SAINT JOHN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, GHENT
Chaplaincy Safeguarding Officer: Lizzie Brawley
saintjohnsghentsafeguarding@telenet.be
0478 52 53 35
More on our safeguarding policy here
Regular Services
Holy Communion: every Sunday at 11am (EN)
Evening Prayer: every Wednesday at 5.30pm (EN)
Weekly Notices
Every Sunday at 8am by email
WORSHIP, FAITH & SERVICE SINCE 1816.
1743 first record of worship services held for English troops
1816 first record of an Anglican community in Ghent
1839 first Chaplain appointed
1878 worship services held in Protestant Church on Brabantdam
1885 move to St John's Church at St Jacobsplein
1914-20 closed at the outbreak of World War I
1920 reopens and worship is led by Missions to Seamen Chaplains
1940-44 closed at the outbreak of World War II
1948 move to Missions to Seamen Chapel (St. Peter's)
1956 move to Koningstraat
1964 move to what is now Edmond Boonenstraat
1985 Celebration for 100 years as "St. John's"
2008 moved to a vacated Carmelite convent
2013 first use of Anglican liturgy in Dutch (Nederlands)
2016 moved to Sint-Elisabethkerk in the Old Beguinage, Ghent.
2020 launched online worship services