Monthly Archives: May 2011

Baptist Church Planting in Croatia

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

There have been Baptist churches in Croatia since the 1890s. Over the last 20-30 years the Croatian Baptist Union has doubled in size and the number of congregations in still increasing. At present there are 1,900 church members attending a … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Baptist, church planting, Croatia, mission, missional church | 1 Comment

Internet usage forces changes to the new Danish Bible translation

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

A new Danish Bible version completed in 2007 has just been revised (as ‘The New Agreement’)  in response to Google search engine returns for a range of religious words. According to the Danish Bible Society, if you type ‘sin’ or … Continue reading →

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Baptist history in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Very likely the first Russian-language book dealing with Baptist life in the once-German Soviet enclave of Kaliningrad (German East Prussia) after 1945 appeared recently. Its author is Anatoly Krikun, the current Baptist Bishop (called “Starshy Presbyter”) of Kaliningrad/Königsberg. Publisher is … Continue reading →

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UK missionaries in Europe: do they make sense?

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Language skills remain an essential skill for effective cross-cultural mission. The British abroad take not just their own language but a very nuanced sense of meanings shrouded in their subtle use of the English language. For non-British speakers of English, … Continue reading →

Posted in EU, Eurooppa, Europa, europe, L'Europe, Language learning, mission | 1 Comment

Urban Church Planting in Europe

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

‘City to City – Europe‘ describes itself as a growing network of church plants and pastors throughout Europe with an annual meeting. The next meeting of the network takes place in Berlin between the 25-27th October, 2011 at the ‘Gospel and … Continue reading →

Posted in church planting, cities, Eurooppa, Europa, europe, Germany, mission, missional church | 1 Comment

A recently published EU survey explores online language usage

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

Eurobarometer has published results which will be of interest to Christian individuals and organisations which make significant investments in online presence. The survey may also have broader application to all Christian Media organisations with an interest in Europe. Across all … Continue reading →

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Church Planting Research Report: interim results released

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

The Nova Research Centre has been an active partner in an important new research initiative that is likely to prove of enormous benefit to the missional church planting community in Europe. Nova’s Director, Darrell Jackson, has been working with lead … Continue reading →

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Restoring hope in Europe

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Branko Bjelajac writes for TWR Europe and has just published a brief review of Deborah Meroff’s book Europe: Restoring Hope. Participants attending HOPE II might be interested in knowing more about this important contribution and might appreciate a link to … Continue reading →

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HOPE II blog and twitter stream

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

We’ve just finished our interim Report on Missional Church Planting in Europe, ready for its first outing next week in Budapest – just under 90 pages with the details of 330 or so church planters in Europe drawn from the … Continue reading →

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Redcliffe students innovating new forms of mission

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

One of our placement students is currently working alongside ‘Serve the City’ in Leuven and is already managing to encourage innovation in the way that the Belgian teams engages on the streets. She shared her experience of weekly placement with … Continue reading →

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