Brussels Protestant Church

[1] When in 1802, the French Republic granted freedom of religion, the Lutheran and Reformed Christians of the city petitioned the authorities to be able to conduct services freely.

[2] One of the members of d'Aubigne's congregation strongly influenced by his pastor was Groen van Prinsterer, who become a leading light in the Dutch Het Réveil.

In 1816, the congregation had taken the name Église chrétienne protestante française-allemande de Bruxelles (the Franco-German Protestant Christian Church of Brussels).

In 1816, Crown Prince William decreed that the Temple of the Augustinians be made available as a second place of Protestant worship in the city and the Dutch Church (Nederlandse gemeente) met there until 1830.

During this time the Franco-German church engaged in much social work, founding a Diakonie, an orphanage and offering advice to the general public.