Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will host the annual W. Don McClure Lectures in Mission and Evangelism Sept. 24-25, 2012. Anne-Marie Kool, Professor of Missiology at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, and president of Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies, Budapest, will address “European Churches’ Perspectives on Mission Among the Roma People.”

Sept. 24 events include lectures at 11:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. The World Mission Initiative Dinner will also be held at 6:00 p.m. Kool will present the chapel service Sept. 25 at 11:30 a.m.

These lectures are free and open to the public. To attend the WMI dinner, guests must pre-register and cost is $12 per person. Contact the Office of Continuing Education at 412-924-1345 or ConEd@pts.edu with questions or to register for the dinner. Registration and payment are also accepted online.

Kool taught previously at Reformed Theological Academy in Pápa, Hungary, and the Reformed Bible School in Zeist, the Netherlands. She also served as director of the Protestant Institute for Mission Studies in Budapest as a missionary within the Netherlands Reformed Church at the Reformed Mission league (GZB), Driebergen, the Netherlands. A native of the Netherlands, Kool completed her M.Th. and a Ph.D. at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and her Dr.habil. (Professor’s degree) at the Reformed University of Divinity in Debrecen, Hungary. Kool’s research interests include the Hungarian protestant foreign mission movement from 1756-1951, the mission of the protestant churches in Central and Eastern Europe, missionary ecclesiology, ethnic minority churches in Central and Eastern Europe, and Roma and church relations in Central and Eastern Europe. Her numerous publications include both articles and chapters on all of these topics. Since 2008, she has served as co-editor of ACTA MISSIOLOGIAE, Journal for Reflection on Missiological Issues and Mission Practice in Central and Eastern Europe. Kool has spoken frequently in Hungary and throughout the world. Kool is a Regent of Bakke Graduate University in Seattle, Wash., and a member of the International Association for Mission studies (IaMs).

For video of her lectures:
I. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9tW59YrLAc
II.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GpTduyLn-8
III.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfd1wWWGh3Y

The 2012 W. Mc Clure Lectures on World Mission at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Source: http://pts.edu/2012_McClure_Lectures

2012 McClure Lectures

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will host the annual W. Don McClure Lectures in Mission and Evangelism Sept. 24-25, 2012. Anne-Marie Kool, Professor of Missiology at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, and president of Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies, Budapest, will address “European Churches’ Perspectives on Mission Among the Roma People.”

Sept. 24 events include lectures at 11:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. The World Mission Initiative Dinner will also be held at 6:00 p.m. Kool will present the chapel service Sept. 25 at 11:30 a.m.

These lectures are free and open to the public. To attend the WMI dinner, guests must pre-register and cost is $12 per person. Contact the Office of Continuing Education at 412-924-1345 orConEd@pts.edu with questions or to register for the dinner. Registration and payment are also accepted online.

Kool taught previously at Reformed Theological Academy in Pápa, Hungary, and the Reformed Bible School in Zeist, the Netherlands. She also served as director of the Protestant Institute for Mission Studies in Budapest as a missionary within the Netherlands Reformed Church at the Reformed Mission league (GZB), Driebergen, the Netherlands. A native of the Netherlands, Kool completed her M.Th. and a Ph.D. at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and her Dr.habil. (Professor’s degree) at the Reformed University of Divinity in Debrecen, Hungary. Kool’s research interests include the Hungarian protestant foreign mission movement from 1756-1951, the mission of the protestant churches in Central and Eastern Europe, missionary ecclesiology, ethnic minority churches in Central and Eastern Europe, and Roma and church relations in Central and Eastern Europe. Her numerous publications include both articles and chapters on all of these topics. Since 2008, she has served as co-editor of ACTA MISSIOLOGIAE, Journal for Reflection on Missiological Issues and Mission Practice in Central and Eastern Europe. Kool has spoken frequently in Hungary and throughout the world. Kool is a Regent of Bakke Graduate University in Seattle, Wash., and a member of the International Association for Mission studies (IaMs).

The McClure Lectures in Mission and Evangelism honor the Rev. Dr. W. Don McClure, a 1934 graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, who served as a missionary in Africa for nearly 50 years. Born in Blairsville, Pa., McClure began teaching in Khartoum in 1928, upon graduating from Westminster College. After studying at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, he returned with his wife, Lyda, to Sudan to evangelize among the Shulla people. He was shot to death by guerrillas in 1977.

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a graduate professional institution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Founded in 1794, the Seminary is located in Pittsburgh, Pa. and approximately 310 students are enrolled yearly in the degree programs. The Seminary prepares leaders who proclaim with great joy God’s message of good news in both word and deed. PTS is rooted in the Reformed history of faithfulness to Scripture and commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Communique of the Károli University

COMMUNIQUE - KÖZLEMÉNY



C O M M U N I Q U E


The Senate of the Gáspár Károli University of the Reformed Church in Hungary in its Resolution No 95/2012, dated 22nd of June, 2012 dissolved the Central and Eastern European Institute for Mission Studies (CIMS) and entrusted the Faculty of Theology to take over and close down its duties. The resolution entered in force on 1st of July, 2012.

However, the Faculty of Theology sees no possibilities of taking over the CIMS’s programs for the time being, therefore the Rector’s Office took charge of the continuous and uninterrupted operation of the CIMS’s programs and CIMS’s public relations.

By right of the Senate Resolution the University management initiated and conducted discussions with Dr. Anne-Marie Kool, Director of CIMS on the conditions of the upcoming handover of CIMS.
The handover has been decided to take place 29th of June, 2012. At this time, the University management attempted the takeover of CIMS’s organization and ongoing affairs, but – having faced grave deficiencies in the course of the procedure – was unable to realise the task. The process of the takeover shall reach completion until 31th of August, 2012.

The administrative matters of CIMS shall be governed by Adrienne Kapitány, operative administrator ( kapitany.adrienne@kre.hu ) and dr. Gergely Bohátka, general secretary ( bohatka.gergely@kre.hu ).


Budapest, 6th of July, 2012

dr. Gergely Bohátka
General Secretary


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K Ö Z L E M É N Y


A Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem Szenátusa 95/2012. (VI.22.) számú határozatával 2012. július hó 01. napi hatállyal megszüntette a Közép- és Kelet- Európai Missziói Tanulmányi Intézetet (KMTI).
A Szenátus a KMTI feladatainak átvételével, illetve lezárásával a Hittudományi Kart bízta meg. A Kar azonban egyelőre nem lát lehetőséget a feladatok átvételére, ezért 2012. július 1-jétől az Egyetem Rektori Hivatala vette át a folyó ügyek intézését és a kapcsolattartást.

A szenátusi határozat alapján az egyetemi vezetőség egyeztetést kezdeményezett és folytatott Dr. Anne-Marie Kool KMTI intézetvezetővel az átadás-átvétel feltételeiről.

Az átadás-átvétel lebonyolítására 2012. június hó 29-én került sor. Ekkor az Egyetem megkísérelte a KMTI szervezetének és ügyeinek átvételét, azonban az eljárás során tapasztalt komoly hiányosságokra tekintettel az átvétel nem zárult le. A folyamat lezárására 2012. augusztus 31. napjáig kerül sor.

A KMTI ügyeivel kapcsolatosan a továbbiakban Kapitány Adrienne ügyvivő ( kapitany.adrienne@kre.hu ), illetve dr. Bohátka Gergely főtitkár ( bohatka.gergely@kre.hu ) foglalkoznak.


Budapest, 2012. július hó 06. napján

dr. Bohátka Gergely
főtitkár

Source: http://www.kre.hu/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=298:communique-koezlemeny&catid=1:friss-hirek

CIMS closed

Megszűnik a KMTI

2012. június 27., szerda
Bezárják a Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem mellett működő Közép- és Kelet-európai Missziói Tanulmányi Intézetet. Az egyetem magyar és angol nyelvű közleményét olvashatják.

KÖZLEMÉNY
A Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem vezetése sajnálattal kell bejelentse, hogy a felsőoktatásban zajló változások következtében maga is nehéz igazgatási, szervezeti lépésekre kényszerül. E folyamat részeként született meg 2012. június 22-én a Közép- és Kelet-európai Missziói Tanulmányi Intézet bezárásáról szóló, a feladatok ellátását az egyetem keretén belül biztosító, 2012. július 1-től hatályos szenátusi döntés is.
A KRE vezetése hálás a KMTI 6 éves működéséért, különösen annak vezetőjének, prof. dr.Kool Anne-Marienak. Egyetemünk nemzetközi hírnevét a missziológia területén nyújtott magas színvonalú képzéssel és nemzetközi konferenciákkal öregbítette.
Egyetemünk elkötelezett a megkezdett munka folytatását illetően. Ennek záloga a Hittudományi Kar. Az előttünk álló feladatokat, szerződéses kötelezettségeket és a már megfogalmazott jövőre vonatkozó terveket a teológiai fakultás tekinti át és hozza összhangba a lehetőségeinkkel, meglévő erőforrásainkkal.
Egyetemünk határozott szándéka, hogy a KMTI által kiépített szakmai kapcsolatokat megőrizze és küldetését e külföldi szervezetekkel is együttműködve folytassa.
A Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem vezetése, Budapest, 2012. június 26.
COMMUNIQUÉ ON CIMS To whom it may concern

The Leadership of KároliGáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (KRE) announces with regret that due to the major changes in higher education in Hungary, and as part of its restructuring process has found it necessary to close down the Central and Eastern European Institute for Mission Studies (CIMS), and to reorganize its function within the University. The Senate of the University made a formal decision on June 22, which will take effect on July 1, 2012.

KRE is grateful for the work and service of CIMS and especially to its director Dr. Anne-Marie Kool. CIMS in its 6 years of existence within KRE has added an internationally recognised value to the work of the University by high standard education and conferences on Missiology. The University is dedicated to carry on the projects and programs of CIMS within its Faculty of Theology.The Theological Faculty of the Károli University will review and manage the agreements, on-going projects and any planned future actions of CIMS. However, striking the balance between existing resources and duties/obligations is a primary task now.The University is devoted to continue the contacts with the partners of CIMS and hopes to work for furthering the cause of Missiology in fellowship with our partners abroad.

The Leadership of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

Budapest, 26th June, 2012

Source: http://reformatus.hu/mutat/megszunik-a-kmti/