Finding Purpose - Song of my Life - Kristine van Dooren
Oct 28, 2026 · 39 min · 9 segments
Welcome friends! As English speaking women, living in Germany, we talk about how we have learned to study the Bible. We have gone through many different phases in life, as wives and mothers. We have…
Kristine van DoorenHostHow was it then going from Birmingham, France, back to Birmingham, then Munich, like it was a continual thing? Or did you have struggles adjusting and understanding maybe a different...
style or whatever? Yes, all of the above.
And as I say, I felt very lonely.
And that's when I started reading the Bible more on a daily basis, especially at the beginning.
And then, as I say, I was then in a small group at my home church.
But when I came to Germany, the international church, because people come and go so frequently- And there's a lot of different theologies within the church, because people come from all over.
And what brings them together is the fact that they all speak English, not necessarily that they have the same background.
So it was the first time I encountered people that would baptize babies.
Whereas I thought, you know, I was baptized as a believer.
I was dedicated as a baby and then baptized as a believer.
And so that was the first time I'd seen that.
Okay.
It was the first time I'd been in a church with structure of elders and deacons.
Our church was more a leadership team, my home church.
And so that was new to me, elders and deacons.
You didn't have
pastors, but it was a leadership team.
So it wasn't structured the same way as a church with elders and deacons.
I guess you could call the leadership team, they would have that equivalent function, but that's not what we call them in our home church.
So that was all brand new to me.
How was it then going from Birmingham, France, back to Birmingham, then Munich, like it was a continual thing? Or did you have struggles adjusting and understanding maybe a different...
style or whatever? Yes, all of the above.
And as I say, I felt very lonely.
And that's when I started reading the Bible more on a daily basis, especially at the beginning.
And then, as I say, I was then in a small group at my home church.
But when I came to Germany, the international church, because people come and go so frequently- And there's a lot of different theologies within the church, because people come from all over.
And what brings them together is the fact that they all speak English, not necessarily that they have the same background.
So it was the first time I encountered people that would baptize babies.
Whereas I thought, you know, I was baptized as a believer.
I was dedicated as a baby and then baptized as a believer.
And so that was the first time I'd seen that.
Okay.
It was the first time I'd been in a church with structure of elders and deacons.
Our church was more a leadership team, my home church.
And so that was new to me, elders and deacons.
You didn't have
pastors, but it was a leadership team.
So it wasn't structured the same way as a church with elders and deacons.
I guess you could call the leadership team, they would have that equivalent function, but that's not what we call them in our home church.
So that was all brand new to me.
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