The Council for East European Theological Education (CEETE) has announced programs for its Academic Leadership Forums on the following subjects:

• "Relations with Sponsors," 13-16 September 2001, Haus Edelweiss, Austria

"Leaders of Eastern and Central European schools do not understand the mentality of Western sponsors and do not completely understand the information that these sponsors expect from them in order to maintain long-term relations. At the same time these leaders of schools also have difficulty distinguishing between the different approaches of sponsors from Western Europe and from North America." The program may be repeated at the biannual EAAA meeting in October 2001.

• "Faculty Leadership and Organization," March 2002, possibly at the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic
 
"Special attention at this meeting will be given to methods and ways of more effectively organizing the work of teachers in theological schools, the problem of teachers' salaries, and the creative potential and strengthening of national faculty."

• "Spiritual Formation of Students," September 2002, Haus Edelweiss, Austria
 
"This meeting will discuss spiritual formation as a component of an academic program and the role of the teacher and local churches in the spiritual formation of students."

• Theological Library Development and Management," March 2003
 
"Special attention will be paid to the use of the Internet in the development of libraries, the development of periodical collections, and the establishment of contacts with international organizations that work in this area."

According to Dorin Dobrincu, research fellow of the Iasi History Institute of the Romanian Academy, little of the history of Evangelical Christians in Romania has been written because of the lack of academic interest in the subject, persecution of Evangelicals by the state and by the Orthodox Church, and the resulting lack of academic training among Evangelicals. Dobrincu plans to write such a history that "would contain the beginnings of Evangelical denominations, the integration of Evangelicals in the Romanian context, and the impact of Evangelicals in Romania. One of the main tasks of the investigation would be the relation between state and church, especially how the state viewed Evangelicals, knowing that the state religion, Orthodoxy, and Romanian leaders had a close relationship, which often burst into persecutions against small denominations." Danut Manastireanu, World Vision International, considers Dobrincu "probably at this time the only Evangelical academic historian in Romania." To inquire about the project contact Professor Dobrincu at the Iasi History Institute of the Romanian Academy, Str. Lascar Catargi, nr. 15, Iasi-6600, Romania; tel: 0040-32-212614; e-mail: xeno@mail.dntis.ro.

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