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.International Conference 2018
Evangelicals and Oppression: Eastern European Perspectives
18-20 April 2018
A joint IBTSC Amsterdam and EBF Theology and Education Commission conference
Held at the Baptist House, Postjesweg 150, 1061 AX Amsterdam
The conference explored the topic 'Evangelicals and Oppression' in a wide-ranging way and from different angles: oppression that Eastern European Evangelicals have met in their history; elements of oppression that Evangelicals have created themselves in relation to other groups or within their own church life; conflict and community; religious freedom and political pressures; Biblical interpretation and persecution in Evangelical life; spiritual practices in times of persecution and oppression; reception of and reactions to oppression and tensions; practices of forgiveness in historical perspective.
Conference papers will be published in a 2018 issue of the IBTSC Amsterdam journal Baptistic Theologies.
For further information on the conference contact info@ibts.eu
