Johan Herman Bavinck

Johan Herman Bavinck (22 November 1895 – 23 June 1964) was a Dutch pastor, missionary and theologian.

Family Bavinck was born in Rotterdam as the second son of Reverend Coenraad Bernardus Bavinck and Grietje Bouwes. He attended the Marnix Gymnasium there. Both his father and his grandfather Jan Bavinck were pastors. His uncle was Herman Bavinck, pastor and Professor of Dogmatics at the theological school in Kampen and at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

In 1922 Bavinck married Tine Robers; she died in 1953.

Publications Der Einfluss des Gefulhs auf das Assoziationsleben bei Heinrich von Suso - Erlangen 1919 Inleiding in de zielkunde - Kampen 1926 De boodschap van Christus en de niet-christelijke religies. Een analyse en beoordeling van het boek van dr. Kraemer: The Christian message in a non-Christian world - Kampen 1940 The impact of Christianity on the non-Christian world - Grand Rapids 1948 Religieus besef en het christelijk geloof - Kampen 1949 Inleiding in de zendingswetenschap - Kampen 1954; Orang-orang sekeliling Jesus, 1962 De mens van nu