History

The idea of All Nations Church was born out of a Bible study that Adeline Fast and Vicki Gascho began in 1998 for two English speaking friends. This grew as these ladies invited other friends. Soon some of these participants asked if Adeline and Hans couldn’t start an English speaking church that they and their families could attend. After discussing the request with various pastors in Luxembourg the Fasts agreed to try and recruit a pastor through Greater Europe Mission to lead the development of a new international church.

One third of the Luxembourg population is made up of foreigners. An international church could reflect this cosmopolitan characteristic of the Luxembourg population.

As we look back two thousand years to the beginning of the Christian Church in the Roman Empire we realize that the early Church was often a very international Church. It was one venue in Roman society where people from all social, economic and ethnic backgrounds could form a community of equals. Christ’s indiscriminate love for all people resulted in a cosmopolitan Church. This memory of the early Church motivated us to try to recapture this church flavour in 21 st century cosmopolitan Luxembourg .

In May 2002 Hans heard of a pastor in the Chicago area, who was looking for a change to a new ministry and was open to considering an international church. Paul McMinimy responded quickly to Hans’ initial contact. In July Paul made a scouting trip to Luxembourg and met with a handful of families interested in the new church. September 2003 Paul and Beth McMinimy and their family moved to Luxembourg as the pastor of a church that only existed in the hearts and minds of various people and, we trust, God.

That fall Paul launched a biweekly Gathering with interested people. We met in various homes for worship, teaching, prayer and fellowship. Early 2004 those interested in assisting in starting the new church began to work together as a Servant Team and were able to agree on a mission statement, a name for the church, a statement of faith and formally register All Nations Church of Luxembourg as a non-profit organization with the Luxembourg government.