A letter for you – March 2018
Dear friend of the BEM, ‘I’m intelligent and I like to use my mind. I thought intelligent people didn’t believe in God.’ These are the words of David Vanpachtenbeke who tells his story in this issue of ‘Ralph.’ We hear…
Trees of life
[by Luc Salsac, Director for the French-speaking ministries] Human history in this world begins and ends with a tree, the tree of life. We find it at the very beginning of the Bible (Genesis 2 v.9), in the middle of…
News in brief – March 2018
New recruits Our urgent appeal for a new co-worker for the administration department has been heard! Rianne comes from the Netherlands and is married to Stephen, who’s from South Africa. He will soon be joining the B.E.M. maintenance team. “We…
New life in Jesus
Whoever believes in me…out of his heart will flow rivers of living water As evangelicals, we’re often deeply moved by incredible, unusual or even surreal testimonies. But then there are those whose stories are never likely to be the subject…
The Edith Column – March 2018
[by Fokkeline Maeyens] It was the morning of a weekday that promised to be very busy. I took my coffee and went out to sit in the sun on the terrace to relax a while. I was thinking about my…
Guy Cauwels and The Upper Room
Guy, who’s 58, leads the newest ministry in the B.E.M. ‘The Upper Room’ is a prayer ministry situated on the top floor of the BEM offices in Brussels. Here, in this Upper Room time stands still as we seek God…
RALPH – March 2018
Editorial by Luc Salsac - News in brief: welcoming our new recruits - A new life in Christ: the stories of Bruno and David - Edith & Ralph - The Upper Room, our brand new ministry - The biennial BEM…
Our letter to you – Grateful
Dear friends, We’re glad to be able to send you the expanded Christmas issue of our magazine, RALPH. In fact, at BEM we have many reasons to be grateful at this season. First of all, we rejoice this month as…
Throw your net on the other side
[by Kurt Maeyens, Director for the Dutch and German-speaking ministries] In B.E.M. at this time we’re actively engaged in trying to understand how God wants to use our mission to bring the Gospel to contemporary society. While considering this question,…
News in brief – December 2017
Hoogstraten becomes independent After twenty three years as pastoral couple in Hoogstraten, Corneel and Lia Crezee are handing over to three elders. The mission post is joining the Flemish Free Church denomination (the VEG) which includes over 31 churches. Asked…