Dear friends,

Welcome to Areopagus!

The Areopagus Centre is a nongovernmental, non-profit organisation seeking to study the religious phenomena and to contribute to the enhancement of the role played by the religious communities in Romania and South Eastern Europe.

The Centre functions across denominational boundaries, offering an ideal framework for dialogue and cooperation between the various religious groups and traditions of Romania.

Areopagus was founded in 1997 by a group of Christians preoccupied to present the Gospel in a relevant way to our contemporary society and culture. It was constituted as an association of 28 members which included Christians from all walks of life: theologians, medical doctors, professors, business people, pastors, missionaries, etc.

Today the Centre enjoys high recognition both nationally and internationally, its activities being already mentioned in scholarly articles such as "Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: The Status of an Emerging Global Dialogue", in Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology: Vol. 1, Spring, 2000.

Also, in a message, the General Secretary of the Council of Europe, Dr. Walter Schwimmer, mentioning Areopgaus said:

They act as a driving force and bring together the essential partners for dialogue.

I am confident that the Romanian experience, and în particular the experience of the different cultural and religious communities living together here în Timisoara, will provide useful insight for our common work at the European level. (Walter Schwimmer, "Democracy and Religion", 31 mai 2002)

We hope that visiting us you will like us, and thus you will always come back to Areopagus with great pleasure.

Yours ever,
Dr. Silviu Rogobete,
The President of the General Assembly of the Areopagus Center