Eglise Evangelique de Chibougamau, QC

History

Eglise évangélique de Chibougamau, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Northern Quebec, Canada is a French open brethren assembly founded in 1960 as a home meeting.

Chibougamau is located on the eastern side of the Nord-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec. Its name means "Gathering place" in the Cree language, the area having long been part of First Nations Cree territory.

Église évangélique de Chibougamau, the northernmost of Quebec’s francophone assemblies, began when Charles-Eugène Boulianne, Howard Forbes, and Roy Buttery, all from Arvida over 200 miles to the southeast, gathered the Christians, already living in Chibougamau, for regular meetings in homes, the first being that of Ludovic Doucet. Ten years later the assembly was renting the Anglican Church, ultimately purchasing it over thirty years ago. Most of the early believers, for employment reasons, had moved here from Girardville where they had already been under the sound of the Gospel through the preaching of John Spreeman and other pioneers.

The assembly has carried on over the years, being dependent on some local gift while at the same time profiting greatly from the itinerant ministry of the above-named brethren and others.

Locations

• home meetings 1960-1972
• 100/101 rue Jaculet 1973-2020+

Correspondents

• Charles-Eugene Boulianne 1960+
• Howard Forbes 1960+
• Roy Buttery 1960+
• Gilles Boulianne @ C.P. 130, Fecteau Air Base 1965; C.P. 2185. 1966-1967;
• Rejean Loyer @ 410-4 Ieme St. 1968-1969
• Aurele Doucet @ 776 3rd St. 1970-1972
• L.P. Savard 1973-1985
• Daniel Lacasse @ Jaculet St. 1986-2000+
• Robert Gagne +2003-2020+

Alumni

• Who’s Who at Eglise Evangelique de Chibougamau, QC 1960-2020+

Sources

• Walterick Publishing Assembly Address Books: 1960-1980, 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