Mission Matters: Trends, Challenges, and New Perspectives in Christian Mission in Central and Eastern Europe
CEEAMS Annual Conference 2021 23-25 February 2021-ONLINE
Program (1st draft: subject to change)
Please note, that all times are CET!
Tuesday, the 23rd of February
9:30-10:00 Opening Greetings, Morning Devotion, Announcements
10:00-10:45: Keynote lecture by Rev. Jr. Prof. Dr. Cristian Sonea
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj, Romania, Orthodox Department
30 min keynote presentation plus 15min discussions
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
10:45-11:15 Parallel Sessions
Session 1 Mission and Society- Engaging the Socio-Political Spheres A
- Valentin Kozhuharov: The Teaching Ministry of the Church under the Shadow of Recent “Liberal” Shifts in Traditional Values in Understanding Human Beings and Families (CEE)
- Pavol Bargár: The Phenomenon of “F-word Pseudoreligion” as a Challenge in Mission in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Co-chairs:
Session 2 Exploring Missional “Place” in God’s World
- Mihail Ciopașiu: The Role of Place in Mission
- Melody Wachsmuth: A Side Salad or Main Course?: An Argument for the Theological Importance of Creation Care in Southeastern Europe
Co-chairs:
Session 3 Contextual Approaches to Education
- Mihai-Viorel Hirt: Education – Cultural and Ethical Differences
- Viktoria Soltesova: Children ´s Images of God in Mission among the Roma in Slovakia
Co-chairs:
Session 4
- Doru Marcu – The Ecumenical Reception of the Activity and Theology of Rev. Ion Bria (1929-2002)
- Teofil Stanciu- Kenosis as a way of identifying with unbelievers in Anthony Bloom’s conception on „atheist” Christ
12:15-12:45 Debriefing Plenary
Wednesday, the 24th of February
9:30-10:00 Bible Exposure, Announcements
10:00-10:45 Keynote lecture by Dr. David Hosaflook
Institute for Albanian and Protestant Studies/University of Tirana
30 min keynote presentation plus 15min discussions
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
10:45-11:15 Parallel Sessions
Session 1 Mission and Society- Engaging the Socio-Political Spheres B
- Corneliu Constantineanu: Public Theology as Mission: An Argument for Christian Public Witness in Central and Eastern Europe
- Gyöngyi Mazsu: From God-Church-World to God-World-Church: Hoekendijk´s Understanding of the Church-Mission Relationship in the Light of the Ecumenical movement
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Session 2 Cultural and sociological insights informing contextual mission
- Tim Noble: Musings on Mission and Mushrooms
- Szilárd Amadé Jóföldi: Results and Increment of Hungarian Sociological Research on Religion after the Change of Regime for Church Building Concepts
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Session 3 Partnership in Mission
- Üllas Tankler: Theology of Partnership in Mission
- Miroslav Čobrda: Local Churches’ Benefit from Short-Term Missions Teams: Analysis of the Experiences of Evangelical Churches in Serbia
Co-chairs:
Session 4
- David Symon
- Árpád Fosztó
12:15-12:45 Debriefing Plenary
Thursday, the 25th of February
9:30-10:00 Bible Exposure, Announcements
10:00-10:45 Keynote lecture
30 min keynote presentation plus 15min discussions
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
10:45-11:15 Parallel Sessions
Session 1 Theological Education in Shifting Contexts
- Joshua T. Searle: The EAAA and Prospects for the Reform of the Post-Soviet Evangelical Movement (Ukraine)
- Sasa Bakic: Roma Bible School in South-Eastern Europe
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Session 2 Case Studies: Pastoral Training and “Fresh Expressions”
- Barry Sloan: INSPIRE-Chemnitz – A Missional experiment (Germany)
- Cameron Armstrong & Preston Pearce: IMB at ITBB: Partnerships from the beginning (Romania)
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Session 3 COVID and Church Practice
- Gabriel Sorescu: Current Missionary and Pastoral Changes and Their Consequences: A Christian-Orthodox Perspective
- Kristina Ecis: Use of Digital Tools in a Small Town Church in Latvia
Co-chairs:
12:15-12:45 Debriefing Plenary
12:45-16:00 Break
16:00-18:00 CET: CEEAMS General Assembly
Remarks:
The Bible Exposures will be given by J.N.J Klippies Kritzinger, Kristina Ecis, and Tim Noble
For general questions, please contact the conference coordinator: Taylor Denyer (info@ceeams.org)
For questions regarding the program, please contact dorottya.nagy@ceeams.org or pavol.bargar@ceeams.org.
The Organizing Committee:
Pavol Bargár
Taylor Denyer
Anne-Marie Kool
Dorottya Nagy
and Melody Wachsmuth