L’Église de la rue Belliard
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L’Église de la rue Belliard was a Brussels
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-based evangelical Protestant congregation, started in 1837 when a group left the Temple de l'Observatoire
Temple de l'Observatoire
The Temple de l'Observatoire was a Protestant Christian church in Brussels, started in 1834 when a group left Brussels Protestant Church and called French Methodist missionary, Philippe Boucher , to serve as their pastor...

 Protestant church.

L’Église de la rue Belliard originally met on rue du Jeu de paume under pastor Denis Lourde-Laplace, then on 24 rue Ducale under the ministry of pastor Edouard Panchaud (1839-1862). In 1851 the congregation built an Evangelical Chapel on 13 rue Belliard in the new Leopold quarter in Brussels
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.

Over the years L’Église de la rue Belliard and the Temple de l'Observatoire
Temple de l'Observatoire
The Temple de l'Observatoire was a Protestant Christian church in Brussels, started in 1834 when a group left Brussels Protestant Church and called French Methodist missionary, Philippe Boucher , to serve as their pastor...

 divided and rejoined several times before finally reuniting in 1973 to become L’Église Protestante Bruxelles-Botanique.

The church building on rue Belliard was sold in 1974 and a new building on boulevard Bisschoffsheim dedicated in 1977.

Succession of pastors at L’Église de la rue Belliard

Denis LOURDE-LAPLACE 1837-1839

Edouard PLANCHAUD 1839-1862

Clément de FAYE 1863-1876

Félix DUCASSE 1876-1879

Léonard ANET 1879-1880

Charles BYSE 1880-1882

Rodolphe MEYHOFFER 1882-1917

Henri MERLE D’AUBIGNE 1887-1892

Jean MEYHOFFER 1917-1927

Jules PERREGOUX 1924-1927

Daniel LEMAIRE 1928-1933

Emile HOYOIS (B) 1933-1935

Robert DU PASQUIER 1935-1946

Fritz HOYOIS 1942-1945

André CLERC 1945-1957

Denise PICCARD 1952-1954

Denise WOHLWERTH (assistant) 1954-1955

Martin BEUKENHORST (assistant) 1954-1955

Maurice RAYMOND (assistant) 1954-1955

Victor PHILDIUS (assistant) 1954-1955

Rodolphe GILLY 1957-1964

Jean-Claude BORDIER 1960-1969

Pierre REGARD 1964-1972

Emile LE COZANNET 1970-1977
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