Our mission workers

Anne Dryburgh has been a mission worker in Flemish-speaking Belgium with Echoes International since the ‘90s. She lives in the beautiful town of Bruges and attends a church in the village of Rekkem.

Anne seeks to help people come to faith in the Lord Jesus. Most of her time is spent with women, helping them to know the Lord and his help through difficulties in their lives. Usually she meets with women who are struggling with depression, trauma, have experienced abuse in their lives, or are fighting addictions.

She has written a book for helping women who are in emotionally abusive marriages. Debilitated and Diminished: Help for Women in Emotionally Abusive Marriages.  It is written for those who are seeking to help Christian women who are being emotionally abused by their husbands. It provides a definition of emotional abuse, describes the behaviours involved and the effects of these behaviours upon the victim. A biblical approach for helping these women is proposed that looks at human nature, marital roles, and what it means for her to live in Christ. Suggestions are given as to how the church can be a support to the emotionally abused woman.

In addition to this, Anne works with The Addiction Connection, by supervising women who are training to help people fighting addictions. As part of Fallen Soldiers March she gives biblical counselling and is working with a team to produce a curriculum for helping veterans as they return to civilian life. She also works with Overseas Instruction in Counselling, teaching women in Europe about how to practically use the Bible when helping others.

In recent months, she has been assisting people in South Africa to help set up Biblical Counselling there and also works with the Biblical Counselling Coalition by writing blogs, coordinating their European network, and organising their three-monthly women’s conference call.