Assemblee Chretienne Evangelique, Baie Comeau, QC
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History
Eglise évangélique de Baie Comeau in Baie Comeau, Manicouagan, Cote-Nord, North Quebec, Canada is a French open brethren assembly founded in 1978.
This assembly began in the community of Hauterive in the late seventies on the threshold of Québec’s evangelical explosion. In 1978, several believers first met as a group to break bread. Four years later, Hauterive was joined to Baie-Comeau to form one municipality under the latter name.
The work started following the arrival in the area of a young man, Raynald Carbonneau, whose family had earlier come to know the Lord. This was the result of a Bible and New Testament that had been given to the father by a hitch hiker to whom he had given a ride. Raynald, who by then had left the nest and was toying with the occult, noticed these books on one of his visits home. He borrowed, read them and trusted Christ as his Saviour. First the mother, then the father and eventually the entire family were saved and ultimately began attending the assembly at Montmagny.
Meanwhile, a few months after his conversion, Raynald accepted a job offer at Hauterive (now Baie-Comeau). Others soon arrived, drawn by employment opportunities. These included Renaud Larrivée who served as correspondent for many years during which time meetings were held in homes or in a local school. Much help was received from numerous brethren who visited from time to time, principally Roy Buttery followed by Jean-Marc Petit. In the early nineties, commended worker Jean-Pierre Dupont and his wife laboured here.
In 2007, the area was blanketed with gospel literature through the efforts of the Seed Sowers. A decade later witnessed the realization of a long-time vision for the construction of a chapel to accommodate the activities of the assembly.
AKA
- Assemblée Chrétienne de Baie Comeau 1987-2000+
- Assemblée Chrétienne Evangélique, Baie Comeau +2003-2020+
Locations
- 920 Belanger Blvd. 1987-2000+
- 691 Jalbert +2004-2010+
- 15 Michel Hemon +2013-2020+
Correspondents
- Renaud Larrivee 1987-1995
- Yvon Cote 1999-2000+
- Michel Ferland +2006-2020+;
- Marc Dallaire 2008
- Louise Dugas 2009-2020+
Alumni
Sources
- Walterick Publishing Assembly Address Books: 1977-1980, 1982-1983, 1985-1987, 1989-2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2008
- ECS Ministries (Emmaus International) Assembly Address Books: 2009-2010, 2013-2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
- News of Quebec