This article is about the lifestyle of the missionary, money and possessions in missions, and the missionary context.

This article is about church planting, and specifically about the person of the church planter.

This article discusses the office in general terms, and particularly the office minister. It pays attention to how the office is described in the "Form for the Ministers of the Word" and the "Form for the Missionaries of the Word," which are frequently used in the Continental Reformed tradition. It concludes with some discussion questions.

This article is about the characteristics of the missionaries in the nineteenth century: a desire for the salvation of the lost, they had a wholehearted commitment to the cause of Christ, their preaching focused on Christ, and a need for their own spiritual growth.