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==History==
''Assemblée chrétienne de Cap-de-la-Madeleine'', a French open-brethren assembly, was begun in 1947 as a result of the labours of early pioneers such as [[John Spreeman]], [[Noah Gratton]] and [[Paul Boëda]]. Elsie Scott and [[Dorothy Kenyon]] were part of the team as was [[Sheldon Bard]] who arrived two years later. It was the fifth French-speaking assembly to see the light of day in ''La Belle Province''.
The 50s were difficult years for the French work. The spring of 1950 witnessed the riots against believers at nearby Shawinigan Falls. The education of believers’ children, who could with much difficulty remain in the Catholic schools of the province, was a major concern at that time. This assembly established one of the few alternate schools to cope with the situation.