Dr. Gayle Doornbos

Dr. Gayle Doornbos serves as associate professor of theology at Dordt University, teaching courses such as Theological Methods, Spiritual Formation, Faith and Suffering, and Teaching the Bible.

Concerned with contemporary questions about the doctrine of God, the relationship between philosophy and theology, the Neo-Calvinist tradition, and Christian formation in the post-Christian west, Doornbos remains active in research of such topics. Her ideas have been published in the following:

• Herman Bavinck Essential Reader, co-edited with N. Gray Sutanto (Baker Academic, 2026)
  “Common Grace for the Common Good: Shaping Our Theology of Work,” Word By
  Word. April 1, 2025.
• “Trinity and Creation: Bavinck on the Vestigia Trinitatis,” in Perichoresis 22:1 (Spring 2024)
• “Seeing the World through Bavinckian Eyes,” in Reconstructing Evangelicalism, eds
  Gerald Hiestand and Todd Wilson (Eugene: Cascade Press, 2024)
• “D.H.Th. Vollenhoven,” in T&T Clark Handbook to Neo-Calvinism, eds Cory Brock and N. Gray Sutanto (London: T&T Clark, 2024)
• “Avett Brothers and the Interior Life,” in Theology and the Avett Brothers, ed. Alexander Sosler (Lanham: Lexington Press, 2023)
• “Bavinck’s Doctrine of God: Absolute, Divine Personality,” in Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies 6.2 (Fall 2021)

Prior to Dordt, Doornbos served as a high school teacher at Lynden Christian and an online instructor at Calvin Theological Seminary.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Doornbos has served on the Core and Framework Refreshment committees, speaks in chapel, participates in a bi-annual seminary trip, and contributes to the In All Things blog.

“I love seeing the way that sustained engagement with Scripture and theology can transform and enrich the lives of my students by encouraging them to become engaged in God's world in every aspect of life,” adds Doornbos.

In her free time, Doornbos enjoys hiking, backpacking, cooking, and participating in church life at Inwood CRC.

Education:

• B.A Hons Religion and Theology Redeemer University (2007)
• M.T.S. Biblical Studies Calvin Theological Seminary (2010)
• Th.M Philosophical Theology Calvin Theological Seminary (2011)
• Ph.D Systematic Theology University of St. Michael's College (2019)