RCC's Global Mission:
To faithfully proclaim the sufficiency of Jesus Christ around the world by a) taking the Gospel to the unreached and b) supporting faithful ministries where the Church already exists globally so that together we may present every man complete in Christ.
1) Global Pioneer: At Riverside, we believe God has called us to share His truth not only locally, but also around the world. When we look at Matthew 28, in the great commission, we see; "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations." One of the key interpretive questions here is defining what does the word "nation" mean? The word can be interpreted in more than one way. We often view "nation" as nothing more than a geo-political boundary. The word "nation" in Scripture, however, carries with it the idea of people or tribal groups. Understanding this meaning affects the way we look at missions. In the last 2000 years the Church has taken the gospel to almost every geo-political boundary in the world. The problem, however, is there are over two billion people yet to hear the truth of Jesus Christ. The harsh reality is there are over 6000 unreached people groups or tribal groups in the world that have never heard about Jesus.
It is our desire to partner with missionaries and mission agencies that are actively targeting these unreached groups. In these areas there is no Church that can do the work of evangelism, thus pioneer missions desires to take the Gospel so that a Church can be established so that these areas will have the ministries of local church’s to reach their areas in the world.
We are currently seeking to partner with several Pioneer Groups in Albania, Ethiopia, Myanmar, and India.
2) Global Church/Ministry Support: At Riverside we also seek not just to come alongside the unreached but also to come alongside the existing Church in the world. This includes not only seeking to support Global congregations but also faithful ministries that are seeking to disciple and evangelize the world.
We currently are partnering with a work seeking to train local pastors in the Caribbean, and also supporting a Bible training center in Northern Romania that is training Eastern European ministry leaders. Our prayer is that God will expand our support of both Global Pioneer but also Global Church/Ministry Support around the world.