The conversation lasted just a minute. A stranger asked me the way to the nearest superstore. As she moved away she called out, “Thank you, you are really so kind!” And with a light heart I went on my way! “Really so kind” – but I had done nothing special. I said to myself, if [...]

The Brussels bookshop is certainly one of the oldest bible bookshops in Belgium. This year it duly celebrated its 75th birthday. Well situated, it attracts a great number of churches and Christians from Brussels and Wallonia (French-speaking Belgium), who come for the supplies indispensable for evangelism, and solid nourishment for growing in faith. The bookshop [...]

The bookshop in Ghent is the youngest of the family. In 2006, the Mission and the governing committee of the Goede Boek decided to open a new shop in Gent. On March 17th, its 100 square metres of shop floor were inaugurated close to the very busy N60 road. Dirk and Lieve de Baere are [...]

The HGB Bookshop is unique in Courtrai and is in a perfect location: it is just opposite a centre for free thinkers. It is a great joy for the team to be a source of God’s light in the town. Annie Thermote works full-time and is supported by Jona and Sara Govaert, also members of [...]

Volunteers are always needed in a bookshop and Ger and Linda Smit understand this well. At present the team is comprised of nine people aged between 20 and 71. What characterises the Louvain bookshop? Perhaps the geographical situation. Well, indeed, the shop is situated in a CPC (Centre for pastoral counselling) building and the team [...]

At the Bon Livre in Liege, the team includes Stefanie Böttger,and Willy and Marie-Christine Fraipont. They are helped by seven volunteers. Making the Bible available, encouraging the diffusion and reading of the Bible – this is the aim and the motivation of our Liege booksellers. Various activities are organised with this in mind. * The [...]

Time flies for Bouke and Karin Middelbos, booksellers in Genk. Having joined the BEM a little more than a year and a half ago, they are approaching their second Christmas as missionaries. The family quickly accustomed themselves to this new way of life. Bouke and Karin regularly welcome visitors hungry for a deep relationship with [...]

For Luc and Anke Hoedt, in charge of the bookshop in Bruges, Het Goede Boek has the wind in its sails. Moreover, the shop celebrated 16th birthday this year! And it is interesting to note that the Bookshop is known for selling the nicest cards in the street. To deal with the ever-changing demand, Luc [...]