The Field is White-ish

Chain of Command

#70 · November 9, 2026

A missionary comic about rules & leaders.

Missionary comic: On a porch with an American flag, a Vietnam veteran in a rocking chair raises a skeptical hand at two elders standing at attention with their backpacks. Caption: “Mission president, zone leaders, district leaders… Son, are you sure you’re not in the Army?” — “Mission president, zone leaders, district leaders… Son, are you sure you’re not in the Army?”

Missed the reference?

Missionaries are organized into districts and zones, each with missionary leaders, all under a mission president. It can sound a lot like the military, minus the salutes.

In this panel: On a porch with an American flag, a Vietnam veteran in a rocking chair raises a skeptical hand at two elders standing at attention with their backpacks.