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The Mission of the Church

by Jon Payne September 1, 2020

Watch this 3-minute video by the GRN executive coordinator, Dr. Jon Payne, who explains the mission of the church and why it’s so important for the future faithfulness and health of the PCA.

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Jon Payne

Rev. Jon D. Payne is senior pastor of Christ Church Presbyterian (PCA) in Charleston, South Carolina. He planted Christ Church in 2013. Before moving to Charleston, Rev. Payne was senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Douglasville, Georgia from 2003-2013. Rev. Payne has served in the role of executive coordinator of the Gospel Reformation Network since 2015. In addition, he is the founding director of the Oxford Church Planting Institute, a division of Westminster Seminary UK in Oxford, England. Rev. Payne also serves as chairman of the Heidelberger Society, a Reformed and confessional church planting effort in Germany. He has preached and served the cause of mission in over twenty countries. Rev. Payne is series co-editor (with Joel Beeke) of, and contributor to, the Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on the New Testament (Reformation Heritage Books), and author/editor of numerous articles, chapters, and books including John Owen on the Lord’s Supper (Banner of Truth), In the Splendor of Holiness: Rediscovering the Beauty of Reformed Worship for the 21st Century (Tolle Lege; trans. into nine languages), A Faith Worth Teaching: The Heidelberg Catechism’s Enduring Heritage (RHB), and A Faith Worth Defending: The Synod of Dort’s Enduring Heritage (RHB). Rev. Payne is a regular contributor to TableTalk magazine. He and his wife, Marla, have been married for 27 years and have two children in college.

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