Central/Southern Europe Regional Evangelism Seminar 

Varna, Bulgaria January 5-15, 2003

Eighty-Eight (88) world leaders attended including Central Southern European and English-speaking Methodist Bishops, clergy, lay and evangelism leaders.  Delegates attended from Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, the USA and Yugoslavia.  These delegates created a plan for evangelism in the region.  

PROGRAM:

• Theological Studies, Training in Evangelism Ministries

• Planning Evangelism Strategies for the New Millennium

• Lectures, Workshops, Discussion Groups, Wesley Groups, Dynamic Worship, Evangelistic Preaching, Cultural Interchange

Keynote Speakers

• Superintendent Bedros Altunian
    Evangelism In Bulgaria And The Balkans

• Rev. Wilfried Bolay
    Evangelism Through Tent Ministry

• Bishop Heinrich Bolleter
    Mission In Eastern Europe And The Balkans

• Bishop Heinrich Bolleter
    Vision For Evangelism In Eastern Europe and The Balkans

• Dr. W. Harrison Daniel
    Virtual To Vital Community
• Dr. W. Harrison Daniel
    Wesleyan Principles For Local Mission
• Dr. H. Eddie Fox & Dr. George E. Morris
    Faith-Sharing: I, II, III & IV
• Dr. Winston O. R. Worrell
    Biblical Grounding For Organizing the Local Congregation For Evangelism
• Dr. Winston O. R. Worrell
    Organizing The Local Congregation For Comprehensive Evangelization
• Panel From Region I
    Effectively Reaching Minorities For Christ
• Panel From Region II
    Effectively Reaching Minorities For Christ
• Panel From Region III
    Effectively Reaching Minorities For Christ
• Panel From Region IV
    Effectively Reaching Minorities For Christ

STRATEGIES:

Delegates from participant churches shared current evangelism materials from their churches with each other – in Bulgarian, German and English.  Creative strategies for evangelism were proposed and delegates signed a covenant to carry our specific evangelism ministries in the future.

DISCOVER SESSIONS:

• Rev. Bedros Altunian  
          - Follow-up Discussion on: “Evangelism in Bulgaria and the Balkans”
• Rev. Wilfried Bolay  
          - Follow-up Discussion on: “Evangelism through Tent Ministry"
• Bishop Heinrich Bolleter  
          - Follow-up Discussion on: “Mission in Eastern Europe and the Balkans”
• Bishop Heinrich Bolleter  
          - “International Partnerships and Local Solidarity”
• Dr. W. Harrison Daniel  
          - Follow-up Discussion on: “Virtual to Virtual Community”
• Dr. W. Harrison Daniel  
          - Follow-up Discussion on:  “Wesleyan Principles for Local Mission”
• Dr. H. Eddie Fox  
          - “Invitational Preaching”
• Dr. George E. Morris  
          - “Theological Criteria for Evangelism”
• Dr. Winston O. R. Worrell  
          - “Gifts of the Spirit in the Bible“
• Dr. Winston O. R. Worrell  
         - “Methods of Evangelism in the New Testament”