Seminars
Islam and the Gospel
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Islam and the Gospel In this seminar we are addressing some key questions that emerge from our experience of welcoming immigrants and refugees: How can we understand the times we are living in now in Europe? What...
Moving In as a Mission
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Moving In as a Mission Join this seminar to learn about what it means to be rooted in a neighbourhood and use everyday interactions as opportunities to introduce people to the Jesus way of life. The seminar will...
Decolonizing Mission
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Decolonizing Mission The Decolonizing Mission seminar focuses on the influence of Majority World missionaries on ministry in Europe....
Responding to the Challenge of Nominal Christianity
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Responding to the Challenge of Nominal Christianity Something has gone terribly wrong. One third of the world call themselves ‘Christians’, but a significant proportion of them are missing. Many of them are missing...
Lessons from the Early Church and the Reformation
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Learning from History: Key Lessons from the Early Church and the Reformation Getting to know our own history provides us with personal and cultural identity. Knowing the history of the Christian church gives us...
Winning Second Generation Diaspora for Christ
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Winning Second Generation Diaspora for Christ The future of European Christianity depends, to some extent, on the faith of the second-diaspora generation in Europe. There is no one really effectively discipling this...
The Gospel and the City
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar The Gospel and the City Over 70% of Europeans live in urban areas. If we don’t focus on the challenges and opportunities of cities and towns, we won’t see Christian revival in Europe. If we don’t learn to love and...
The Conflict of Faith and Science as a Stumbling Block in Missions
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar The Conflict of Faith and Science as a Stumbling Block in Missions Many non-scientists feel baffled by atheist arguments that science has disproven the existence of God. However, this notion often stems from a...
Tackling Today’s Global Issues
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Tackling Today's Global Issues The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call to action for all countries to tackle today's global problems. Can the Bible, Christian faith and theological reflection be of help...
Reaching University Students
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Reaching University Students The University campus is one of the most strategic and fruitful mission fields in Europe today. We will be learning together from some of the best examples from around Europe of how...
Collaboration Between Diaspora and European Churches
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Collaboration Between Diaspora and European Churches The diaspora concept is not new within the social and political situation, but it is novel for a critical analysis of the global mission of the evangelical movement....
Purposeful Sexuality: What is sexuality for?
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Purposeful Sexuality: What is sexuality for? If you're a human being, then you are a sexual being. But what is your sexuality for? Our standard answers often fail to help us as Christians or to connect with our...
The New Paradigm of Relationships in Social Media
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar The New Paradigm of Relationships in Social Media How has social media changed our way of interacting with one another and our understanding of relationships? We look closer at the challenges and opportunities that...
The Church and Populistic Politics
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar The Church and Populistic Politics The seminar aims to analyse populism in Europe, going beyond its simple condemnation and exploring the reasons why it emerges. It also analyses the appeal that populism can have for...
The Future of Theological Education
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar The Future of Theological Education As theological education goes, so goes the church. The training and preparation for church leaders (pastors, missionaries, teachers, parachurch staff etc.) is the key for sound...
Integrity is a Personal Issue of Importance
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Integrity is a Personal Issue of Importance Integrity begins with “me”. Am I a person of integrity, correctness and doing right in my daily life? The Scriptures give us numerous recommendations and set standards for...
Ideals, Conspiracies, and Realities: Christian Responses to the EU Project
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Ideals, Conspiracies, and Realities: Christian Responses to the EU Project The role, or absence thereof, of Evangelicals in the European integration project has been shaped by various historical realities and...
Getting to Know the Diaspora Churches of Europe
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Getting to Know the Diaspora Churches of Europe This seminar explores the history, mission, ecclesiology, challenges and contributions of diaspora people in Europe. Three speakers will look at the African Diaspora,...
Christian Identity in an Age of “Identity Politics”
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Christian Identity in an Age of “Identity Politics” There is a lot of talk about ”identity politics” these days. Generally speaking, this term is used to describe how people are united for political causes with their...
The Christian and Political Involvement
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar The Christian and Political Involvement This seminar will help the participants to get a grip on the basics of Christian involvement in politics. How do you translate Christian engagement in political engagement?...
A Muslim’s View of Europe
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar A Muslim’s View of Europe How does the ordinary muslim view European culture and society? What are the gaps and challenges between the muslim and the Christian world(view) and how can the gap be bridged?...
Sharing Christ with People of Different Cultures
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Sharing Christ with People of Different Cultures To share Christ with people of different culture we need Friendship and Love, Kindness and Compassion, Listening and Concern, Testimony and Transparency, Gospel and...
Whole-Life Mentoring to Release Gospel Joy and Boldness
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Whole-Life Mentoring to Release Gospel Joy and Boldness It is vital that our Gospel communication is authentic. Through Whole-Life mentoring “the reason for our hope” matures in us and we find relevant words to...
Turning Up the Heat: Biblical and Practical Responses to Climate Change
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Turning Up the Heat: Biblical and Practical Responses to Climate Change In our seminar, we will present some theological thoughts on climate change before describing various ways how believers can practically engage in...
Reconciliation in a Polarized World
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Reconciliation in a Polarized World Our world is being torn apart by many conflicts - religious, inter-ethnic and political. Nations are longing for peace. Christ's event and reconciling work encompassed all barriers...
Human trafficking – How Can We Help?
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Human trafficking – How Can We Help? Loida will introduce us to what human trafficking is and what the various forms of exploitation are that victims experience. She will also propose possible solutions to the...
Championing Religious Freedom
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Championing Religious Freedom The church’s central issue in our time is faithfulness. But freedom of religion and conscience — for people of all faiths — is central to our contribution to the welfare of Europe and...
The Leadership Journey
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar The Leadership Journey How to continue to grow and develop your leadership at any stage and any age....
Pitfalls and Building Blocks to Reach 10 to 15 Percent of the Population Extra with the Gospel
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Pitfalls and Building Blocks to Reach 10 to 15 Percent of the Population extra with the Gospel We will explore the different categories of disability without being a medical expert. How can lay people find out who...
Theological and Practical Relevance of Evangelicals within an Eastern Orthodox Context
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Theological and Practical Relevance of Evangelicals within an Eastern Orthodox Context This session will address the most prominent theological features of Eastern Orthodoxy in relation to Evangelicalism. The main...
Men and Women Leading Together for the Kingdom of God
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Men and women leading together for the Kingdom of God We all want the Church to be strong and healthy. We want to see men and women contribute equally and overcome barriers of tradition. We want to have good Biblical...
Reaching and Discipling Secular Youth
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Reaching and Discipling Secular Youth The current urban population, connected by consumerism, social media, and the entertainment industry forms the largest global youth culture ever to exist. It spans the globe,...
Burning On without Burning Out
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Burning On without Burning Out Why do I find myself becoming spiritually dry in my life and ministry? This seminar seeks to explore this theme and to discover ways in which we can, with Christ's help, be able to...
Why Sport Matters More Than Anything Else Today
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Why Sport Matters More Than Anything Else Today Sport is huge! 80% of the world watches or participates in it, and it’s increasingly a place to create community. Sport is not only an excellent 'tool' in evangelism...
Anxiety Among the Young
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Anxiety Among the Young Anxiety is one of the biggest issues everyone is facing in this time of multicrises. It has much to do with uncertainty, something especially relevant to the young. How do we deal with this,...
How Can We Overcome the Gods of Europe?
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar How Can We Overcome the Gods of Europe? Europe is not, as often supposed, a secularised continent cleansed of all gods of the past, but rather a region rife with false gods. How can we discern these idols, overcome...
God’s Refugees Among Us: Let Them Flourish
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar God’s Refugees Among Us: Let Them Flourish This seminar will set the stage for understanding the biblical foundations and the theological framework around the refugee situation. Might there be another way to call it...
Understanding and Responding to the Transgender Movement
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Understanding and Responding to the Transgender Movement Peter: The transgender movement has exploded internationally in recent years, fueled by celebrity endorsement and high-level media and political support. It...
The Nation like an Idol: Apostle Paul on Nations and Borders
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar The Nation like an Idol: Apostle Paul on Nations and Borders The rise of the national state is the result of the rise of the Enlightenment in the West, in which the Rousseauian citizen and civilian religion fill the...
Dialogue with Catholic Christians
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Dialogue with Catholic Christians Dialogue is a buzzword that can mean many things. There is certainly a place for dialogue among Evangelicals and Catholics, but what does such a dialogue entail? Is dialogue...
Fostering a Disciple-Making Culture
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Fostering a Disciple-Making Culture Making disciples is meant to be the fuel that feeds and grows the church, but many Christians consider being a disciple, let alone making them, optional. This session sparks the...
Dynamic Gospel for Europe’s Secular Young Adults
Teaching SeminarsTeaching Seminar Dynamic Gospel for Europe’s Secular Young Adults Many young people and young adults don’t set foot into our churches anymore. Having grown up in a secularized Europe, this generation is looking for purpose and wanting...
Key Opportunities and Challenges for the Church in a Media Age
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Key Opportunities and Challenges for the Church in a Media Age We live in a media-saturated age, which presents the church in Europe with an unprecedented opportunity for making the case for the truth of Christ. How...
Apologetics in Christian Mission in Europe and Beyond
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Apologetics in Christian Mission in Europe and Beyond In a postmodern, post-factual society people are less concerned with the question of truth. Rather, they want to know about how to lead a good and happy life....
Europe’s Role in World Mission
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Europe’s Role in World Mission This seminar affirms the position that Europe still has a role to play in world mission alongside the rest of the global church and will make some recommendations to this effect. The...
Creation Care and Christian Mission: The Gospel in Action
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Creation Care and Christian Mission: The Gospel in Action How should Christians respond to growing concerns over the environment? And what does this have to do with Christian mission? This seminar will explore the...
Preaching with a Missional Aim
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Preaching with a Missional Aim What if we preached to both Christians and non-Christians from the same sermon in our church services? In this seminar, we will be invited to consider an approach to preaching that...
Pornography in the Church – How to Respond with a Better Story
Networking SeminarsTeaching Seminar Pornography in the Church - How to Respond with a Better Story Pornography lies about everything that is true, healthy and good for man's sexuality. The Church strives to meet this theme as it touches our deep longings...
Dynamic Gospel in the Marketplace
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Dynamic Gospel in the Marketplace Three Christian perspectives on living out the dynamic Gospel in the marketplace in a new Europe....
Ethics and AI
Networking SeminarsTeaching Seminar Ethics and AI AI is useful. AI is problematic. AI is pervasive. Areas of application vary immensely and are increasing. As with any pervading technology, a redefinition of what we consider human beings, of how we live...
Surprising Stories of Church Planting in Contemporary Europe
Teaching SeminarsTeaching Seminar Surprising Stories of Church Planting in Contemporary Europe Is there a new day for the church in Europe? Where many people see decline and stagnation, there is a stream of new attempts to plant communities that reach...
ART: The Language of the European Soul
Teaching SeminarsTeaching Seminar ART: The Language of the European Soul Tim Keller said, “The church needs artists because without art we cannot reach the world.” Why? Because artists speak a powerful language that unlocks the soul, the language of...
Workplace Insights for Shaping Europe
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar Workplace Insights for Shaping Europe With Europe changing rapidly and church attendance almost everywhere in decline, what lessons have marketplace champions learned about the scope and capacity of the Gospel to meet...
Mobilizing National Church-Planting Processes in Europe
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Mobilizing National Church-Planting Processes in Europe Over the past 10 years a group of church-planting leaders from diverse European nations has met regularly to think through National Church Planting Processes...
Fivefold Ministry: You were not made to do it all by yourself
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Fivefold Ministry: You were not made to do it all by yourself Regardless of the church model and leadership structure, the new Europe requires a balance of gifts and abilities in order to effectively accelerate the...
Simple Church – Missionally Effective through Simplicity
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Simple Church - Missionally Effective through Simplicity Reducing the complexity of our churches can result in an intensified missional effectiveness. It is not only about modified structures or activities. It is...
Alongside Roma Christians: Working together for Holistic Change in Roma Communities
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Alongside Roma Christians: Working together for Holistic Change in Roma Communities God has been working actively in Roma communities for decades, as can be seen in the rapid growth of Christianity in places like...
Understanding and Responding to Antisemitism
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar Understanding and Responding to Antisemitism What is anti-semitism and how is it to be understood? How is it related to anti-Judaism and anti-Zionism, and other forms of racism and prejudice? This seminar examines...
Equipping the Now Generation for Lifelong Resilient Discipleship
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Equipping the Now Generation for Lifelong Resilient Discipleship Europe now needs leadership from the young people who know they are called for such a time as this!...
In His Image: Reaching “New Europe” through Oral Communication
Networking Seminars, FacultatifNetworking Seminar In His Image: Reaching "New Europe" through Oral Communication Since the Creation, God has used oral methods to communicate and teach His story. In this seminar, we will explore how the features of oral...
Church Revitalization – a Vision and a Process
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Church Revitalization - a Vision and a Process How can new life (revitalization!) be nurtured in a church that is stagnating or declining? There can be no quick fix, but this seminar will suggest ways to become a...
Islam and Apologetics
Networking SeminarsNetworking Seminar Islam and Apologetics In this seminar, we will try to demonstrate that apologetics are necessary to proclaim the Gospel to the Muslim people. We will give examples of the regular questions asked by Muslims: What can...
A Culturally Relevant Public Articulation of the Gospel
Teaching Seminars, FacultatifTeaching Seminar A Culturally Relevant Public Articulation of the Gospel We are called to proclaim the Gospel publicly – not just because this form of evangelism works – but more fundamentally because it is biblical! But how can we do...
Mobilizing your Church in Evangelism
Networking SeminarsTeaching Seminar Mobilizing your Church in Evangelism Stirring others to the evangelistic task is an ongoing challenge. With plenty of practical insights, this seminar explores the "how to" of mobilizing your church to spread the...
Personal Revival: Leading from an Outflow
Teaching SeminarsTeaching Seminar Personal Revival: Leading From an Outflow "Will you not revive us again so that your people may rejoice in you?" Ps 95:6 As we long for a Move of God in Europe, this multiplex will explore the fascinating topic of...