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The Unique Mission of PFM

Philippine Frontier Missions has been called by God to do a unique work. We have been called to start Church Planting Movements among many of the most difficult-to-reach people groups in the Philippines and internationally. These people groups are unreached by the Seventh-day Adventist message because of geographical, cultural, or religious barriers that have prevented the gospel from reaching them. There are no SDAs among these people groups, so we can’t hire a local person to reach them. There are no nearby Adventist churches or individuals who can share their faith with them. They are not able to read the Bible or hear the gospel through radio, TV, or the internet in a language and presentation which they can understand. Someone must go to them, or they will die, never knowing about Jesus.

Because of the barriers that have kept the gospel from reaching them, an evangelistic series, or a short-term mission trip will never reach them. Someone must move to where they are, learn their heart language, understand the deepest needs and values of their culture, and earn their trust through demonstrating Jesus’ love. Then they can teach the gospel in a way which will make sense to these unreached people. After all, isn’t this what Jesus did? He spent thirty-three and a half years learning, growing, and becoming a Jew, in order to start the Church Planting Movement called the Christian church.

In Matthew 28:19, Jesus commands His followers to make disciples of all nations. In Greek, the words for going, baptizing, and teaching grammatically support the one and only imperative command in the verse, “make disciples.”

The question then is, what is a disciple? What does a disciple do? A disciple tries to become just like the teacher and master. What, then, did Jesus do that His disciples should imitate?

Many people think that Jesus spent most of His time preaching to the crowds and healing the sick. But if you calculate where Jesus spent each hour of his ministry we find that He spent the majority of His ministry training and equipping a small group of disciples to be the catalysts of an ever growing, ever expanding movement.

Following Jesus’ example, PFM also focuses not just on preaching, teaching, baptizing, or helping people. We do all of these things. But like Jesus, we do them in the process of training indigenous leaders to nurture their own churches, as well as plant new churches in unreached villages and towns, training new leaders in these churches to go and repeat the cycle until the entire people group is reached. This is called a Church Planting Movement.

This is the unique work that God has called PFM to do. We want you to understand this from the beginning. We want to be clear that this is what PFM does, this is why we exist.

Every true missionary is also called by God to do a particular work. Please prayerfully consider if God is calling you to the type of work which He has called Philippine Frontier Missions to do. The application process is primarily a time to prayerfully study if your calling and PFM’s calling are similar. So please join us in praying to discern God’s will, learning about the unique preparation God has given you for His work, and where you can best accomplish that work.

In this process, PFM’s Recruiter will evaluate your application form as well as conduct personal or phone interviews. The Recruiter will also inform you how to proceed with your application.