Gisbertus Voetius - Missiological, Protestant Pioneer
Gisbertus Voetius, a pioneer in terms of Protestant missiology and a Dutch Reformed theologian, served the Lord on this Earth from 1589-1676. He was a minister, theologian, and professor during a vital time in European Christianity called the Dutch Second Reformation or Further Reformation, a continuation of the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands. Voetius was the first Protestant theologian to write a complete, comprehensive missiological work.