Antioche

Since our belief is in a relational God who creates relationships amongst his people, the beginnings are important. In the years leading up to 1994 God assembled different ministeries from various parts of the world. On 4 April of that year Raymond Vandeput (B/Fr), Paul Van Kesteren (B/Nl), Pieter Jonker (RSA), and Rick Ridings (USA) initiated the first meeting of the then "Antioch Team" to begin giving corporate oversight to several churches in Belgium.  In the autumn of 1995 Paul Petrie (CAN) joined and later in 1998 John Jupe (GB) moved to Belgium to become a member of the A.NET team.  

Parallel to this, a family of churches developed in Brussels from the Communauté Chrétienne de Bruxelles (CCB) led by Raymond, Rick, and Pieter assisted by David Cathie and Pascal Ollive.  A vision for a city-wide church was born (1995) to include many individual congregations of different languages and cultures but all sharing the common desire to impact the city of Brussels. Romanian and Portuguese-speaking churches were planted and relationships with other leaders in the city flourished. The multi-ethnic Brussels family within the national A.NET family started to be known as Antioch City Church Brussels (ACCB).

In 2003 it was agreed that the French-speaking churches should seek recognition by the Belgian state through the Federal Synod. This was facilitated by developing a more formal administrative structure. ACCB was renamed A.Net Communautés Chrétiennes de Belgique (a.s.b.l.) led by Raymond, John and David, who have been joined by Otto Malingui.  Paul Petrie continued to provide his fatherly support to the ACCB team. In 2006 the A.NET/ACCB vision was refreshed and restated as described in this document.