by Craig Nash | Oct 3, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The International Baptist Theological Study Centre (IBTS) in Amsterdam began a new season by welcoming Dr. Enoh Šeba as its director on October 1, 2024. Šeba succeeds Dr. Mike Pears, who had held the position since 2018. In addition, IBTS and Good Faith Media (GFM)...
by Victoria Jones | Oct 2, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
“And that is why we don’t allow women to teach men.” The man in the white polo shirt says this as if it’s a matter of fact. There’s nothing to see here, folks. I set my sandwich down in its small cardboard box, optimism draining from my limbs. I had thought this...
by Gustavo Santos | Apr 30, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
I was over the moon when I first received my acceptance letter to a Ph.D. program at a prestigious European university. Yet, the excitement soon gave way to pragmatism as I grappled with the realities of the costs involved. As an international student living in...
by Erica Whitaker | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
I love being a Baptist, because being Baptist is all about freedom— freedom of worship, freedom of belief, freedom that’s for all people. Every January, I leave the cold lands of my Kentucky home and return to the place where Baptists began. Amsterdam is a city less...
by Toivo Pilli | Aug 4, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
When the Second World War was over, European Baptists faced new challenges. Many churches needed to be rebuilt, both as buildings and as communities. Theological education offered hope and vision for the future. However, in some countries, such as the Soviet Union,...
