The First Mission Field: Thomas Smyth on Christian Parenting

About this episode

This episode discusses Thomas Smyth's perspective on viewing the home as the first mission field for Christian parenting.

In this episode, we explore The Mission of Parenting by Thomas Smyth, a powerful call for Christian parents to see the home as the first mission field. Smyth challenges families to raise children not merely in knowledge, but in a living zeal for Christ’s kingdom and the spread of the gospel. Learn more at confessional.org Pastor, Greenville Seminary invites you to the 2026 Summer Seminar: Apologetics and Evangelism for the Pastor . Carlton Wynne and Camden Bucey will join us on campus for a series of lectures on the role of apologetics and evangelism in pastoral ministry. August 4-5 - register here .

People in this episode

Host: Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Topics covered

• Christian parenting
• mission field
• raising children
• gospel
• apologetics
• evangelism

Keywords

• Christian parenting
• Thomas Smyth
• mission field
• gospel
• apologetics
• evangelism

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