Italy: the Reformation’s legacy and future
Alessandro Piccirillo
Date posted: 1 Nov 2017
On 8 and 9 September the annual theological conference Giornate Teologiche was hosted at IFED (Istituto di Formazione Evangelica e Documentazione – the Evangelical Training and Documentation Institute) in Padua, Italy.
On the fifth centenary of the 95 Theses posted on Wittenberg Cathedral’s door, it was more than natural that the focus of the conference would be on Reformation. For the 300 attendees, the conference was an in-depth, richly stimulating meeting that urged everyone to reflect and live the evangelical faith in an equally integral and integrated way.
Italy: new church in Rome
Leonardo de Chirico
Date posted: 1 Aug 2017
The first building since 1925 has been purchased by an evangelical church in central Rome (half a mile from the Coliseum) to be a space for public worship.
The first hub for gospel work in decades has been launched to foster evangelical collaboration in the city and the first Protestant library to be opened in Rome since 1870 will encourage training and scholarship.
Poland: leaders gather from across Europe
John Stevens
Date posted: 1 Jul 2017
In May, some 900 Christian leaders from across Europe gathered at a hotel in Wisla in Poland for the annual European Leadership Forum (ELF).
The vision of this conference is to renew the biblical church and thereby to re-evangelise Europe. It brings experienced leaders with a proven track record in ministry together with the emerging leaders of the next generation, so as to equip and envision them for their ministries. The conference offers a wide range of networks linking leaders who specialise in different aspects of evangelical leadership, including theology, preaching, counselling, youth ministry and heading up organisations.