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Eglise Protestante Unie de Belgique
Verenigde Protestantse Kerk in Belgie
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United Protestant Church of Belgium
EPUB/VPKB
5, rue du Champ de Mars
1050 Bruxelles
Belgium (Europe)
Telephone: +32 2 511 4471
Fax: +32 2 511 2890
Email: uniprobel@skynet.be
president@epub.be
Address-No.: 1259 / 6020
Information in the internet:
URL: http://www.protestanet.be
Languages of the website: French, Dutch
 In 1969 the Union of Evangelical Protestant Churches joined with the Belgian Conference of the United Methodist Church to become the Protestant Church of Belgium. Negotiations with the Belgian Christian Missionary Church and the Belgian District of the Gereformeerde Kerken in the Netherlands (GKN) led finally to the official constitution, on September 30, l978, of the United Protestant Church of Belgium (UPCB). Belgian Protestantism, though in the minority, has significantly contributed to the missionary movement (former Zaire, Rwanda). Today, the UPCB is particularly active in promoting the integration of immigrants and refugees.
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The church is engaged in the Organe de Concertation entre Chrétiens et Juifs de Belgique
Diaconal institutions:
Social protestant centres and social centres for immigrants
Publication:
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Statistic data of church
Members |
total: 40000 |
Parishes |
(conventionally): 109 |
house fellowships |
(Number of growing parishes): 9 |
Ordained clergy |
total: 83 |
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Men: 74 |
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Women: 9 |
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women´s ordination |
Elders/Presbyters |
total: 0 |
Deacons |
total: 0 |
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deacons available |
Missionaries |
total: 0 |
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missionaries do not working abroad |
Baptismal practise |
infant and believer´s baptism
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Godparents |
godparents
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Lord's Supper |
Frequency per annum: 16
once a month + Christian feasts |
Newspapers/ Periodicals |
Publication of magazines |
Theological training facilities |
Number: 1 |
Schools providing general education |
no information about other schools |
Founded in |
1978 |
Organizational structures |
local church-district-Synod-Assembly |
Traditional type |
- reformed
- congregational
- methodist
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Official languages |
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Confessions |
- 25 Articles of Religion
- Apostles´ Creed
- Athanasian Creed
- Confessio Augustana (1530)
- Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
- Leuenberg Concordia (1973)
- Nicene Creed (381)
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International assiciations
Regional assiciations
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Members and partners:
last update: 09.02.2006
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