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Leonard H. Laine founded an assembly in his home in Williams Lake, BC in 1960 that met thru 1983, and served to inspire as some of the inspiration behind the commencement of [[Horse Lake Christian Fellowship, BC|Horse Lake Christian Fellowship]] in nearby 100 Mile House, which exists today.
As of 2020, Leonard H. Laine resides in a small care home managed by a sister from a local Pentecostal church, with several other folks, and John Nicholson, pastor of the Williams Lake Evangelical Free church put Doug Engle in contact with Leonard on April 21, 2020.
==Williams Lake Evangelical Free==
In the early 1970's this church was started, and often after the Lord's Supper was finished at Leonard's fellowship, Leonard and others would go over to Williams [[http://www.wlefc.org/ http://www.wlefc.org/] Williams Lake Evangelical Free Church] to attend their services.
In the early 1980's, Leonard encouraged Dr. Don Street to start an assembly in his home in 100 Mile House, and he started attending more frequently at the Evangelical Free, becoming a more regular member in the 1990's, and has been ever since. The current pastor, John Nicholson, and his parents, visited an assembly in Bancroft, Ontario when vacationing with family friends, and from the mid-1970's thru the mid-1980's, John was in fellowship with Bethany Bible Chapel in Calgary, under the leadership and mentoring of Gary Inrig, who had assembly background himself.
Also at some juncture, Leonard started broadcasting assembly preachers via Hopespring Radio, which now streams online.