The Commission from Jesus — Matthew 28:18-20 ⁽¹⁸⁾ And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. ⁽¹⁹⁾  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ⁽²⁰⁾ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Scriptural Missions Example in Scripture — Acts 13:1-3 ⁽¹⁾  Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ⁽²⁾  As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. ⁽³⁾  And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Churches co-operating together in mission work without the hierarchy of mission boards is the scriptural example — Philippians 4:14-16 ⁽¹⁴⁾  Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. ⁽¹⁶⁾ For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

I am not saying that all Missions Boards are bad — but to be true to scripture is to follow the scriptural example of mission work found in the NT — the NT example is missions through the local church — with the church having authority over the missionary.

Any member of a local church is under the authority of that church to do God’s work — in the NT, there is no other example of missionaries, members, or pastors being under the authority of any organization other that the NT church of which they are a member.

The Process — Missionaries surrender — then are sent out under the authority of their local church for the purpose of winning souls and establishing churches — their church is their sponsor — without need for a mission board or mission association — they are responsible to their home church — other churches can co-operate with them in their efforts — to raise funds they go out on what is called deputation — introducing themselves, their calling and burden, seeking other churches regular support for their works — this allows churches to co-operate in world-wide mission endeavors.

This is the only example of how to do mission work given in Scripture.