The Belgic Confession and missions (5)
This article examines Article 27 of the Belgic Confession to demonstrate how the Reformed confession grounds the church's missionary calling in proper ecclesiology. Kleyn argues that understanding the church's catholicity and unity—as sustained by the Holy Spirit—is foundational to developing a mission-minded posture that recognizes the necessity of worldwide gospel proclamation for gathering God's elect people.
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2023, p. 228. In our preceding articles we observed that the missionary character and flavor of the Belgic Confession is evident from its content. We now conclude our consideration of this creed, noticing again that the creed has valuable things to say concerning the church's mission work. Article 27: The Catholic Christian Church Both the title of this article as well as its definition of the church point to and make provision for mission work....
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