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In the late 1940’s the assembly was poised for an important move. It had outgrown its premises on 6th Avenue and a good number of young couples had begun to attend the meeting. The Lites, Robert and Fanny Skelcher and many others had brought their energy and vision into the fellowship. Jack Dawson and Harold Naylor were active in the leadership of Montreal Youth for Christ and through their contacts along with that of others, new believers such as Cedric Potter and Fred Parnell had committed themselves to the Lord’s work at Ebenezer. Two lots on 13th Avenue at $1000 each were secured from the city of Montreal, and a groundbreaking service for the new building was conducted in the spring of 1953. It was now to be called Ebenezer Gospel Chapel.
The 1950’s were a time of significant growth of the Rosemount and surrounding districts as the parents of the baby boomers set up their homes. Five neighborhood English Protestant schools were soon filled to overflowing. Many more people began to attend the Chapel and it was in these years that several families from Ebenezer joined others from [[Westend Bible Chapel, Montreal, QC|Cote St. Luc Bible Chapel ]] to begin a new Brethren assembly in the West Island, known as [[Bethel Chapel, Pointe Claire, QC|Bethel Chapel ]] in Pointe Claire.
Frontier Lodge leaned heavily on Ebenezer for its staff including many camp directors such as the Whitelaws, the Bresnens, Heinz Archipow, Peter Daley, the Dawsons and the Joel Coppieters. At the same time, the assembly maintained a strong missionary emphasis, sponsoring many young people to the World Missions’ Congresses in Chicago and, in the 1970’s alone, commissioning 25 missionaries to short- and long-term service at home and overseas.
RBC has met in its current building since 1954. Having upgraded its facilities in 1965, 1980 and 1989, major renovations were undertaken and completed in 2014.
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* For the full story, see this the [http://rbc.qc.ca RBC website].