Église Chrétienne de Saint-Laurent (St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada)

L'Église Chrétienne de Saint-Laurent (formerly known as Église des Frères Mennonites St-Laurent) began services in 1967, and formally organized in 1969. The congregation originated through outreach by the Canada Inland Mission, an arm of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. Ernest Dyck moved to St-Laurent, Quebec and began to do some gospel work through literature and sermons. The first meeting place was a rented office space that had been converted into a Bible Center. It was only when more interest was shown that a Sunday service started in June 1968.

In May 1970, David Franco was appointed the first French worker to serve the congregation. He was as a graduate from Bethel Bible Institute, Sherbrooke. Shortly before that, on 30 December 1969, the St-Laurent church was accepted into the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.

Before purchasing their own building on 1 May 1974, the St-Laurent church had moved around five times during their first six years. The building they purchased was a duplex; only the main floor was used for the church, the upper floor apartments were rented out to help cover costs. In May 1980 the church sold the building and began to meet in a school auditorium due to an increase in attendance. A new church was built in 1984.

L'Église chrétienne de Saint-Laurent was the first French-speaking Mennonite Brethren church in Montreal. In 1992 the congregation merged with Perseverance Christian Assembly. The language of worship is French.

Bibliography

Album II: protestantisme française en amerique du nord. Montreal: L'Aurore, 1988.

Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies. "Église Chrétienne de St. Laurent." Web. 19 December 2010. http://www.mbconf.ca/home/products_and_services/resources/published_genealogies/mb_provincial_conferences_and_church_congregation_records/quebec_archives/glise_chrtienne_de_st_laurent_archives/.

Mennonite Brethren Herald (27 May 1988): 57; (17 July 1992): 22.

Mennonite Reporter (28 May 1984): 4.

Archival Records

Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg, MB: Volume 575.

Additional Information

Address: 1775, boul. Édouard-Laurin, Montreal, QC  H4L 2B9

Phone: 514-333-8436

Website: Église Chrétienne de Saint-Laurent

Denominational Affiliations:

Association des Églises des frères mennonites du Québec (1972-present)

Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1969-present)

General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1969-2002)

Église Chrétienne de Saint-Laurent Leading Ministers

Minister	Years
Ernest Dyck	1968-1971
Dan Wolfe	1971-1972
David Franco	1972-1973
Pierre Wingender	1975-1979
André Bourque	1980-1986
Gérald Kraemer	1985-1988
Guy Demers	1989
Gilles Clermont	1990
Robert Godin	1991-1992
François Pinard	1993-1994
Claude Queval	1995-2000
Éric Wingender	2001-2002
Gérard Basque	2003-2016
Bruno Synott, Claude Rochon	2016 to present

Église Chrétienne de Saint-Laurent Membership

Year	Members
1985	100
1995	112
2000	112
2010	76
2015	41

Maps

Map:Église Chrétienne de Saint-Laurent, St. Laurent, Quebec

Author(s)	Richard D Thiessen
Date Published	August 2011

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