Brussels is one of the most international cities in the world. It’s the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, with lots of international students. Brussels is a secular, post-Christian society. MTW missionary Julian Bacon notes that “for a country that has traditionally been Catholic, we’re in a generation now where parents are not even baptizing their kids anymore, and so we’re really getting past even that cultural Christianity. I think we’re in a new era.”

Julian believes Brussels needs more churches—evangelical, Protestant, French-speaking, Dutch-speaking, English-speaking churches. So that’s what they’re planting. What started as informational meetings in the Bacons’ living room blossomed into worship services for a new church the group decided to call Hope International Church of Brussels.

Julian’s hope for this church is that it would be a church for Brussels, a church that is multicultural because Brussels has people from all over the world. Hope is what Brussels needs.