IFES organizes many conferences in Europe. This page gives you a quick overview and easy access to the websites of our international conferences. For most conferences you should apply through your own national movement, hence you can get more information from your local IFES staff worker.
In July we will have our first meeting of the new Creative Evangelism network, in partnership with L'Abri. The meeting will take place at L'Abri, Northampshire UK. For more infomation, follow the link, or email edith@ifeseurope.org
Our vision is to create an European network of theology students which facilitates international fellowship, deepens theological understanding and strengthens passion for mission. The annual Theological Students Conference is part of our effort to achieve that vision. It aims to bring together theology students from different cultures, theological traditions and educational institutions for a time of fellowship, teaching and reflection in an international environment. It seeks to inspire students in their spiritual life and theological studies and to challenge them to participate actively in Christian ministry and mission in Europe. Follow the link to find out more about the conference.
The final meeting of this network will be spring 2011 - watch this space for more information!
How to read the Bible for all it's worth; How to understand better the world we live in; How to see hoe God's Word speaks to our world today; and how to encourage others when we go home to do the same. This seven week training course run by IFES in partnership with Schloss Mittersill is unique in helping us learn how to be biblically balanced Christians capable of developing a deeply Christian worldview. It is designed for recent graduates, mature students and IFES staff. The course will take place in a 13th Century Castle in the Austrian Alps it will run in 2010 from the 4th July to the 21st August. Follow the link to find out more about the content, the speakers and how to apply.
The deadline for registration is 15th May 2010. You can sign up at www.bibleandculture.org
Course Fee is only €1350 for full accommodation and tuition. There are reductions available for those who raise their own support. Email tim@ifeseurope.org for more information.
Sorry but because we have not been able to get enough interest in this conference this year we have decided to postpone this training. If you are interested in being involved please contact tim@ifeseurope.org
This summer theology students from all across Europe will meet at Schloss Mittersill, Austria. Being trained and educated on academical level they will share their faith, life and knowledge with each other for seven days. You are invited to experience a week full of crossing-border fellowship and training in a beautiful environment. Our vision is a European network binding theology students from all Europe together in fellowship, strengthening the academic attitude and growing in a faithful life with the Lord Jesus. Our hope is that such a European network will add lifeshaping experiences to the standard education of theology students. And will equip them in being an honest witness of the Gospel of Jesus in academia and societies.
Information and an application form are now available on this website.
More information follows soon...
This new training network is for people involved in leading work with graduates in their country, or those interested in starting. The network will have its first meeting from the 2nd to 7th October at Schloss Mittersill, Austria (arrivals on the 2nd, departures on the 7th). The aim of the network is to learn together from God's word, to share ideas for graduates work, to consider what resources we need in the region, and to encourage each other in developing this work. For more information please email Tim Vickers - tim@ifeseurope.org
Please visit the ELF website for details of the 2010 conference. This is not an IFES conference, but it is one which we can see may be very helpful to some staff, graduates and post-graduate students.
This is a closed training event for the General Secretaries of all the IFES movements in the world in Malaysia in March 2010. If you are expected to be there you will have already been invited to this conference!
This annual conference, taking place from 29 October to 3 November at Schloss Mittersill in Austria, aims to train and encourage a new group of people committed to public proclamation of the Gospel in the Universities of Europe. The cost for the conference is €200 and registration can be made via the Schloss Mittersil website, following the link from this site.
This network aims to envision, inspire and equip staff, students and volunteers to reach out to international students on their campuses. The first conference on this topic in many years will be held in March 2010 in Poland - for more information or to register, please see the website
This new network aims to develop IFES staff workers in evangelism training, in a workshop setting. This is a unique opportunity for staff in IFES movements to be trained and learn together how to better equip students to pass on the gospel. For more information, follow the link.
The Mark Drama is an innovative way of experiencing the Gospel for yourself and communicating it to others. The aim of the interactive version of The Mark Drama is that a group of Christians experience the whole of the Gospel, with everyone involved in the presentation. This is also a very powerful fellowship experience, as the whole group works together to achieve this aim. National movements are invited to be trained in how to organise and direct The Mark Drama in their student groups. The first meeting will take place in Southampton, UK, from 22nd to 25th April. Follow the link for more information.
The aim of this network is to help European student movements to be more effective in their ministry and strategic development, by being culturally sensitive and relevant to their own context. It is based on the realistion that in the light of our fast-changing society, student movements also need to change (without losing their core values and theological commitment) in order to be able to bring the Gospel to students in a way that is clear and understandable to the present student generation.
The first meeting of the network will be in Frankfurt, 10 - 12 May 2010.
This network is facilitated by Charlie Hadjiev and Edith Vilamajo, and in cooperation with Nova Research Centre www.novaresearch.eu
For more information, email charlie@ifeseurope.org
The first IFES Europe High Schools Ministry Network meeting will take place in May in Marburg, Germany. This meeting aims to discuss possibilities to encourage and enable high school students to talk about their faith, and to share experiences in high school work and talk about possibilities to start such a work.
If you are interested in coming to this meeting, either to encourage and equip you in your existing work with high school students, or if you are thinking about starting high schools work, please email helen@ifeseurope.org
