BEM value #2: INTEGRATION
Dear friends, This time RALPH is all about integration - and what a great illustration this is – a fish in an aquarium at the bottom of the ocean. What a great challenge too! Isn’t this sometimes how we are…
EDITORIAL – Integration
[by Willy Fraipont] Three years ago in Liege, we moved to a new neighbourhood! We’re now much closer to where we “work”. But I always insist that our work is actually a ministry, although it does have its commercial side…
NEWS IN BRIEF – DECEMBER 2018
Expressé Working with others for the Lord, what could be more exciting? Serving coffee, smiling, praying silently, being able to give a word of encouragement or share a little of the truth, just what’s needed at that moment….. being able…
Meant to be in the world
[by Eric Zander] We’re meant to be in the world, not just by default, but according to His call. Just before He was arrested, a few hours before the Cross, Jesus prayed this magnificent prayer (John 17) for his disciples,…
100th Birthday Book
To celebrate the centenary of the BEM, we thought we’d publish a ‘100th birthday book.’ Henk van Dorp has been doing lots of research into the archives of the BEM and he’s collected many stories into a book which he’s…
A 100th anniversary in 5 chapters…
#savethedate Chapter 1: COMMEMORATION A hundred years ago, on December 19th 1918, Ralph and Edith Norton arrived in Belgium and declared ‘The Belgian Gospel Mission has arrived!’ (later ‘The Belgian Evangelical Mission’). We want to celebrate this anniversary with a…
Integration in practice
CHRISTEL Christel used to love her well-paid job, but then she became bored with it. She was demotivated, she had to take sick leave, and she finally gave up the job, convinced that God was calling her to do something…
THE EDITH COLUMN – DECEMBER 2018
[by Annette Hartman] Integration!?! Have I become Belgian by now? This is a live issue for me as someone from Holland who’s been trying to integrate into the Belgian culture for the past 18 years. I only have to open…
Testimonies – Reflecting Jezus
Christel, Drienie, Reiner and Angela… and so many others. Ralph has been meeting some of these brothers and sisters who are “shining out” the light of Jesus close to where they live. So it’s over to them to answer the…
#INTEGRATION: Get on board!
Being a reflection of Jesus where you are doesn’t have to involve big changes. Christel would suggest that we just ask God, “Lord, am I where you want me to be?” and accept His answer, however unlikely it seems to…