The Canons of Dordt and missions (2)
This article examines how the Canons of Dort address and promote missionary work, particularly through their emphasis on gospel preaching as the central mission of the church. Kleyn argues that the Canons are inherently missionary in character, calling for universal proclamation of the gospel to all people regardless of social status, thereby reflecting the Great Commission mandate. The resource demonstrates that Reformed confessional documents provide solid theological grounding for the church's evangelistic calling.
In our previous article we noted that the creeds are at times criticized for not saying enough about missions and are, therefore, to be blamed for the lack of missionary zeal in Reformed churches and their members. We noted, however, that the very existence and possession of creeds in Reformed churches means that those churches are (by God's grace) mission-minded churches. We now turn our attention more specifically to the ways in which the Canons of Dordt speak about missions. We do this...
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