people. In obedience to her

Lord’s Great Commission, she has established Committees

on Foreign Missions, Home Missions and Church

Extension, and Christian Education to encourage

the whole church in her ministry to one another and

her mission to reach the lost. In order to promote the

church’s unity, the General Assembly supports the

ministries of these three program committees through

Worldwide Outreach (the combined budget to which

all congregations are asked voluntarily to contribute).

Each year’s General Assembly approves a Worldwide

Outreach budget for the following year based on the plans

and needs of the three committees. Some congregations

contribute monthly to the Worldwide Outreach budget,

while others receive special offerings for that purpose.

And almost all congregations give to the annual Thank

Offering. Your gifts to Worldwide Outreach and your

prayers for the ministry and missionaries of the church

help us work together to reach the lost of this world and

strengthen Christ’s church.

what happens when your church sends money for the support of the worldwide outreach ministry?

Your gifts to Worldwide Outreach are divided

among the three program committees

(Foreign Missions, Home Missions

and Church Extension, and

Christian Education) according

to the percentages and budgets

set by the General Assembly.

Those gifts also help to

cover the publication of New

Horizons and the costs of the

Committee on Coordination.

how to support worldwide outreach

As the bringing of tithes and offerings is a proper element of corporate

worship, members and friends of OP congregations are encouraged to give

towards the support of the ministries of the three program committees

through the budgetary processes of their local congregations (in 2012 many

OP congregations used a suggested amount of approximately $165 per

communicant member). Writing “Worldwide Outreach” on either the memo

line of your check (payable to the OPC or to your local congregation) or the

offering envelope will ensure that

your gifts will be divided among

the work of the whole church in the

ministries of Christian education

and home and foreign missions. You

may also designate your gift for the

support of a particular Worldwide

Outreach ministry by noting such on

the check or envelope.

Starting New ChurchesThe Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension works closely with presbyteries and local sessions in the OPC to help make it possible for them to form new congregations throughout North America.

Sending Foreign MissionariesThe Committee on Foreign Missions currently sends missionaries to eight fields: Asia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Japan, Quebec, Uganda, Ukraine, and Uruguay. And, whenever it pleases our Lord to open the door, we plan to resume the work in Eritrea. As Christ prospers the faithful and diligent use of His appointed means of grace, indigenous churches and presbyteries are being established.

Sunday School MaterialsGreat Commission Publications, the joint Sunday school ministry of the OPC, produces covenantal, Christ-centered Sunday school materials built upon a high view of the Bible as God’s complete, unified revelation. This material, under the GCP-adopted label Show Me Jesus, points children to know and trust Jesus, the revealer of the Father and the Savior of His people.

Expanding Short-Term Mission OpportunitiesPlease come and use the skills and talents the Lord has given you—including your abilities as a native speaker of English—to serve Him, as you also help strengthen the work of the Mission in that foreign land. Volunteers are needed in Asia, Czech Republic, Haiti, Japan, Quebec, Uganda, Ukraine, and Uru-guay. Contact OPCShortTermMissions@opc.org for more information.

Regional Home MissionariesThese gifted and seasoned ordained men are usually the first ones to meet and work with new groups. The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension helps to field these Regional Home Missionaries in presbyteries throughout the OPC.

Demonstrating the Compassion of Jesus In many of the lands to which we send missionaries, we find that the physical circumstances of those to whom we are proclaiming Christ are grim. Our Uganda Mission operates the Compassion of Jesus Presbyterian Clinic to minister mercy to the Karimojong, even as evangelists open God’s Word and tell them of the Living Water and the Bread of Life.

Ministerial Training InstituteMTIOPC is a CCE ministry designed to assist in maintaining and enhancing the quality of ministerial service in the OPC, especially pastoral and missionary. Pastors, licentiates, and men under care can take MTIOPC courses, such as the Westminster Standards, Ecclesiology, and Reformed Worship, that help them prepare for service that conforms to the standard of Holy Scripture.

Church BuildingsThe OPC Loan Fund provides loans to churches and mission works for property and building programs. And individuals and congregations that want to see their money used to serve the Lord and build His kingdom may invest in this unique “savings & loan.”

OPC.ORGOPC.ORG is the internet ministry of the Committee on Christian Education. Designed to help inform members and visitors regarding OPC ministries, OPC.ORG receives over 500,000 unique visitors on a yearly basis. The latest feature of OPC.ORG is the ability to access the site from mobile devices and smart phones.

New HorizonsThe OPC monthly magazine, New Horizons, promotes the teachings of Scripture and the OPC standards concerning Christian faith and practice. It also informs about OPC ministries at home and abroad. It is free to all members.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONThe Orthodox Presbyterian Church believes that the “Great Commission” of the

risen Christ in Matthew 20:18 – 20 cannot be fulfilled apart from the obligation

to teach. Going to make disciples of all nations and baptizing in the name of the

Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit

cannot be separated

from teaching them to

observe all that Jesus

had commanded. The

Committee on Christian

Education has been

erected to help assist

in the teaching ministry of the church. From its work with local churches

sponsoring ministerial internships for seminarians to producing New Horizons

and operating OPC.ORG for the General Assembly, the CCE aims to be a servant

that assists in advancing the overall ministry of the OPC.

the thank offeringIn 1949 the General Assembly of the young Orthodox Presbyterian Church determined to place before the churches a plan of setting aside the month of November as a month

of a special thank offering for missionary work and Christian education, and the first Thank Offering was received. Some sixty years later, the Thank Offering has the same

purpose: to advance the cause of Christ through missionary outreach at home and abroad and through Christian education.

FOREIGN MISSIONSFor the past seventy-five years, the Committee on Foreign Missions has sent

missionaries to the ends of the earth to proclaim the good news that, by His

blood, Christ has ransomed a people for God “from every tribe and language

and people and nation.”

As the seed of His Word

is sown far and wide,

and as, by His grace,

Christ’s sheep respond

to their Master’s voice

in faith, we delight

to see indigenous

Reformed churches and

presbyteries are being established. And with gratitude we observe firsthand

that the biblical pattern of entrusting what we have received to faithful men,

who will be able to teach others, is repeating itself in our lifetime—as it will

continue to do, until Christ comes again in power and in glory.

the thank offeringIn 1949 the General Assembly of the young Orthodox Presbyterian Church determined to place before the churches a plan of setting aside the month of November as a month

of a special thank offering for missionary work and Christian education, and the first Thank Offering was received. Some sixty years later, the Thank Offering has the same

purpose: to advance the cause of Christ through missionary outreach at home and abroad and through Christian education.

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church starts twelve to fifteen new churches each

year. From Tucson, Arizona to Mount Vernon, Ohio, from Fort Lauderdale,

Florida to Airdrie, Alberta, God is raising up new congregations who will

be faithful to His Word and make the good news of the gospel known. The

Committee on Home

Missions helps the

presbyteries of the OPC

to get new churches

started, to find and train

organizing pastors, and

to provide hands-on

assistance for those who

are on the front lines of the struggle for the souls of men.

HOME MISSIONS

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