What is the Languageplan project about? With Languageplan, SKIN-Rotterdam connects volunteer language teachers and language buddies with people who want to improve their Dutch. This informal language education takes place in familiar settings, often within religious communities, where people feel safe to learn and practice. What we will be doing in 2026: Religious communities that…
What is the Child Raising Support project about? Through Child Raising Support, SKIN-Rotterdam contributes to healthy families within Christian international communities. We strengthen families in their relationships and parenting and support communities in providing a stable and safe foundation for this. After all, healthy families form the foundation of strong communities, and vice versa. Why…
The project Krachtig Verbonden (Powerfully Connected) focuses on the heart of SKIN-Rotterdam’s mission and aims at empowering Christian international communities to be of value in the Dutch society by stimulating, activating and equipping pastors and (potential) leaders, developing leadership and connecting the communities with each other and with their environment. We do this by: Strengthening…
Een maatjesproject voor leiders van internationale kerken en autochtone christenen, gericht op de vraag naar kerk-zijn in de huidige multiculturele Nederlandse samenleving. Download de methodiek hier.
About the opportunities and pitfalls of joint use of church buildings (in dutch). Many Dutch churches are experiencing decline. It hurts to see that the church is getting emptier, the burdens weighing more and more. When does the time come to dispose of the church building? Many International churches are looking for space for their…
The Guide for Christian International Communities in Rotterdam is a handy and valuable guide with all the contact details of the many international churches in Rotterdam in 2015. The international churches are as diverse as the Rotterdam population. The guide provides an introduction to the unity and (cultural) diversity of the churches, the size and…
The Laurentius dinner is organized once every two years. We will then invite about 600 Rotterdammers who – for whatever reason – have to live at or even below the subsistence minimum for a fantastic meal in the Laurenskerk. That evening they take center stage and are served and welcomed by those more lucky. We’ve…