American Presbyterians have a remarkable heritage of foreign mission work. While today the mission and ministry of the Presbyterian Church and all of mainline Protestantism is in a time of reformation and deep change, it is vital to remember this heritage of world mission. The Presbyterian Mission Enterprise tells this story by highlighting significant mission leaders through the ages. Our story includes Francis Makemie, a colonial-era missionary pastor and church planter who gathered with colleagues to form the first Presbytery in 1706. Tough, old-school Presbyterians like Ashbel Green insisted on a distinctive Presbyterian mission effort, and Presbyterians were among those who heard the call exemplified by William Carey to take the gospel to the whole world. This vision beckoned Walter Lowrie into leadership, and Presbyterians joined the great missionary movement. Robert Speer was a driving force behind this growing movement, negotiating a moderate path through bitter conflicts. After the traumas of World War II, John Coventry Smith worked to reconfigure and redirect the mission enterprise. Now, in an era marked by fragmentation and realignment, leaders like Clifton Kirkpatrick and Hunter Farrell work to continue the Presbyterian mission enterprise as a vital piece of the way forward. Our heritage guides our future.

Excerpt from Presbyterian Foreign Missions: An Account of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A The Bishop of Durham, whose devotion of his sons to the mission work in India has given evidence of the depth of his own interest in missions, recommended some time ago to the clergy of his diocese the study of the present conquests of the Cross. Scarcely any other study can be so fruitful in quickening spiritual purpose and confirming Christian faith. What the mission work is accomplishing is intelligible only in the light of the presence in it of the living power of God. The whole work of missions, however, is too great for Christians any longer to comprehend. Each one must make selection of those phases of it which are of most interest and significance to him. Whatever else may be included in such a selection, we surely must not pass over the mission work of our own Church. Histories of the missions of the various churches make this kind of study possible, and they also give hopeful proof of the power and extent of the missionary enterprise. This little volume is intended to meet the needs of Presbyterians in this regard, and to provide for others who may wish it a brief account of the foreign missionary work of the Presbyterian Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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