Groupe Biblique de l'Ouest de Montreal, QC

History

Groupe Biblique de l'Ouest de Montréal, Southcentral Québec, Canada was a French open brethren assembly started in 1976 as Assemblée Chrétienne de l'Ouest de Montréal. 

The Assemblée chrétienne de l'Ouest de Montréal began in 1976.  Led by André Marchildon and Leslie Russell, this was a hive-off of the work of the Grande Maison assembly in Duvernay. In the early eighties, folk from the nearby Lachine assembly, still quite small, were meeting with others living in the same area who were attending Groupe biblique de la Rive-sud on the south shore. With the blessing of the latter, a new assembly was formed in 1982.

 In the meantime, another house church, the Bible Fellowship, had begun meeting together in nearby LaSalle under the leadership of commended worker Bill Snyder who, with his wife Marian, had moved to the area in 1980. Following discussions between members of the two groups, and with the encouragement of the Longueuil assembly, monthly meetings for the breaking of bread were begun in January 1982. The following year, the two groups coalesced. When, about this time, the assembly incorporated under the name of Groupe biblique de l'Ouest de Montréal, it ceased to be biologically linked with the Grande Maison. Always meeting in rented quarters, the assembly continued until shortly after the departure of the Snyders for the United States in 2000.

Locations

• 3rd floor Hotel de Ville, 55 Dupras, LaSalle 1987+
• 0143 Clement, LaSalle +1989-1995
• 1036 Cardinal Ave., Boisbriand 1999-2003

Correspondents

• Daniel Gamache 1987-1994, 1999-2003
• Richard Carbonneau +2004+

Alumni

• Who’s Who at Groupe Biblique de l'Ouest de Montréal, QC 1976-2004

Sources

• Walterick Publishers Assembly Address Books: 1987, 1989-2000, 2003-2004
• News of Quebec