Brussels Protestant Church (French: Église Protestante de Bruxelles, Dutch: Brusselse protestantse kerk) is a Brussels-based Protestant Christian congregation formally constituted in 1804 and whose roots go back to the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. The origins of Protestant Christianity in Brussels go back to before 1523 when Henri Voes and Jean Van Esschen were martyred at Brussels for their new-found Protestant faith. In 1535, the English Bible translator, William Tyndale, was captured in Antwerp and burnt at the stake in Vilvorde, near Brussels. The Belgian Protestant churches were subjected to intense persecution during the Counter-Reformation and as a result Protestants met in private. From 1656, churches were again constituted and in 1781 obtained a measure of freedom under Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. From 1783 to 1789, a Protestant group, led by a Genevan pastor, Isaac Salomon Anspach, met on the Rue Ducale/Hertogstraat. More information...
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