WORLD Spring 2024
Missionary and departmental updates from PCG Global Missions.
Missionary and departmental updates from PCG Global Missions.
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Director's Page<br />
Virgil Kincaid<br />
INFLATION and The Mission is Still the Mission<br />
Inflation is literally everywhere these days, newscasts, podcasts, tv news, internet news, and<br />
every time you visit the grocery store, hardware, gas station, or your favorite fast food<br />
establishment. “What is Inflation”, “Understanding Inflation”, “Unpacking the Causes of<br />
Inflation”, and “Long-Term Effects of Inflation”, all are questions of the day.<br />
During the month of April 2020, as the Coronavirus pandemic was in full swing, I participated<br />
with Missio Nexus in a series of Missions CEO Peer 2 Peer ZOOM meetings. Each Wednesday<br />
we started with a set topic and speaker, then broke into smaller groups to discuss the topic,<br />
and then came back into full session until closure.There was a total of about 150 mission<br />
leaders from various groups across the United States. I was impacted by the opening<br />
statement to the meeting, “The Mission is Still the Mission!” Finances were on everyone’s<br />
mind, cutting budgets, bringing missionaries home from the field, losing major donors,<br />
churches dropping support, and programs discontinuing. But “The Mission is Still the<br />
Mission!” A plethora of topics were dealt with during the month, but at the end of the series<br />
everyone was still fixed on, “The Mission is Still the Mission!”<br />
When COVID-19 first appeared, God didn’t hit the pause button on THE MISSION, throw up<br />
His hands in desperation, and say, “Well, that’s it, we’ll just have to wait until this runs its<br />
course, they find a vaccine, or everyone just dies.” No, God never left His throne, never got<br />
nervous, and never changed His plan. “The Mission is Still the Mission!” Have lives been lost,<br />
yes. Were lives turned upside down, yes. Were the economies of individuals and nations<br />
affected adversely, yes. But Matthew 28:19, 20 is still operational and valid! “The Mission is<br />
Still the Mission!” Our personal and ministry routines may have changed over the ensuing<br />
months and years, but we still read, we still study, we still pray, we still declare the gospel of<br />
Jesus Christ. There is still a world in just as much need as it ever was and there is still a God<br />
who is waiting for people to call upon His name and who is not only listening but answering<br />
as well. Did I mention, “The Mission is Still the Mission!?”
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