• Welcome to the International Protestant Church of Brussels

    At IPC, EVERY person is welcome, for we celebrate the fact that no-one is excluded from God’s love

  • IPC is a different kind of congregation

    We celebrate our diversity; we are intentionally interdenominational and intentionally international.

    We see our diversity as a strength, reflecting the wonderful spectrum of God’s creation in the world around us.

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Join us in our inclusive church. Everyone is welcome.

The IPC Brussels

What’s new at IPC

January 2025

We wish you a happy New Year. Please join us every Sunday at 11:15 for worship.

Save the Date!

05 January:  Epiphany Sunday — plan to stay after worship to take down our Christmas decorations.

11 January:  Brabant Francophone district meets, Clabecq, 9:30.

12 January:  Baptism of the Lord, worship at 11:15.

15 January:  Book group resumes, 20:30.

18 January:  Women of the Church, 10:30.

25 January:  Men of the Church meet for breakfast, 9:30.

Any questions?

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Our Life at IPC

Welcome!

We have a full program of Choir, Worship, and Fellowship every Sunday, with special events held throughout the year. There are also a variety of educational and fellowship events every week.

Children’s Sunday School is available as needed —  children and their teacher leave for Sunday School immediately following the Anthem.

Women of the Church meetings are held monthly on a Saturday morning. Watch the website or the Weekend Watch email for details!

Men of the Church meet twice a month on Fridays for drinks and snacks, and meet one Saturday a month for breakfast.

We celebrated our 100th anniversary in 2023. Our congregation began with a series of meetings in 1922, ending in the laying of a cornerstone on November 9, 1923, at a church on the Champs de Mars in downtown Brussels. We are excited to begin our second century!

Mission of the Month, January 2025

Teacher training in Madagascar’s church schools

A widely recognized key to a nation’s or region’s development is access to quality education. Equipped with education, people become better parents, reducing infant mortality and disease, encouraging better school attendance, and being more able to provide a nurturing environment for their children.

Research shows that educated people often have fewer children to care for, find more employment, and make more money. They are better able to diversify their wealth, use personal wealth in ways that benefit their children and family, and participate more effectively in civic engagement. In short, educated people enjoy an improved quality of life. Other things can and do contribute to these outcomes, but education is believed to work towards these ends almost anywhere where it occurs or where its quality is improved.

In a pilot program in one of Madagascar’s church-run schools, test scores improved from an average of 60% correct to more than 90% after the introduction of Evidence-Based Methods of Instruction, or EBMI, was begun at the request of the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM). The EBMI program has expanded beyond the pilot program, and the FJKM needs funds to extend it to the church’s more than 700 primary and secondary schools. The program needs about 1,000 euros a month to pay for teacher educator coaches and staff. Our gifts can help educate future generations and lift them out of poverty. Thank you for your generosity!

Please note our new bank account numbers!

How can we support the International Protestant Church of Brussels?

Please direct virement (transfer) deposits to the following accounts:

Fortis: IBAN:  BE28 0019 8876 3920 (Pledges and congregational support)

Fortis: IBAN:  BE81 0019 8876 4324 (for Missions giving)

Read more at  https://ipcbrussels.org/mission-of-the-month/