Planting a Reformed Baptist Church in the Netherlands
It has been a big change. Not only did we move from a quiet hometown to a never-quiet metropolis, but also from a really conservative, Christian hometown to a city where everything is possible. Another thing that differs greatly is church culture.
Jan Schraal moved with his family to the UK in August 2019 to study at London Seminary. This is his story...
The Netherlands used to be a very Christian country. In the 1970s more than 60% of the people were connected to a church. Nowadays, less than 10% go to church every Sunday and this is decreasing rapidly. Churches are being closed almost every week. In our hometown more than 90% of the people used to attend church, but this is also becoming less and less.
