Believers Church Conference 2025
Believers Church Conference 2025
Welcome to Amsterdam!
June 1-4, 2025
Come and join us at the 20th Believers Church Conference, June 1-4 2025 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands! We will celebrate 500 years of Anabaptist beginnings and reflect on what it means to work on ‘radical renewal’ in times of major crisis and systemic injustices, while anticipating in hope for the promised ‘new heaven and new earth’. It is a conference for academic theologians, students, pastors and all who want to celebrate Christian renewal in ecumenical perspective.
Registration for Believers Church Conference 2025 is closed!
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Conference Countdown
until the conference begins
Upcoming Events

Opening Celebration
Join us at the opening celebration with Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley (Jamaica) and Gospelchoir Celebration (Enschede).
- 📍Singelkerk, Singel 452, Amsterdam (tram line 2, 12 or 17 from Amsterdam Central Station, get off at Koningsplein stop)
- 🕒 Walk-in with coffee and tea: 14:00
Service starts at: 15:00 - ℹ️ Welcome! No registration needed.

Public Lecture: Hope in Turbulent Times
How do you stay hopeful in a world that's falling apart? Do you ever ask yourself that question, and could you use some inspiration? Then come to the VU in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening, June 3!
A special evening featuring:
- 🎶 Music by the black gospel choir G-Roots
- 💬 Deep conversations about how to hold on to hope
- 👋 An opportunity to meet international thinkers around this theme
The evening is organized by the School of Religion and Theology at VU Amsterdam.
Plenary Speakers
Planning committee
Corresponding with the commemoration of the 500 years of the Anabaptist movement, the upcoming BBC promises to be an important space to come and discern together what a “Radical Renewal” entails in the world we live in today. Theology, ethics, and witness are meant to be revisited, challenged, and reimagined as part of this movement of renewal. Weather as a presenter or participant, joining in the next BCC conference will imply not only the possibility to learn from people with diverse backgrounds, locations, and experiences but also to contribute and help shaping how this “Radical Renewal” can be understood and embodied.