The third day of the RRAU congress 16-18 April 2018 consisted of a city walk. On behalf of the RRAU congress, Maarten Vieveen (Research Centre NoorderRuimte) and Bart de Boer (BLG - Special Locations Groningen) provided a tour through the Der Aa-church. Summary: The Der Aa-church is a listed Gothic church …

ARC Nederland wil potentiële kerkplanters helpen en ondersteunen met het stichten van een gemeente. ARC heeft als doel om deze potentiële kerkplanters te helpen om succesvol te zijn met het planten van een kerk. Echter zien zij dat er verschillende manieren en stijlen van gemeentestichting zijn. Dit …

Presentation at the second EECHB conference in Brussels

Sustaining historical buildings does not always align with the ambition to promote sustainability in the built environment. In this paper we explore the dynamics and strategies that spring from this basic tension, by investigating the differences and similarities between expert’s valuation and peoples’ …

The paper briefly describes the outcome of two inventories: 1) an inventory based on fact sheets about daily use and energy consumption of historical buildings (mainly relative small churches) in the North of the Netherlands, and; 2) an inventory based on interviews with owners of historical buildings …

Urban Expression seeks to plant exciting, grass-roots, transformative ways of being church in inner city neighbourhoods. In doing this they work from a set of values, one of which describes faith as a journey. This essay looks at how this value is worked out in three English Urban Expression churches, …

This research describes and explores the Ghanaian community in Amsterdam South East, where the migrant churches experience the decline in membership. Special attention is given to the increase expenses in Ghanaian migrant Pentecostal churches in Amsterdam, and to get insight of the reasons of decline …

This thesis explores the teachings and practices of miracles according to the leadership of two Dutch Classical Pentecostal churches and two African Initiated Pentecostal churches in Amsterdam South-East. Dutch Classical Pentecostals lay emphasis on direct personal experience of God through the baptism …

Small groups (SG)'s are an important and seemingly vibrant part of church life. Ichtus Pinkstergemeente in Zaandam, among other ministries, also has a small group ministry (SGM),. According to the church leadership it is not a very successful one. This project is an attempt to sort out where the problems …

The design and realization of a healthy indoor environment is a challenge that is investigated from different perspectives at the unit Building Physics and Systems (BPS; Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning) of Eindhoven University of Technology. Performance requirements (for instance, with …