Date
9-2014
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology and Apologetics (PhD)
Chair
Carl Diemer
Keywords
Charles Spurgeon, missions, mercy ministry, gospel ministry, missiology, social ministry, Stockwell Orphanage, Pastor’s College
Disciplines
Biblical Studies | Missions and World Christianity | Practical Theology | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Sypert, John, "The One Balm for All Earth’s Wounds: The Priority of Gospel Proclamation in Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s Missiology" (2014). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5250.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5250
Abstract
This dissertation explores the relationship between gospel proclamation and mercy ministry in Charles Spurgeon’s ministry. The dissertation argues that Spurgeon’s Pastors College, Stockwell Orphanage, and his multitude of other ministries had one clear goal: the spreading of the gospel and the conversion of the lost. This dissertation uses Spurgeon’s approach to missions as an apologetic for a more biblically precise missiology, namely, one that prioritizes gospel proclamation without neglecting the physical needs of those who suffer. This approach could be called “benevolent prioritism” because it prioritizes the proclamation of the gospel while not neglecting works of love for those suffering.
Included in
Biblical Studies Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, Practical Theology Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons
