Theology, Piety, and Mission: The Influence of Gisbertus Voetius on Missiology and Church Planting

In Theology, Piety, and Mission, cross-cultural missionary Ronaldo Lidório reflects on the life and influence of Gisbertus Voetius, the first Protestant missiologist. Drawing on Voetius’s theology of missions and church planting, Lidório lays out principles for us to consider for these activities today.

Read this book to reflect on the powerful combination of theology and piety that must fuel the Great Commission. 

144 pages.

 

Contents

Foreword  

Introduction  

1. Who Was Gisbertus Voetius? 
2. Theocentric and Trinitarian Missiology 
3. Church Planting 
4. Missiological Considerations for Today 
5. Theological Principles for Church Planting  

Final Thoughts and Considerations  

Appendix 1—Doctrinal themes  

Appendix 2—The phases of a local church  

Appendix 3—Figures  

Bibliography  

 

“It is a delight to see that Ronaldo Lidório’s research on Voetius is being published in English. Lidório throws open the door, so to speak, for readers to come and sit in the lecture hall of one of Reformed theology’s greatest and yet least-known teachers. And much to their surprise and pleasure, readers will find that Voetius was passionate to promote the very thing that Reformed theologians supposedly oppose and undermine—the mission of worldwide evangelism through church planting.”  

—Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley, from the foreword