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News

October
2009 Council.
The EEAA Council met in at the end of the General Assembly/ICETE
Consultation in Sopron. The following items are extracted from our minutes.
1.
Accreditation Director.
Dr Bernhard Ott is now a (part-time) member of the EEAA staff. His role will be
that of Accreditation Director, which means that from now on, he will be
responsible for all accreditation issues. His office will be in Korntal (DE)
and he can be contacted at
accreditation@eeaa.eu. The EEAA Coordinator, Marvin Oxenham, will assist
Bernhard in the logistics of his work, so all correspondence should also be
copied to him.
2.
Council member representing Eastern Europe.
We are very glad to announce that Dr Peter Penner has made himself available to
serve as EEAA Council member representing Eastern Europe. Dr. Penner will also
serve as an important liaison between the EEAA and the E-AAA.
3.
Consultation Visit fee.
EEAA Council members are increasingly being invited by schools for consultation
purposes. While this is a welcome opportunity of service, the Council has felt
it necessary to introduce a fee for these visitations. It was decided that we
charge 200€ a day per person regardless of travel time but travel costs in
addition. The fee will be effective from 1st January 2010. This to be
distinguished from courtesy, orientation, candidacy, accreditation and review
visits. A complete listing of EEAA visits and fees can be found at
http://www.eeaa.eu/fees.htm.
4.
Our UK schools are aware of the conversation over the possibility of the
EEAA becoming an approved accreditation body by the UK Border Agency for
the purposes of Tier4 licensing. Misgivings about the wisdom of becoming
such an accrediting agency were not solved during the meeting so, given that
most schools are now accredited for the next 5 years, and consequently there may
not be a significant demand for some time, it was decided that we would pursue,
without commitment, further information from Ofsted and UKBA over the next six
months prior to the next council meeting.
5.
Board of Reference.
Our chairman, Dr Paul Sanders, will begin making contacts with key
personalities and representatives of European evangelicals in order to establish
an EEAA Board of Reference.
6.
There has been enthusiasm for the idea of establishing a Post Graduate
Certificate in Theological Education. Our Network Director, Dr. Graham
Cheesman, will put together a detailed proposals and executive plans. For more
information you can contact him at
network@eeaa.eu.
7.
In view of some queries on legal nomenclature issues in Germany,
it was agreed that at present, the EEAA will give schools the option of
receiving a letter of certification rather than certificates. The EEAA will be
1) seeking formal advice from the German Ministry, 2) contacting the ABHE
(Association of Biblical Higher Education in the USA) to enquire on the
possibilities of acceptable comparability and 3) investigating the possibility
of verification of the level of certificates on request by an individual
student.
9.
General Assembly 2011.
It was agreed that we pursue the option of holding our biannual meeting in
London. Tentative dates 27-29 October 2011 (the audio files of the sessions of
our General Assembly/ICETE Consultation 2009 in Sopron are now available at
http://www.eeaa.eu/webcast.htm).

Membership
and accreditation news (April 2009)
Membership The following schools have been accepted as EEAA
Members:
- Belfast Bible College (Belfast)
- Seminário Teológico Baptista (Lisbon)
- The Bible Institute of the Christian Baptist Church in
Bosnia-Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
- Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians (FEET)
(Associate member)

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