The conference starts on Sunday afternoon, June 1st, at 3:00 PM and ends on Wednesday, June 4th, at 2:00 PM. See the entire (provisional) program below.
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, SINGELKERK, AMSTERDAM & MENNORODE, ELSPEET
Jubilee service 500 years of Anabaptism with Merlyn Hyde Riley (General Secretary Jamaica Baptist Union) at the Singelkerk, Amsterdam
Dinner at Conference Center "Mennorode", Elspeet
Introduction to the Conference and Evening Prayer
MONDAY, JUNE 2, MENNORODE, ELSPEET
Breakfast
Morning prayer
Biblestudy by Helen Paynter (Tutor in Biblical Studies at Bristol Baptist College, United Kingdom)
Plenary session 1: Radical? With Sarah Augustine (Executive Director and co-founder of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery)
Coffeebreak
Parallel sessions
Break
Lunch
Plenary session 2: Renewal? With Betty Ruth Lozano (Colombia)
Break
Parallel sessions
Break
Dinner
Interactive review of the day and evening prayer
Drinks and talks
TUESDAY, JUNE 3, MENNORODE, ELSPEET & VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT, AMSTERDAM
Breakfast
Morning prayer
Biblestudy by Eh Tar Gay (President of Myanmar Institute of Theology in Yangon, Myanmar and Professor of New Testament Studies)
Plenary session 3: Witnessing? With Siaka Traoré (Burkina Faso)
Coffeebreak
Parallel sessions
Lunch
Busses leave for Amsterdam
Arrival at Vrije Universiteit, coffee/tea
Symposium at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, with Willie James Jennings (USA)
Dinner
Martin Luther King Lecture by Willie James Jennings with Azza Karam and Dion Forster
Busses leave for Mennorode
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, MENNORODE, ELSPEET
Breakfast
Morning prayer
Biblestudy by Nindyo Sasongko (Indonesia, currently Theologian in Residence at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship in New York City, USA)
Plenary session 4: Hope? With Gabriel Stephen (Nigeria/Norway)
Coffeebreak
Parallel sessions
Closing session with prayers and plans
Lunch
Departure