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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