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[[Assemblee Chretienne de Jonquiere, QC|Assemblée Chrétienne de Jonquière]], Jonquière, Saguenay, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Central [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
In 1947 brethren [[[[Charles-Eugène Boulianne|Charles-Eugène Boulianne]]]], [[[[Leslie Russell|Leslie Russell]]]] and Joseph Trudeau, the latter saved at Girardville, began the Arvida assembly, now located in Jonquière. Meetings rotated in their homes. Two years later they were joined by [[[[Howard Forbes|Howard Forbes]]]], bringing to seven the number of those breaking bread in the little assembly. As the assembly grew, the four above-mentioned brethren became the first elders. [[[[Sheldon Bard|Sheldon Bard]]]] and his wife Catherine had also been part of this work earl on until their departure for Cap-de-la-Madeleine in 1949.
In 1954, a single-level building was erected for assembly meetings on property purchased from the company Alcan, construction being supervised by [[Roy Buttery]]. The building permit having been been issued, the municipal fathers reneged on their promise. Thanks to the intervention of Alcan, the construction of a simple basement meeting place went forward. With Roy’s subsequent move to the area in 1959, eventually there were three full-time workers labouring here. Nevertheless, opposition continued as Forbes was arrested for distributing literature, Bouliane was beaten while witnessing and the police chief at nearby Desbiens Mills threatened to organize citizens against the evangelicals.
Joseph Trudeau had passed away by 1958 and the Russells returned to Montreal a few years later. In 1963, Charles-Eugène was commended to the work. Two years later the assembly was about to add a first floor on their basement construction when they learned that the Anglican church in nearby Kénogami was for sale and proceeded to purchaseit. The municipalities of Arvida and Kénogami later amalgamated with Jonquière and the assembly ultimately took the name of this latter locality.
Meantime, in 1979, a significant number of believers hived-off to formally establish the assembly work in nearby Chicoutimi, a work that had been in process of development over a number of years under the leadership of Roy Buttery. In 1983, Howard Forbes suffered the loss of his voice and the following year Charles-Eugène Bouliane lost his life in a snowmobile accident. Growth continued unabated however and by March 1987, a new edifice was in place to meet the needs of the expanding congregation. It was at this juncture that commended workers [[[[Don Cox|Donald Cox]]]] and his wife Beth arrived in 1988, following consecutive ministries in Drummondville, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and Cap-de-la-Madeleine.
==AKA==
* ECS Ministries (Emmaus International) Assembly Address Books: 2009-2010, 2013-2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
* News of Quebec
* Coppieters, Joël, ''Réunis au nom du Seigneur Jésus'', unpublished manuscript, 2003