At the same time, immigrants from around the globe are being incorporated into our population. Now, in a way that has not been true since the time of Constantine, the mission field is right at our doorstep and not just overseas. Other western states have a highly diverse population as well. These congregations of various ethnic and cultural groups are actively involved in mission to the communities around them. Churches which include more recent immigrants are involved in mission to their former homelands as well.
Global mission is no longer only in India or Congo or Bolivia.
It is in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Fresno. In PSMC we live in the midst of a global mission field as well as being a launching pad for global mission. Numerous possibilities for working at global mission here in Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference are at various stages of development. These include potential partnerships with agencies like Mennonite Board of Missions, Commission on Overseas Mission, Commission on Home Ministries, Eastern Mennonite Missions, Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Economic Development Associates, Amor Viviente, Pacific Coast Mission Board, Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia. A Bay Area mission strategy is emerging which includes various ministries and church planting efforts in different cultural settings.