After twelve years with Open Doors International, Arie de Pater recently joined the European Evangelical Alliance as their Brussels Representative. He represents the EEA at the European institutions and in other relevant platforms and organisations in Brussels, highlighting the relevant contribution of evangelicals in society, Further, he is advocating for a civic public square to secure a space for evangelicals and other (religious) groups to be seen and heard, as a manifestation of Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion or Belief for all.