Theological Education Meetings & New Learning Centre Personnel

Selections from European Nazarene College's December 2017 In-Touch Newsletter

Theological Education Meetings of Central Europe Field in Macedonia

Leaders from Central Europe (Albania-Kosova, Bulgaria, Romania, and Scandinavia), together with the Regional Education Coordinator (Stéphane Tibi) and leaders from European Nazarene College (Klaus Arnold, Fernando Almeida, and Raquel Pereira) met from 7 November until 9 November in the wonderful city of Ohrid, Macedonia, to discuss the future of theological education in ministerial preparation on that field. Besides the important discussions we also worked on syllabus templates to find out how the accredited and validated programmes of EuNC can be adapted to the different cultures and learning styles of the countries in Central Europe. It was felt that it is important to have both an accredited programme (so that students can continue their education after graduation) and a curriculum that is flexible and adaptable to the different situations faced by the churches in the various districts. Not everything was finalised but a good foundation has been laid and the next years will be times of experimenting and adjusting to help people fulfil their call to the ministry and support the churches as they participate in the mission of God to make Christlike disciples in the nations.

New Personnel in Learning Centres

We are very thankful for new co-workers in some of our learning centres:

Central Europe Field: Due to personnel changes, we have new leaders in four of the six learning centres in Central Europe. Cezarina Glendenning is the new LC coordinator for all of those four LCs: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Scandinavia. She and her husband Martin and their two sons are missionaries in that field.

In Romania we are thankful that Jonathan Phillips is the new LC administrator. He has served in that country and at the learning centre as missionary for many years and brings a lot of experience into this position.

May God bless each one of these new leaders – and make them a blessing to many!