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==History==
[[Eglise Chretienne Evangelique Agape, Montreal, QC|Eglise Chrétienne Evangélique Agapé]] was a French open brethren assembly 1960-1994 1993 in Montréal, Southcentral [[Quebec|Québec]], [[Canada]].
The year 1959 saw the arrival in the eastern end of Montréal of [[Raymond Taylor]] and his wife Marguerite who had been serving the Lord for several years in Thetford Mines. Their presence and collaboration were an encouragement to commended workers [[Noah Gratton]] and [[William Learoyd]] who, together with their wives had been serving for some time here in the second-largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris.
In 1964, [[Robert Hostetler]] arrived, participating actively in the life and ministries of the assembly, especially among the young people. The following year, [[Sheldon Bard]] and his wife Catherine returned to the province at the invitation of the assembly where they laboured for several years in teaching and pastoral work. By the end of the decade, both of these latter couples had moved on and were engaged in full-time ministry at [[Bethel Bible School]] in Sherbrooke. In early 1975, Sheldon Bard was killed in an automobile accident on his way to preside at the annual meeting of the Boyce Street assembly. Shortly thereafter, a municipal change of street name resulted in the assembly henceforth being known as the Église Chrétienne Évangélique Agapé.
A number of individuals were commended to the Lord’s work in Québec by this assembly. Helen Andrès, Liane Langlois as well as [[Robert Lortie ]] and his wife Christine in 1971, [[Marcel Laplante ]] the following year. In 1973, Raymond Taylor had moved on to give his time to two other assemblies at St-Hyacinthe and Lachine with which he was already associated and eventually to a ministry full-time with Christian Direction in Montréal. [[Willie Geiger]], associated with Janz Team, came in 1978 and remained for several years as resident worker.
In the early nineties, conflict arose within the assembly which resulted in the departure of a significant number of believers. The remaining members sought a pastor from among the Baptists. In 19941993, the assembly withdrew its affiliation with the CBCQ and the following year the work together with the building passed into the hands of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches.
==Location==
==Alumni==
* [[Who’s Who at Eglise Chretienne Evangelique Agape, Montreal, QC|Who’s Who at Eglise Chrétienne Evangélique Agapé, Montréal, QC]] 1987-19941993
==Sources==
* Walterick Publishers Assembly Address Books: 1987, 1989-1994
* News of Quebec
