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Ecology and Social Responsibility Conference First of Its Kind in Serbia


The 2023 Ecology and Social Responsibility Conference, which gathered Christians from Serbia and neighboring countries to proclaim their faith-based responsibility to care for creation, was the first of its kind in Serbia....

Register now for Ecology and Social Responsibility!


Join Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation and PHZ Church for a conference on Ecology and Social Responsibility, 6 October – 8 October in Novi Sad. This will be the first time in Serbia that Christians will come together to make a faithful declaration about the importance of caring for creation and protecting the environment....

Ecology and Social Responsibility Conference in Novi Sad


ROM is pleased to announce we will be hosting a conference on the importance of environmental stewardship in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 6–8 October. To help raise awareness about the vital importance of caring for the Earth, ROM is hosting a conference in Novi Sad. This conference will be the first of its kind in Serbia in which Christians will make a public ...

ROM 2023 Equips Young Leaders to Pursue Peace


Over the last week of June and the first week of July, 44 participants from 15 countries came together in Crikvenica, Croatia to learn how to be agents of change in their communities and throughout the world. Through talks led by sixteen speakers with a wide range of backgrounds, small group discussions, and interactive workshops, attendees of ROM’s annual gathering ...

Meet Your ROM 2023 Speakers


Renewing Our Minds (ROM) is excited to announce the speaker lineup for its 2023 Gathering, held June 25–July 6 in Crikvenica, Croatia. This annual peace camp transforms leaders by deepening their knowledge of peacebuilding and teaching them ways to work toward restoration and reconciliation...

ROM Leadership Forum in Albania: Learning, Connecting, Growing


The first ROM Leadership Forum took place in Tirana, Albania, March 24-26, 2023. The Forum was organized in partnership with the Forum for Democracy and Ethics (FDE), and brought together 30 young leaders and speakers from Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Romania, North Macedonia, US, and the UK. The theme of the conference was "Leadership in Times of Crisis," and the...

ROM & EDI Regathering


A ROM and EDI Regathering brought together 50 participants from 11 countries from the past 20+ years of both programs in Crikvenica, Croatia, October 12-16, 2022. The goal of this event was to come together to renew old friendships and form new ones, share and receive encouragement and new vision and motivation in bridging divides and serving the needs of their communities, and to talk about how to apply the principles of ROM and EDI to current challenges....

ROM 2022 Summer Gathering United Young Leaders in a Divided Country


The goal of the Renewing Our Minds (ROM) summer gathering that took place in Trebinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina August 6-20, 2022 was to equip ROM participants to return to their communities as bridge-builders and peacemakers, seeking to bring unity to communities divided along ethnic, religious, or socio-economic lines. The fifty participants were young leaders from 16 countries, including students and young professionals in...

ROM 2021 SUMMER GATHERING


This year’s Renewing Our Minds (ROM) gathering brought together about 45 young leaders from the Balkans and beyond July 1-15, 2021 in Crikvenica, Croatia. The program focused on identity, forgiveness, reconciliation, and leadership based on the principles of Jesus. The interactive program took the participants on a journey from “Who is Jesus?” and “Who am I?” to help them see those around...

Renewing Our Minds Regional Gathering in Cluj, Romania


“This weekend with you all nourished me so much, and gave me a lot of strength to go ahead Becoming Ambassadors for a Better World event in Cluj, Romania in early October.The event was organized by Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation, in partnership with the Polylogos Association and the European Christian Political Movement. ...


Ministry Video Highlights 2019


Let me share five video reports we have produced in 2019 that highlight several aspects of the Renewing Our Minds (ROM) ministry in 2019 as well as partnerships connected with ROM in various ways. ROM20 #3, Jesus Plus Nothing: Since its birth in 1999 ROM - Renewing Our Minds ministry has always remained faithful to …

ROM THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS CELEBRATION LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AWAY


Preparations and registrations are well on the way at this time for the 1999-2019 ROM (Renewing Our Minds) Celebration Gathering, to take place in Ohrid, Macedonia, 29thJuly to 5thAugust, 2019. This leadership and reconciliation gathering, under the banner “20 Years of Empowering Ambassadors for a Better …

DOCUMENT: MEMORANDUM ON THE ROM INTEGRATION FORUM


Dear Friends, In October last year the organizers of the ROM (Renewing Our Minds) Integration Forum released the Croatian edition of the Memorandum on the ROM Integration Forum, with conclusions and recommendations for …

New Video Report: Transformation


For many years this house was a home of drug addicts and prostitutes. After several moths of hard work and some opposition the work of the building transformation is almost complete. Mihal Kreko shares the latest video update. Hope House March 2019 Report...



MEDIA ALLIANCE OF ZIMBABWE (MAZ) STATEMENT ON THE INTERNET SHUTDOWN


John Masuku, a seasoned and senior radio broadcaster, producer and journalist in Zimbabwe, and a member of the international community of ROM - Renewing Our Minds friends, sent us today the following statement issued jointly by a number of prominent media organizations in Zimbabwe. …

Video Feature: Where are They Now?


Three years ago the Renewing Our Minds volunteers witnessed the incoming waves of refugees entering Europe via the Balkan route, and crossing Serbia and Croatia. We were only a small part of a much bigger effort that engaged churches, faith based organization, non-profits and individuals who dedicated days, weeks and months, and some of them …