Past Regional Conferences

Past regional conferences reflect our shared journey of learning, encounter and diaconal collaboration across Africa and Europe.

September 2023: Neuendettelsau, Germany

Theme: “Hope in a fragile world”, 6th to 10th September 2023

June 2019: Edinburgh, Scotland – 25th Anniversary of DRAE

Theme: “For Such a Time as This.” 19th to 24th of June 2019 More information here.

July 2015: Kongshaug, Norway

Theme: “The Eye of the Storm.” Diaconia – the biblical challenge for the whole church in the world we live in”. More information here.

July 2011: Moshi, Tanzania

Theme: “Help from beyond the Mountain.”

June 2007: Basel, Switzerland

Theme: “Friendship – a gift to share – diaconal calling.”

October 2003: Beni Sueff, Egypt

Theme: “Stranger in a Foreign Land”