The Great Commission Today

Ordinary Faithfulness: How Harvest Church Cultivates a Culture of Outreach In this episode of The Great Commission Today, host Daniel Vos sits down with Adrian Crum, Pastor of Youth and Evangelism at Harvest Church in Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan. Harvest is a Dutch Reformed congregation with deep roots in the community — and a growing...

When Robert Knuth arrived in Ann Arbor in the fall of 2019 to plant Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at the University of Michigan — the first RUF chapter in the state — he had no idea a global pandemic was six months away. Seven years later, what’s grown out of that uncertain start is one...

What does it actually take to bring a dying church back to life? Not gimmicks. Not celebrity guest speakers. Not a bigger building. In this episode of The Great Commission Today, host Daniel Vos sits down with Pastor Brian Cosby — pastor of Wayside Presbyterian Church in Tennessee, professor at Reformed Theological Seminary, and creator...

What does it actually look like to build a healthy church in a working-class neighborhood — one that prioritizes the ordinary means of grace over growth metrics, takes church discipline seriously, and invites people into real membership rather than comfortable anonymity? In this episode of The Great Commission Today host Daniel Vos sits down with...

Most church growth conversations focus on established congregations looking to grow. This episode is different. Rev. Brad Peppo is a regional home missionary with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church who arrived in Cottonwood, Arizona last January without a single contact — not a name, not a face, not a connection. What he had was a calling,...

What does it look like when God grows a church through faithful preaching, a praying congregation, and members who actually tell their neighbors about Jesus? Rev. Carl Miller of Heritage OPC, New Braunfels, Texas joins Daniel Vos to trace the Lord’s hand across nearly a decade of church planting, growth, and intentional outreach. This is...

Planting a Church in America’s Most Arab City What does it look like to plant a church in America’s most Arab city — with no building, no elders, and no guarantees? Pastor Jerry Riendeau of Grace Presbyterian Church in Dearborn, Michigan has been finding out for the last four years. His story is honest, surprising,...

What does faithfulness to the Great Commission look like when it doesn’t make headlines? In this episode of The Great Commission Today, our guest Rev. David Stewart, pastor of Grace PCA in Lake Suzy, Florida, reflects on discipleship, the ordinary means of grace, and what it means to trust God with the results of faithful...

What does it look like to live a life completely sold out to Christ—and still experience joy, peace, and fulfillment? In this episode of The Great Commission Today, we sit down with Dr. Steve Hake, a man who has pursued that question for over fifty years as a missionary, professor, and church elder. Dr. Hake’s...

In this historically rich, and pastorally sober conversation, Rev. David Gilleran—Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of the Blue Ridge (PCA), longtime pastor, and former U.S. Army National Guard chaplain—joins The Great Commission Today to reflect on Christ’s command to make disciples in a fractured, isolated, and spiritually hungry age. Drawing from more than five decades...