Living out of the deep conviction of Missio Dei takes away stress. Our work in the Kingdom is ultimately God's business. Through His Spirit, He enables us to do what He calls us to do. Our responsibility is to put our all on the altar for Him to use.
Short bio of Dr. Anna Maria “Anne-Marie” Kool – May 2010.
Dr. Anna Maria “Anne-Marie” Kool was born in Oud-Alblas, a small village 25 km East of Rotterdam, near the windmills of Kinderdijk. She speaks Dutch, English, French, German and Hungarian. Her father was a farmer, he served in the Dutch Army in Indonesia in 1947-49. In his mid 30ies he changed career for health reasons, and enrolled in a evening program for surveyor and a real estate broker. Although his entrance qualifications hardly met the standards, he was among the few who passed the exams and started his own business, while continuing his work on the small farm. Her father was always very active in local politics.
After seven years dating her, he married her mother, who grew up on a farm during the Second World War, assisting her parents who were hiding Jews for the Germans, while in the other part of the farm German soldiers were living, for which her grandparents received a high award. She ran with her father the private business in real estate, as his right hand, secretary, manager and Jill of all trades.
Her four siblings are living and working in the Netherlands. Corien was first trained as a professional nurse, then pursued MA studies in Political Sciences at Amsterdam Free University and ran a family business, three women fashion shops, with her husband Mark. After fulfilling several responsibilities in the Christian Democratic party at local and national level, she now serves as a member of the European Parliament, and vice chairperson of the European People’s party. Her second sister Tineke gained an MA degree in household sciences, and after marrying her husband Rien, they followed in the footsteps of her father and took over their private business in real estate. Heleen, her third sister is a midwife, and runs a private midwifery business. Her youngest sister Willemien, was trained as a primary school teacher and then changed career for supermarket manager of a large food chain.
Anne-Marie attended high school in a neighbouring town near the village where she was born. She graduated from Utrecht University with a MA in Theology, with a major in Old Testament. During her studies she served on a voluntary basis in the Dutch branch of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, and taught two years at a Bible School. She was called to be one of the first unofficial staffmembers of IFES behind the iron curtain in 1985, and left for Hungary in 1987, officially to pursue PhD studies, researching the History of the Hungarian Protestant Foreign Mission Movement, unofficially to assist the local Christian student movement.
In 1993 she defended her PhD thesis at Utrecht University. a few months later she returned to Hungary, officially invited by the Reformed Church in Hungary, seconded by the Reformed Mission League of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. She was appointed director of the Protestant Institute for Mission Studies in Budapest, which was established in 1995. She taught courses in a variety of topics related to mission studies at various Hungarian theological seminaries. In 1998 she was also appointed Professor of Missiology by the President of the Republic of Hungary at the Reformed Theological Academy of Pápa. In 2006 the Mission Institute was incorporated into Károli Gáspár Reformed University as the Central and Eastern European Institute for Mission Studies in Budapest. Since 1994 she has been active in a variety of networks for theological and missiology education in Central and Eastern Europe. Since 1998 she has supervised PhD students pursuing a degree at Utrecht University, and since 2003 MTh students working on a Master Degree in Missiology at the University of South Africa.
She is passionate about training and mobilizing the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world, and revitalizing the traditional churches Hungary and neighbouring countries to regain their responsibility in local, urban and rural settings as well as in global missions. She loves to mentor and encourage young people, she sees herself especially as a facilitator and catalyst and with her extensive experience in Christian mission in Central and Eastern Europe is a consultant to many who pursue ministries in the region.
Anne-Marie serves as Regent at Bakke Graduate University since 2006 and has been President of the Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies, an academic network of mission scholars and reflective practitioners since 2002-2015. Anne-Marie’s interests include gardening, biking and skating.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Empires, Nations, Churches: History and National Identity - Intensive Program Erasmus
Today I lectured in the Empires, Nations, Churches: History and National Identity conference, an Intensive Program sponsered by the Erasmus program, organized by the History department of the Károli University. About 20 students attended, from Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and Hungary. There was a very lifely discussion following my presentation. I enjoyed interacting with them!
Download the lecture:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTh2NzZ6Y21udA&hl=en
Download the powerpoint presentation:
http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTlnMzVkbWpkNg&hl=en
Download the lecture:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTh2NzZ6Y21udA&hl=en
Download the powerpoint presentation:
http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTlnMzVkbWpkNg&hl=en
Zendelinge postuum onderscheiden
15-03-2010 11:44 | Van onze correspondent
BOEDAPEST - Ruim zestig jaar na haar dood is Jane Haining, zendelinge van de Kerk van Schotland, vrijdag de Britse medaille Held van de Holocaust postuum toegekend. Haining beschermde tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog Joodse weeskinderen in Boedapest.
De onderscheiding werd vorig jaar ingesteld door de Britse premier Brown voor Britten die hun leven hebben gewaagd om Joden te redden tijdens de Holocaust.
Haining was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog betrokken bij de opvang van ongeveer 400 Joodse meisjes in het tehuis van de Schotse missieschool in de Hongaarse hoofdstad Boedapest.
Ondanks het bevel om naar Schotland terug te keren, bleef de zendelinge de weeskinderen verzorgen.
Haining werd daarom in mei 1944 door de Gestapo naar het concentratiekamp Auschwitz gedeporteerd. Daar overleed ze ongeveer twee maanden later op 47-jarige leeftijd, waarschijnlijk in de gaskamer.
BOEDAPEST - Ruim zestig jaar na haar dood is Jane Haining, zendelinge van de Kerk van Schotland, vrijdag de Britse medaille Held van de Holocaust postuum toegekend. Haining beschermde tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog Joodse weeskinderen in Boedapest.
De onderscheiding werd vorig jaar ingesteld door de Britse premier Brown voor Britten die hun leven hebben gewaagd om Joden te redden tijdens de Holocaust.
Haining was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog betrokken bij de opvang van ongeveer 400 Joodse meisjes in het tehuis van de Schotse missieschool in de Hongaarse hoofdstad Boedapest.
Ondanks het bevel om naar Schotland terug te keren, bleef de zendelinge de weeskinderen verzorgen.
Haining werd daarom in mei 1944 door de Gestapo naar het concentratiekamp Auschwitz gedeporteerd. Daar overleed ze ongeveer twee maanden later op 47-jarige leeftijd, waarschijnlijk in de gaskamer.
Oost-Europa behoeft partnergemeenten
Oost-Europa behoeft partnergemeenten
15-03-2010 10:51 Kerkredactie
Volgens ds. Friedemann Oehme zouden Nederlandse kerken meer contacten moeten aanknopen met gemeenten in Oost-Europa.
UTRECHT – Het uitbreiden van het gezamenlijke Nederlands-Duitse kerkelijke contact met een gemeente in Oost-Europa; dat is het wat ds. Friedemann Oehme voor ogen staat.
De coördinator oecumene van de Evangelisch-Lutherse Landskerk van Saksen sprak zaterdag in Utrecht op de jubileumbijeenkomst van de Landelijke Werkgroep Gemeentecontacten Nederland-Duitsland. Deze werkgroep bestaat 25 jaar en helpt Nederlandse en Duitse gemeenten met hun contacten. Tijdens de ontmoetingsdag presenteerde voorzitter Gerben Dijkstra een jubileumboek. Hij overhandigde het eerste exemplaar aan Egbert Eleveld, de eerste voorzitter van de werkgroep.
In de jaren 1980, rondom de hereniging van de beide Duitslanden, bloeiden de banden tussen kerkelijke gemeenten in Nederland en het oosten van Duitsland. Nu is het aantal van 400 gehalveerd. Dat heeft er onder meer mee te maken dat de gemeenten hun bijzondere positie verloren hebben sinds de omwenteling.
Lees meer: http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1467546/OostEuropa+behoeft+partnergemeenten.html?nieuwsbrief=1
Friday, March 12, 2010
Invitation -- Missiological Research Fellowship Workshop
MISSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOP
Date: April 20th – 21th, 2010 (from Tuesday, Wednesday).
Location: Budapest, CIMS / KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, conference center on the 3rd floor)
Coordinator: Dr. Dorottya Nagy
Facilitators: Dr. Dorottya Nagy and Dr. Anne-Marie Kool
This two-day peer-tutoring, postgraduate workshop in mission studies offers an avenue for PhD students, DMin students and ministers engaged in research investigating topics in theology or/and mission to present their work and receive feedback from an interdisciplinary audience. We encourage those people who are considering starting a PhD program or another research program to join the workshop. Also PhD supervisors are welcome to join the workshop together with their students.
A more detailed description can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTVkc3BybXJjbg&hl=en
Deadline of application: March 27th, 2010.
The registration form can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTZncnJieG1kcA&hl=en
Please forward this email to all those who might be interested!
Further information and application:
Dr. Dorottya Nagy
(dorotti@hotmail.com)
or KMTI / CIMS cims@kre.hu.
Date: April 20th – 21th, 2010 (from Tuesday, Wednesday).
Location: Budapest, CIMS / KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, conference center on the 3rd floor)
Coordinator: Dr. Dorottya Nagy
Facilitators: Dr. Dorottya Nagy and Dr. Anne-Marie Kool
This two-day peer-tutoring, postgraduate workshop in mission studies offers an avenue for PhD students, DMin students and ministers engaged in research investigating topics in theology or/and mission to present their work and receive feedback from an interdisciplinary audience. We encourage those people who are considering starting a PhD program or another research program to join the workshop. Also PhD supervisors are welcome to join the workshop together with their students.
A more detailed description can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTVkc3BybXJjbg&hl=en
Deadline of application: March 27th, 2010.
The registration form can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fMTZncnJieG1kcA&hl=en
Please forward this email to all those who might be interested!
Further information and application:
Dr. Dorottya Nagy
(dorotti@hotmail.com)
or KMTI / CIMS cims@kre.hu.
Kwarteeuw gemeentecontacten met oosterburen
12-03-2010 09:10 Jan van Reenen
Sinds 1979 heeft Gerben Dijkstra uit De Lier contact met Oost-Duitse christenen.
DE LIER – Het aantal kerkelijke gemeenten in Nederland die contact hebben met Oost-Duitse zustergemeenten is de laatste jaren sterk gedaald. Ging het twintig jaar geleden om zo’n 400 gemeenten, nu zijn er nog rond de 200 plaatselijke kerken die wederzijdse banden onderhouden.
„We hebben besloten door te gaan en ons anders te oriënteren”, zegt Gerben Dijkstra uit De Lier, voorzitter van de Landelijke Werkgroep Gemeentecontacten Nederland-Duitsland. De werkgroep bestaat 25 jaar. Morgen heeft in Utrecht een jubileumviering plaats.
Na het ontstaan van de DDR in 1949 kwam de Duitse Evangelische Kerk in een isolement terecht. Toch ontstonden er na verloop van tijd contacten met het Westen. Met name tijdens de zogenoemde Bibelwochen in Berlijn waren er ontmoetingen, ook met Nederlanders die daar aanwezig waren.
Lees verder: http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1467238/Kwarteeuw+gemeentecontacten+met+oosterburen.html?nieuwsbrief=1
Uit: Reformatorisch Dagblad 12 maart 2010
Sinds 1979 heeft Gerben Dijkstra uit De Lier contact met Oost-Duitse christenen.
DE LIER – Het aantal kerkelijke gemeenten in Nederland die contact hebben met Oost-Duitse zustergemeenten is de laatste jaren sterk gedaald. Ging het twintig jaar geleden om zo’n 400 gemeenten, nu zijn er nog rond de 200 plaatselijke kerken die wederzijdse banden onderhouden.
„We hebben besloten door te gaan en ons anders te oriënteren”, zegt Gerben Dijkstra uit De Lier, voorzitter van de Landelijke Werkgroep Gemeentecontacten Nederland-Duitsland. De werkgroep bestaat 25 jaar. Morgen heeft in Utrecht een jubileumviering plaats.
Na het ontstaan van de DDR in 1949 kwam de Duitse Evangelische Kerk in een isolement terecht. Toch ontstonden er na verloop van tijd contacten met het Westen. Met name tijdens de zogenoemde Bibelwochen in Berlijn waren er ontmoetingen, ook met Nederlanders die daar aanwezig waren.
Lees verder: http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1467238/Kwarteeuw+gemeentecontacten+met+oosterburen.html?nieuwsbrief=1
Uit: Reformatorisch Dagblad 12 maart 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Holocaust heroine Jane Haining honoured by Prime Minister - BBC News
Holocaust heroine Jane Haining honoured by PM
Jane Haining refused to leave the children in her care
The family of a Church of Scotland missionary who died in the Nazi gas chambers has received a posthumous award in her honour at Downing Street.
Dumfriesshire-born Jane Haining worked at a Jewish orphanage in Hungary.
She refused to abandon the children in her care after the invasion by German forces in 1944 and was sent to Auschwitz, where she met her death.
Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/8556207.stm
A total of 28 people received the new British Heroes of the Holocaust award from the prime minister.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Continuing Education for Pastors
Invitation
The Central and Eastern European Institute for Mission Studies („CIMS” / „KMTI”) of the Károli Gáspár Reformed University invites you herewith to a workshop and retreat to be held in April 2010, organized in co-operation with the local Church District of the Reformed Church in Hungary, as part of the Long Life Learning program for pastors.
SPIRITUAL DEPTH IN LIFE AND LEADERSHIP
Date: April 12th – 16th (from Monday till Friday).
Location: Budapest, CIMS / KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, conference center on the 3rd floor)
Lecturer: Timothy C. Geoffrion, Ph.D (USA)
This 5 day workshop / retreat will be based on one of Tim’s recent publications „The Spirit-led leader: Nine Leadership Practices and Soul Principles” (Alban 2005).
A more detailed description can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1ampV5iX-QtYTlmYzE2OTQtNTVlYi00MTc2LTkxOTktZTU5MzFlN2NlNmM1&hl=en
Deadline of application: March 29th, 2010.
The registration form can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fNGdmNjZtZnQy&hl=en
Please see the enclosed material, including the application form for further details. Feel free to forward this email to all those who might be interested!
Further information and application:
at KMTI / CIMS
cims@kre.hu (Mrs. Mónika Józsa).
The Central and Eastern European Institute for Mission Studies („CIMS” / „KMTI”) of the Károli Gáspár Reformed University invites you herewith to a workshop and retreat to be held in April 2010, organized in co-operation with the local Church District of the Reformed Church in Hungary, as part of the Long Life Learning program for pastors.
SPIRITUAL DEPTH IN LIFE AND LEADERSHIP
Date: April 12th – 16th (from Monday till Friday).
Location: Budapest, CIMS / KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, conference center on the 3rd floor)
Lecturer: Timothy C. Geoffrion, Ph.D (USA)
This 5 day workshop / retreat will be based on one of Tim’s recent publications „The Spirit-led leader: Nine Leadership Practices and Soul Principles” (Alban 2005).
A more detailed description can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1ampV5iX-QtYTlmYzE2OTQtNTVlYi00MTc2LTkxOTktZTU5MzFlN2NlNmM1&hl=en
Deadline of application: March 29th, 2010.
The registration form can be downloaded from: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fNGdmNjZtZnQy&hl=en
Please see the enclosed material, including the application form for further details. Feel free to forward this email to all those who might be interested!
Further information and application:
at KMTI / CIMS
cims@kre.hu (Mrs. Mónika Józsa).
KMTI Lelkésztovábbképzés
1)
LELKI MÉLYSÉG A HÉTKÖZNAPOKBAN ÉS A SZOLGÁLATBAN
Időpont: 2010. április 12 – 16 (hétfőtől péntekig).
Helyszín: Budapest, KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, 3. emeleti előadóterem).
Előadó: Timothy C. Geoffrion, Ph.D (USA)
A kurzus műhelymunka lesz, amely egyúttal elcsöndesedésre is alkalmat nyújt. A kilenc vezetési gyakorlatot, valamint a hozzájuk tartozó lelki törvényszerűségeket tárgyalja. Ezeket a vezetésben és az egészséges lelki élethez egyaránt nélkülözhetetlen gyakorlatokat és elveket alaposan kifejti a kurzus, és mindezt a mélyebb elgondolkodást segítő kérdések és a megvalósítást segítő gyakorlati javaslatok egészítik ki a kurzusvezető könyvéből („A Lélek által vezetett vezető”).
Jelentkezési határidő: 2010. március 29. (hétfő).
A jelentkezési lap innen tölthető le:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fNjhwa21qZmQ&hl=en
2)
SZOLGÁLAT A TÁRSADALOM PEREMÉN ÉLŐK KÖZÖTT
Időpont: 2010. április 28-29 (szerda-csütörtök).
Helyszín: Budapest, KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, 3. emeleti előadóterem).
Előadók: Rev. Arthur Thangiah (India) és Dani Eszter missziói lelkész (Budapest).
A kurzus célja: az indiai példa nyomán keresni azokat a lehetőségeket, ahogy mi Magyarországon utat találhatunk társadalmunk peremén élő felebarátaink felé.
A jelentkezési lap innen tölthető le:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fN2drd3hzemRn&hl=en
Jelentkezési határidő: 2010. április 12. (hétfő).
Mindkét kurzusról bővebb tájékoztatás a következő helyről tölthető le:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1ampV5iX-QtZGY3ZmUyYjctM2U0NC00OTcxLTkzZGYtMjkzMTJkZWEwOGE4&hl=en
További információ és jelentkezés: KMTI-ben (Józsa Mónika, oktatási referens, Kálvin tér 7.II).
cims@kre.hu.
LELKI MÉLYSÉG A HÉTKÖZNAPOKBAN ÉS A SZOLGÁLATBAN
Időpont: 2010. április 12 – 16 (hétfőtől péntekig).
Helyszín: Budapest, KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, 3. emeleti előadóterem).
Előadó: Timothy C. Geoffrion, Ph.D (USA)
A kurzus műhelymunka lesz, amely egyúttal elcsöndesedésre is alkalmat nyújt. A kilenc vezetési gyakorlatot, valamint a hozzájuk tartozó lelki törvényszerűségeket tárgyalja. Ezeket a vezetésben és az egészséges lelki élethez egyaránt nélkülözhetetlen gyakorlatokat és elveket alaposan kifejti a kurzus, és mindezt a mélyebb elgondolkodást segítő kérdések és a megvalósítást segítő gyakorlati javaslatok egészítik ki a kurzusvezető könyvéből („A Lélek által vezetett vezető”).
Jelentkezési határidő: 2010. március 29. (hétfő).
A jelentkezési lap innen tölthető le:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fNjhwa21qZmQ&hl=en
2)
SZOLGÁLAT A TÁRSADALOM PEREMÉN ÉLŐK KÖZÖTT
Időpont: 2010. április 28-29 (szerda-csütörtök).
Helyszín: Budapest, KMTI (Budapest, XI. ker. Kálvin tér 7, 3. emeleti előadóterem).
Előadók: Rev. Arthur Thangiah (India) és Dani Eszter missziói lelkész (Budapest).
A kurzus célja: az indiai példa nyomán keresni azokat a lehetőségeket, ahogy mi Magyarországon utat találhatunk társadalmunk peremén élő felebarátaink felé.
A jelentkezési lap innen tölthető le:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVampV5iX-QtZGRqd3Iyem1fN2drd3hzemRn&hl=en
Jelentkezési határidő: 2010. április 12. (hétfő).
Mindkét kurzusról bővebb tájékoztatás a következő helyről tölthető le:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1ampV5iX-QtZGY3ZmUyYjctM2U0NC00OTcxLTkzZGYtMjkzMTJkZWEwOGE4&hl=en
További információ és jelentkezés: KMTI-ben (Józsa Mónika, oktatási referens, Kálvin tér 7.II).
cims@kre.hu.
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