Gateway Seminary’s mission is shaping leaders who expand God’s kingdom around the world. As a theological seminary committed to biblical inerrancy, we cherish the words of Paul to Timothy: All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV). The Gateway Journal of Theology invites readers on a journey of exploration and discovery; of theologians, their ideas, and their contributions.
In this inaugural edition, the exploration covers well-known historic figures like Andrew Fuller and lesser known persons like Osgood Wheeler, the first Baptist missionary to California. Readers are invited to explore questions about how certain passages of scripture relate to others, to consider how to serve unreached people groups, and to discover the history of Baptist work in the Mountain West region of the United States and Korea. This exercise, however, is not an end in itself. The ultimate purpose is to draw us closer to God’s Word and to the Jesus Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
The goal of this exploration is not merely information, but transformation. To discover truth pointing us to the glory of Christ and then to be increasingly conformed to His image. The second president of Gateway Seminary, Dr. Benjamin Herring, served from 1946-1952. In his first presidential convocation titled “The Wheel of Progress”, Herring said that sound doctrine is like a wheel propelling the progress of the kingdom of God. The Gateway Journal of Theology is written to sharpen the minds of readers to both know Christ and to make Him known, in fulfillment of the mission of Gateway Seminary.
Read more from the inaugural issue by downloading the full pdf or accessing the articles below.