2020

  • In February the Center for Biblical Research held their second roundtable in the series Conversations on Saturdays where dr. sc.  Boris Havel spoke
  • In February the panel Marriage: Shaping Children’s Character in a Family Environment was held with panelists dr. sc. Danijel Berković, Sanja Roškar, professor of psychology, and Željka and Igor Strejček.
  • On March 6, the new book Exponentially was launched and presented.
  • In March due to the difficult circumstances caused by COVID-19, we continued our regular work from home preparing and maintaining online teachings and regularly posting content on social media.
  • In May Goran Medved and Ervin Budiselić held an online course Charismatic Theology
  • In May our director Perry L. Stepp was elected to the scientific title of Research Associate in Humanities – in the field of theology.
  • In April the first issue our our theological journal Kairos (volume 14) was published.
  • July 1 Ervin Budiselić defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Ljubljana on the topic Aspects of The Biblical Concept of Witness and The Specific Understanding of The Concept in The Writings of Luke.
  • On July 15th Ervin Budiselić’s the first book Key Biblical themes from the series How not to get lost in the Bible was published
  • In September and October, Perry Stepp held a lecture on the gospel of Matthew and Paul’s letter to Titus at the Baptistengemeinde Church in Graz, Austria.
  • In September and October, a series of film evenings titled That the World May Know with Ray Vander Laan was held. The film evenings took place at the Church of Christ in Kušlanova. The hosts were Judita Kraljik and Dr. Ervin Budiselić.
  • In October and November, our lecturers Ervin Budiselić and Goran Medved began the first cycle of the Advanced Bible Knowledge program, which is approved by the European Council for Theological Education. Lectures were held on October 9th and 10th and November 20th and 21st at the Church of Christ Živa nada in Split, covering topics: The Bible: What You Might Not Know, The Life and Ministry of Jesus, 1 Corinthians, and The Life and Growth of the Church.
  • As part of the winter semester in October, lectures began on Biblical Hebrew I (Dr. Danijel Berković), New Testament Greek I (Nino Brozinčević), and The Book of Jonah (Danijel Berković), organized by the Center for Biblical Research.
  • On October 6th a book promotion for Dr. Ervin Budiselić’s book Key Biblical Topics by was held at the Church of Christ in Kušlanova. Other speakers were Goran Medved and pastors Mislav Ilić and Ratko Medan.
  • In November, the second issue of the 14th volume of the evangelical-theological journal Kairos was published.
  • In December, as part of the Biblica Croatica library, we published the third translation of the Psalms by Fra Luka Polovinović Bračanin from 1598.
  • At the very end of December, we quickly responded and provided assistance to those affected by the December 29, 2020 earthquake in the Banovina area by directly sending collected financial aid, and in cooperation with Church of Christ, donated 4 generators, fuel, and oil to those in need in Glina, Petrinja, Mošćenica, the “Green Valley” camp, and the “Bijelnik” camp.
  • On the last day of 2020, we wished a happy and long retirement to our dear and long-time professor of church theology and history of theology and editor of the evangelical-theological journal Kairos, Dr. Stanko Jambrek. He will remain actively involved in our work.