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Evangelical

This word comes from the Greek word meaning gospel.  As a descriptive term it generally refers to Protestant churches but usually more specifically to those churches that are motivated to spread the gospel of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ.  Evangelical churches are generally agreed on the core doctrines of Christianity such as:

  • the Bible as the reliable and ultimate authority in matters of faith and practice
     
  • the historicity of the miracles, virgin birth, crucifixion, resurrection, and the ascension of Jesus Christ
     
  • Salvation from sin is by grace alone through faith alone
     
  • The doctrine of the Trinity
     
  • The personality of the Holy Spirit
     
  • The belief in the second coming of Jesus Christ

 The Orthodox Presbyterian Church holds to these core doctrines of the Christian faith as they are part of the reformational theology of the OPC.

 

The OPC is committed to sharing the gospel.  The OPC has supported over 40 mission churches a year last several years.  Some 12-16 new mission churches are started each year across the US and Canada.  The OPC is also committed to the work of Foreign Missions.  Presently, the OPC through its Foreign Mission Committee sends missionaries to ten different fields:

  • China. We assist indigenous congregations in evangelism and in preparing qualified men for the gospel ministry.
  • Eritrea. We assist the indigenous Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Presbyterian Church, established through the labors of our missionaries in 1995.
  • Ethiopia. We assist the young indigenous Ethiopian Reformed Church, established through the labors of our missionaries in 1998.
  • Haiti. We assist indigenous congregations in the training of their pastors and elders and in their organization into a presbyterian denomination.
  • Japan. We work with the Tohoku Presbytery of the Reformed Church in Japan in church planting and evangelism. We also provide a professor for the Kobe Reformed Theological Seminary.
  • Kenya. We assist the indigenous Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church in church planting and theological instruction.
  • Korea. Our mission operates the Missionary Training Institute in Seoul, which has helped prepare more than 1,000 missionaries for cross-cultural service in more than 60 nations.
  • Québec. We assist the indigenous Reformed Church of Quebec in evangelism and church planting among the French-speaking people of Québec.
  • Suriname. We labor in both the capital city and among the Arawak Indians in the jungle to establish indigenous Reformed congregations.
  • Uganda. We assist the indigenous Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Uganda in church planting and in preparing men for church office. Our Mbale Station operates Knox Theological College to train men for the gospel ministry. Our Nakaale Station in South Karamoja operates the Akisyon A Yesu ("Compassion of Jesus") Presbyterian Clinic and carries on other ministries of mercy to extend the gospel witness into a primitive region where the doctrines of grace are largely unknown.

 

 The OPC is also committed to providing materials and training through its Committee on Christian Education so that the gospel can go out into the mission fields.  The Committee on Christian Education serves the church through such ministries as:

  • Magazines New Horizons and Ordained Servant.
  • Great Commission Publications
  • The OPC Website: www.opc.org
  • Books, Booklets, and Pamphlets
  • Ministerial Training.

 

 

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