IMPORTANT NOTE: currently all activities at the evangelical church AB Lausanne–Renens are in French. For the convenience of native English speakers we provide in this section an overview of the church activities. See the french part of the website for more details and the church calendar (french) for upcoming events including youth groups, concerts etc.
What is an Evangelical Church and what is the « Action Biblique » Church?
An Evangelical Church is a large multicultural family of all ages from all walks of life who love to share moments together with the Bible and Jesus Christ at the center. A welcoming family where no one is left behind, where everyone is precious and valuable. The « Action Biblique » literally translated as biblical action, is an evangelical missionary work that began in 1907, whose initial vocation was the dissemination of the Bible. Our church was originally founded in Lausanne in 1923. Today the Biblical Action evangelical churches exists in the Canton of Vaud in Renens, Vevey and Monthey as well as in many other towns in French-speaking Switzerland and German-speaking Switzerland.
Please drop in and visit! Church services are on Sunday at 10 and finish around 11:15 followed by a time of fellowship where people enjoy coffee and cookies together. Services include a preliminary welcome time, singing led by the musicians and singers as well as a bible based sermon 25-35 minutes. Currently the pastor Patrice Berger is preaching on the theme: Josephs in the Bible.
Coffee and snacks after the service as the community continues enjoying the fellowship time just outside the church after the service. Please visit our access page, where you will find everything you need to join us! The church is ideally located near the A1 highway exit Prilly/Malley. It is also easily accssible from the center of Lausanne by public transport or typically a 15 minute walk from many parts of Prilly or Renens.
Activities / Events
Bible Studies / Home Groups
Home Groups meet once a week with the goal of maturing in faith through Bible study. The groups are formed according to people involved and their geographical locations.
Normally, the groups meet either at the church or are invited to the homes of members currently primarily in the Prilly area but also in Préverenge, and Cossonay.
The Book of Revelation was the subject of study last year. The bible study notes have been translated and are currently available in English. This study was given by Zoom and open to all (contact us to connect for future studies! ). (Bible Studies are currently in French).
Currently we are studing the book “Gentle and Lowly”, by Dane Ortland. Christians know that God loves them, but can easily feel that he is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. As a result, they focus a lot—and rightly so—on what Jesus has done to appease God’s wrath for sin. But how does Jesus Christ actually feel about his people amid all their sins and failures? This book draws us to Matthew 11, where Jesus describes himself as “gentle and lowly in heart,” longing for his people to find rest in him. The gospel flows from God’s deepest heart for his people, a heart of tender love for the sinful and suffering. These chapters take us into the depths of Christ’s very heart for sinners, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of who Christ is and encouraging readers with the affections of Christ for his people. His longing heart for sinners comforts and sustains readers in their up-and-down lives.
AB Lausanne Church Youth
Currently a youth group meets at the church in Renens on Friday late afternoon. Please contact us to join! The youth group is open to anyone interested.
In addition Switzerland boasts a large number of youth nature camps organized by various organizations such as the scouts and others, many of which operate under the Jeunesse et Sports affiliation. Action Biblique organizes a large number of youth camps for all age groups and throughout the year which also are affiliated to Jeunesse et Sports.
Visit the JAB youth group website for the latest brochures for our camps which are run by volunteers and cost as little as 300Fr (discounts available for people in need). JAB=Jeunesse Action Biblique (which translates to ction Biblique Youth). It is a Christian youth organization . This year a new special Biking oriented camp was added.
The camps feature various sports mostly taking place in the mountains (hiking, kayaking, skiing, overnight camping etc). Many of the camps are affiliated with the “Jeunesse et Sports” which require specific training for the staff counselors supervising the camps. Activities are also regularly organized with the other AB churches in the Canton of Vaud (AB-Vevey, AB-Monthey) as well as the other churches in French-speaking Switzerland.
Bible Reading for the Day – King James Version KJV : New Testament
Also available as the kjv audio bible / podcast below or in the simplified, easier to read Basic English Bible.
1. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13. I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18. Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
See Also: Church History