The first European Seventh-day Adventist theologians’ conference (called European Theology Teachers’ Convention, ETTC) took place in 1992. In 2015, EASTRS was conceived at the ETTC meeting at Newbold, and in 2017, the Society was officially founded.
These were the places and themes of further ETTC meetings:
YEARS | DATES | PLACES | THEMES |
1992 | Friedensau | ? | |
1994 | Florence | (no overall theme) | |
1996 | Newbold | Christian Spirituality | |
1998 | no meeting | no meeting | |
2001 | April 20–22 | Collonges | (no overall theme) |
2003 | April 11–14 | Bogenhofen | Training Pastors |
2005 | March 16–20 | Belgrade | Beyond Diversity in Contemporary Adventism |
2007 | March 29–April 1 | Friedensau | Finding the “World” in Theology: Empirical Dimensions in the Study of Faith |
2009 | May 27–31 | Zaoksky | SDA Theological Education in the Postmodern World |
2011 | April 27–May 1 | Cernica | Adventist Hermeneutics and Eschatology |
2013 | March 27–31 | Beirut | Translatable Gospel |
2015 | March 25-29 | Newbold | Ecclesia Reformata semper Reformanda |
2017 | April 19–23 | Friedensau | “On the Freedom of a Christian”: Human Accountability and Liberty in the Light of the Reformation |
2019 | April 24–28 | Collonges | Pastoral ministry and ecclesial leadership: A theological exploration |
2021 | March 25 | (Zoom, organized by Newbold College) | Challenges of the Post-Corona World: Responding to Ethical, Sociological, Ecological and Digital Issues |
2023 | March 22–26 | Budapest | Tensions, Conflicts, Wars: “Storms” in the Bible, Church and Society |
2025 | March 19–23 | Sagunto | Re-envisioning the Church in the Digital Age |
2027 | March 17–21 | Maruševec | |