The Triune God and Mission: A Theology of Mission
Ebook
The wonderful love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit makes mission possible. A deep christological view of mission must be taken. The offices of Christ, namely his Kingly, Priestly, and Prophetic offices undergird mission. Glorious salvation is then possible. The Holy Spirit confesses that Christ is Lord. The church becomes a vehicle of the love of God through this confession. The Father's acceptance of the prodigal son is a deep missiological act. In the most challenging times of COVID-19, poverty, and international conflict, mission is radically necessary.
“Pieter Verster lets Scripture and the confessions speak clearly about the brokenness of this world and how the triune God becomes part of it through the cross. The one holy God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—brings salvation and redemption for people and for the world. Verster’s Trinitarian theology of mission is fresh and gives hope to all in need. The missional church must experience God’s great deeds and convey them to all.”
—Sarel van der Merwe, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus
“Verster carefully and clearly delineates the character of the triune God as revealed in authoritative Scripture, and, in turn, posits the church as the one appropriate means by which the holistic hope of the gospel permeates a fallen world. Believers within every cultural context owe a debt of gratitude to Verster for helping us understand and embrace our mission as those created in the image of our triune God.”
—Dane W. Fowlkes, cofounder, The Unfinished Task Network
“Verster has produced a thoughtful, resourceful, and well-argued case for a new paradigm for mission. Central to this is the missio Trinitatis narrative as the cardinal principle of the missio Dei. Thus, he addresses the concepts of missionary theology, missionary Christology, and missionary pneumatology.”
—Maniraj Sukdaven, University of Pretoria
- Title: The Triune God and Mission: A Theology of Mission
- Authors: Pieter Verster, A. van de Beek
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666794366, 9781666736250, 1666736252, 9781666794359, 166679435X, 1666794368
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666794366
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-07-20T11:20:35Z
Pieter Verster is emeritus professor of missiology at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is an ordained minister of the Dutch Reformed Church. He has published several articles and books, including A Theology of Christian Mission: What Should the Church Seek to Accomplish? (2008) and New Hope for the Poor (2012). He is a C-graded researcher from the National Research Foundation in South Africa.