The Theological College of Elstal (Theologische Hochschule Elstal) in Berlin was the host for this year’s gathering of the Theology and Education Commission of the EBF. Seventeen people gathered to explore the subject of Political Tensions of Today and the Church: Exploring Baptist Engagement in Europe. Participants included college directors, politicians, theological educators and academics and Baptist Union presidents and came from Italy, Israel, Netherlands, UK, Romania, Germany, Ukraine, Estonia, Moldova and Poland.Print Collection
Files for download
- 2019 Newly Catalogued Q3 [PDF, 314 kb]
- 2019 Newly Catalogued Q2 [PDF, 250 kb]
- 2019 Newly Catalogued Q1 [PDF, 217 kb]
The print collection of the John Smyth Library consists of roughly 41,000 volumes. Our collection used to serve a resident study body up until 2012, so that is well reflected in the collection. We have a good general theological collection with an evangelical focus with materials in Biblical studies, (practical) theology, pastoral care, ethics, church history, with special attention to missiology/missions and ecumenical relations.
The main specialisation of our collection is Baptist/Anabaptist studies and to a lesser extent Mennonite studies. We have material in English, German, Dutch, Russian and various other European languages. We aim to have the most complete collection of European Baptist material that's available in once place, which makes our library a perfect starting point for students of European Baptist history, identity and practice.
Since the Digital Theological Library takes care of the general theological needs of our students and researchers, it is our policy to almost exclusively only acquire print material in our area of specialisation. We constantly add new material in Baptist/Anabaptist/Mennonite studies, but also buy retrospectively in these areas. In the file menu on the right, you can see a quarterly overview of our newly catalogued material.
We only subscribe to print journals and magazines when they have a distinguishable Baptist/Anabaptist signature. Many (European) Baptist organisation support our mission by sending us complimentary copies of their magazines and other publications. A list of our subscriptions will be available shortly.
