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Canadian Missions
Before the Lord
Jesus ascended into heaven, He gave His church the charge to proclaim
the gospel to the ends of the earth: "Therefore go and make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the
age." (Matthew 28:19-20).
From the early years of
our establishment in North America (1950), the Canadian and American
Reformed churches have made efforts to obey this commandment. Mission
work is understood to be the responsibility of the local church which
neighbouring sister churches then support. By God's grace and abundant
blessing, over the half-century of our existence in Canada and the US,
several foreign mission posts have been established in Canada.
The current
mission posts are as follows:
Mission Smithers
-- Fort Babine/Wit'at Reformed Fellowship
The Canadian Reformed Church at Smithers, in cooperation with supporting
churches across the country, has been involved with ministry to First
Nations in northern BC for approximately 20 years. Most of those 20
years saw missionaries and mission workers involved with evangelistic
outreach in the town of Smithers and outlying communities. Since October
2000, the Church at Smithers has been involved with a dedicated church-planting
ministry in the small reserve community of Fort Babine (approximately
100 km north of Smithers). The missionary (Rev. W. Bredenhof) and his
family live in the community on a full-time basis. Regular worship services,
Bible studies for men and women, Catechism classes, and visiting/counselling
are important aspects of the ministry in Fort Babine. The mission congregation,
Wit'at Reformed Fellowship, is a small fledgling group of native believers.
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