Vlaamse Evangelische kerk

The Vlaamse Evangelische kerk stands in Antwerp as a Protestant building with roots in the city’s nineteenth-century missionary community.

Joseph Hertogs designed this Protestant church in Antwerp. Completed in 1893, the building uses brick, hardstone bands, a rectangular plan, and restrained neo-Romanesque forms. A modest corner tower carries a polygonal spire. The façade combines a central rose window, arched windows, and a rectangular entrance beneath a rounded arch. White plaster gives the interior a deliberately plain character. Cross vaults, polygonal pillars with leaf capitals, narrow barrel-vaulted aisles, and plastered walls structure the interior. A centrally placed pulpit anchors the choir area. The north side holds a wooden gallery.

The church reflects Evangelical worship through its focus on scripture, personal faith, adult baptism, and simplicity. Its protected status since 2004 recognizes the historical and architectural significance of this late nineteenth-century church. The building is recorded as wheelchair accessible. The Bexstraat site links this church with Antwerp’s Protestant architectural history and the city’s changing neighbourhood. The façade remains restrained in its material and ornament.