Snoekstraat 69
Alken, Belgium
EUROPE
Phone: +32 11 314111
E-mail: RoyDavison@oldpaths.net or 76111.646@compuserve.com

Longmont Church of Christ Liaison:
Bob Lewis

Roy Davison has had a burning desire to tell others about a better way since he was 14, when he preached his first sermon.

After graduating from Abilene Christian College in 1961, he preached in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada while making preparations to go to Holland in the fall of 1963. He had studied Dutch for two years before going, and he took regular lessons for the first five years on the field.

In Holland he helped in Utrecht and Amsterdam, until he moved to Belgium in the fall of 1965 to be the first full-time worker of churches of Christ in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking, northern half of Belgium).

In 1968 he married Rita Lewis (Bob’s sister) with whom he had attended high school at Radville Christian College in Saskatchewan. She joined him in Belgium and has been a valuable asset to him and his work since.

For 45 years, Roy has traveled about Belgium showing people a better way by pointing them to Christ, who is the only way. Roy’s main area of concern has been the formation of new congregations and the training of local leadership in those congregations. As a result, he’s established six congregations in Belgium and Holland. At present there are nine congregations in Flanders and three in the French-speaking part of Belgium.

Roy recognized early on what a boon the Internet could be in helping people throughout the world to find a better way. He now publishes web sites in Dutch, French, German, Russian and English. The Old Paths Archive is consulted by more than 1,000 people each day. Roy works regularly with the church in Burcht, across the river from Antwerp, and preaches once each month for the congregations in Brussels and Eindhoven, Holland.

The Longmont Church of Christ has been helping the Davisons since 1989. If you would like to know more about this work, please contact Roy’s liaison. Send Roy an email directly if you would like to receive regular reports by email.