Janée Angel

Janée Angel is a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel living and serving in Antwerp, Belgium, working particularly among the Arabic speaking community, which is ever growing in the midst of the world refugee crisis.

Antwerp, where Janée serves, is the second largest city in Belgium, and is a predominantly Dutch speaking area. However, she and her husband, Hary minister among the Arabic speaking community. They live in a Moroccan neighborhood and primarily minister with those who come from the Middle East.

With the war in Syria, Belgium has seen many Middle Easterners fleeing to safety in Europe, including 90 Syrian Christians who have recently traveled with the help of Janée and Hary.

After working among Arabic speakers in an Arabic/French church in Brussels for 6 years, Janée and her family moved to Antwerp in a church planting effort to establish the first evangelical Arabic church outside the Brussels area. Today, the church holds weekly services and Bible studies, has a music ministry and children’s program, and Janée hosts women’s events and a prayer group.

They also seek to meet the needs of the rapidly growing refugee community. Confronted with the global refugee crisis, Belgium has greeted many Iraqi and Syrian refugees. Hary leads the efforts in meeting these newcomers and showing them the love of Christ. Together, they host refugee dinners and open their home to those with nothing. Janée and Hary also collect food and clothing to distribute and have filled backpacks with winter clothes and Middle Eastern snacks to give to refugees in harsh winter months.

They also often walk the streets of Antwerp in evangelism efforts and have worked to unify the three evangelical Arabic churches in Belgium by planning meetings and united church services. Janée also teaches English in an Evangelical school where 50 percent of the students are Muslim.

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Keep up with Janée's ministry in Belgium at seasonedwithspice.wordpress.com. Connect with Janée at jangel@cbf.net.