To Win Our Neighbors for Christ: The Missiology of the Three Forms of Unity (Explorations in Reformed Confessional Theology)

by Wes Bredenhof

Publisher:

Reformation Heritage

, 2015

Overview

In many modern histories of Christian missions, the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century is depicted as a movement lacking missionary zeal. it has virtually become a given that the Reformation was not oriented to the church’s missionary task. in to win our neighbors for Christ, Wes Bredenhof answers these charges, proving that it is a mistake to say the Reformation and the confessional documents it produced have nothing to say about missions. the author demonstrates that the three forms of Unity the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism , and the Canons of Dort properly understood, have much to offer the study of missions. more importantly, they encourage us to care about a world lost in unbelief, making us more mission oriented and outward looking.

Key Features

• Strives to help Reformed believers understand their own confessions
• Takes into account the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dort
• Seeks to prove that the Reformation and its confessional documents have much to say about mission

Contents

• The Belgic Confession
• The Heidelberg Catechism
• The Canons of Dort

Praise for To Win Our Neighbors for Christ

To Win Our Neighbors for Christ is a helpful tool for every Reformed Christian seeking to understand and use our confessions in a missional way. It gives the historical background for each of the three forms of Unity and shows that the original intent of our confessions was indeed to reach the lost with the good news of the gospel. It also shows how we as a church need to have that same desire to clearly articulate these truths to our own generation of souls today.

— Richard Bout, missions coordinator, United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA)

Full disclosure: Dr. Wes Bredenhof is my family’s enthusiastic pastor, through whom we are fed with pure gospel preaching. His heart pulses with true love for the biblical, Reformed faith and with a deep desire to reach the lost. In this book he shows us that these two things belong together— indeed, that the Reformed confessions themselves encourage mission. i pray that many more believers would see the intricate interconnections of these two pulses, and i’m sure that this book will help them.

— Dr. Theodore Van Raalte, professor of ecclesiology, Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: To Win Our Neighbors for Christ: The Missiology of the Three Forms of Unity (Explorations in Reformed Confessional Theology)
• Author: Wes Bredenhof
• Series: Explorations in Reformed Confessional Theology
• Publisher: Reformation Heritage
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Pages: 114
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781601783752, 1601783752
• Resource ID: LLS:WNRNGHCNFSSNLTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-08T23:34:03Z

About Wes Bredenhof

Wes Bredenhof was born in Taber, Alberta, Canada. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He received the Master of Divinity degree from the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Ontario. He was also granted the Diploma of Missiology from CRTS.

In 2000, he was ordained to the ministry as a missionary to the native people living in Fort Babine, British Columbia. He did this work under the oversight of the Canadian Reformed Church at Smithers, British Columbia. In 2005, he accepted a call to serve as co-pastor of the Langley Canadian Reformed Church, in Langley, British Columbia. In September 2009, he became the pastor of the Providence Canadian Reformed Church in Hamilton, Ontario — a church he served until September 2015. He currently serves the Free Reformed Church of Launceston, Tasmania.

In 2010 he was awarded a Doctor of Theology degree from Reformation International Theological Seminary in Fellsmere, Florida. He did his doctoral work under the supervision of Dr. L.J. Joosse (retired pastor of the Reformed Church in Groningen-West, the Netherlands). The title of his dissertation is: “For the Cause of the Son of God: the Missiological Relevance of the Belgic Confession.”

He has written numerous articles and reviews published in a variety of publications including Clarion, Christian Renewal, Reformed Perspective, Modern Reformation, The Westminster Theological Journal, Mid-America Journal of Theology and The Confessional Presbyterian. He is the author of several books including Aiming to Please: A Guide to Reformed Worship (The Study, 2020),  Seven Wondrous Words: Christ’s Final Words from the Cross (The Study, 2019), Solus Christus (The Study, 2018), and The Gospel Under the Northern Lights (Providence Press, 2011).

He and his wife have four children. His interests include fly fishing and aviation.