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United Protestant Church in Belgium

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Classification
  
President
  
Rev. Steven Fuite

Origin
  
1979

Region
  
Orientation
  
Reformed and Lutheran

Headquarters
  
Phone
  
+32 71 41 82 65

Merger of
  
Protestant Church of BelgiumReformed Church of BelgiumCircle of the Belgian Reformed Churches

Address
  
Boulevard Audent 22, 6000 Charleroi, Belgium

Similar
  
Eglise Protestante Unie de B, Assemblée Chrétienne de Courc, Eglise Evangéli, Eglise Evangéli de Chatelet, Église Saint‑Sul

The United Protestant Church in Belgium (VPKB/EPUB) is a minority Christian church in Belgium, where the majority of the population is Roman Catholic. The name of the church in Dutch is Verenigde Protestantse Kerk in België (VPKB) and in French l'Église Protestante Unie de Belgique (EPUB). The church has 50,000 members.

The current President of the church is the Reverend Steven Fuite. The offices of the church are at Brogniezstraat or Rue Brogniez in Anderlecht (Brussels). The church is a member of the Conference of European Churches and the World Communion of Reformed Churches. In 2015, the church voted to ordain openly gay and lesbian pastors.Ordination of women and blessings of same-sex marriages are allowed.

References

United Protestant Church in Belgium Wikipedia


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