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==History==
[[Assemblee Chretienne de Shawinigan, QC|Assemblee Chretienne Assemblée chrétienne de Shawinigan]], Shawinigan, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-JeanMauricie, Central [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] is a French open brethren assembly founded . In late 1949, Paul Boëda and his family moved from Cap-de-la-Madeleine to Shawinigan Falls where there was already considerable interest. Joseph and Gertrude Darling, commended from their home assembly in Grand Haven, Michigan, and in 1950the province since 1946, soon joined them. The work went on slowly but steadily meeting in homes during the winter of 1949-1950, until a public place for meetings was opened. Major opposition was not long in coming. News media across North America, if not around the world, carried the report. An existing scrapbook of newspaper clippings and similar items gives proof to how widespread the coverage was. As would be said today, it went viral! This proved to be a turning point in the history of the work. Henceforth opposition and harassment were more subtle and significantly toned down. In 1956, the ''Assemblée chrétienne de Shawinigan'' occupied its newly-constructed Gospel Hall with living quarters for the Darlings on the upper floor. These early pioneers returned to Michigan in 1986 and two years later were replaced by Jean and Lillian Lépine who remained for eleven years. In 1999, the assembly acquired the Ecole Saint-Jude where it remains to the present time. '' ''
==AKA==
* Walterick Publishing Assembly Address Books: 1950, 1954-1956, 1958-1980, 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