Evangelical Perspectives on Roman Catholicism Seminar
with Leonardo De Chirico
7-11 April 2026; 4-9 May 2026
Evangelicalism currently has an incoherent relationship with Roman Catholicism. Many evangelicals are uncertain about what Roman Catholics actually believe. Do they believe in the same Gospel, or something entirely different?
This question is important for leaders of evangelical churches and organizations and for hundreds of millions of evangelical believers around the world.
We are convinced, in line with the historic Protestant view, that Roman Catholicism is a severely flawed system in need of a radical biblical reformation in its basic theology and practice. Currently there is no global evangelical effort to study these topics, promote new research and share insights
The seminar will address the reality of Roman Catholicism as a system, looking at it from a biblical perspectives and evaluating the challenges that it brings for evangelical witness.
Commitment & Cost: Hosts will be responsible for recruiting key leaders from across their country and for covering the cost for speaker’s travelling from Italy, lodging, food, facilities, and transportation within their country.
Speaker
Leonardo De Chirico is pastor of the Church Breccia di Roma and lecturer in historical theology at the Istituto di Formazione Evangelica e Documentazione in Padova, Italy. He blogs on Vatican and Roman Catholic issues from an evangelical perspective at Vatican Files. He’s director of the Reformanda Initiative, cohost of the Reformanda Initiative podcast, and author of several books, including A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Papacy, and Engaging with Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Approach. You can keep up with the work of Reformanda Initiative on X.
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