What Missions and Ministries Does the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Support?

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) supports missions and ministries through two standing committees—Home Missions and Foreign Missions—alongside chaplaincy and military ministry, diaconal ministries, short-term missions, disaster response, and inter-church relations. These are the outreach areas named on opc.org, the denomination's official website. If you want to know where the OPC directs outreach effort, the list below covers the categories the site itself presents.

The Two Mission Committees

The OPC's worldwide outreach is organized under two committees that appear as distinct sections on the website:

• Committee on Home Missions — handles mission work within North America.
• Committee on Foreign Missions — handles mission work outside North America.

Both are listed under "Worldwide Outreach" in the site's navigation, alongside Christian Education. The site's homepage also features a "Foreign Missions" and "Home Missions" block in its main content area, confirming these are treated as core denominational ministries rather than side projects.

Chaplains and Military Personnel

The OPC maintains a ministry to chaplains and military personnel, listed as its own category under Worldwide Outreach. This covers pastoral care for people serving in the armed forces. If you are connected to military service and looking for OPC support, this is the relevant ministry area to look for on the site.

Diaconal Ministries

Diaconal Ministries appears both in the navigation and as a homepage section. In Presbyterian church order, the diaconate is the office concerned with mercy and service—practical care rather than teaching. The OPC presents diaconal ministries as a named ministry area, so it is a place to look if your interest is in mercy ministry, benevolence, or service-oriented work.

Short-Term Missions and Disaster Response

Two related outreach areas are grouped together on the site:

• Short-Term Missions — the homepage features a story titled "Another Great Season of Short-Term Missions!" and links to a dedicated site, OPCSTM.org.
• Disaster Response — linked to OPCDisasterResponse.org, presented as "Coming Alongside One Another: OPC Disaster Response."

These are the most concrete, action-oriented entry points on the site: if you want to participate rather than just read, the short-term missions and disaster response pages are where participation is described.

Inter-Church Relations

Inter-Church Relations is listed as a separate outreach area. This concerns the OPC's relationships with other churches and denominations—ecumenical and fraternal connections rather than direct mission work. It matters if your question is about how the OPC relates to other Reformed bodies.

Other Ministries Listed Alongside These

The site's navigation groups several further items under ministries and resources. These are not missions per se, but they are part of how the denomination organizes its work:

How to Verify or Go Deeper

The homepage excerpt is a summary, not a full directory. To confirm details—committee contacts, current mission fields, or how to apply for short-term missions—use the site's own navigation: each committee name in the "Worldwide Outreach" menu links to its own section, and the short-term missions and disaster response links lead to dedicated sites (OPCSTM.org and OPCDisasterResponse.org). The Church Directory is the right entry point if your actual goal is finding a local congregation rather than a ministry program.

One caution: the site does not publish pricing, giving requirements, or participation eligibility in the material available here, so treat any specific commitment questions as things to confirm directly with the relevant committee rather than inferring from the homepage.