My life was changed through the reading of Christian books. The evangelist who led me to the Lord sent me my first Christian book: “Now that I believe.’ My second one ‘Learn and live the Christian life’ was the prize in a ping-pong tournament at camp. These books gave me a foundation for my new [...]

God calls “At the time of our marriage we both had the desire to serve Jesus in the church or in the community. After theological training we committed ourselves to this church. Lieve had always liked bookselling. So our dream became reality three years ago when bez opened the Bookshop in Ghent.” God is faithful [...]

God calls “God’s call came one Sunday in my home church (Stoneleigh Baptist) through the reading of Acts 26. I responded slowly, hard to convince- was this truly God’s voice? He then opened doors that I quietly and apologetically drew shut – how could this ordinary bank clerk possibly be of use on the Mission [...]

Where did it come from? The M.E.B. has always used and promoted Christian literature especially the Bible- ‘C’est la Mission ‘du Livre’ “ (This is the Mission of ‘the Book’) states an early leaflet. In the first forty years over twenty million pieces of literature were distributed throughout Belgium including 150,000 copies of Laidlaw’s ‘The [...]

Where did it come from? The first Flemish bookshop, ‘Het Goede Boek’ (the Good Book) opened its doors in 1973 in Turnhout. Anneke Schellevis made regular trips to Holland to buy books to sell through the bookshop and church book-tables in Limburg and Antwerp. Four other bookshops came into being in the five years that [...]