L'Église Chrétienne Évangelique de St-Eustache was born in an old house near the large Roman Catholic Church in St-Eustache, Quebec. In the 1970s, a group of neighbors began to meet at Mme Madeleine Wingender’s home where they would have a small service and talk about Jesus. Ernest Dyck, the pastor of the Église des Frères Mennonites de Ste-Thérèse would come and teach on his day off. What started with seven or eight individuals soon grew to about 30. Due to this growth, Wingender’s home needed to be renovated to accommodate the people. A group of young men, consisting of Pierre Wingender, Jean Théoret and Robert Dagenais began taking on leadership within this small church.

In 1976 a committee was formed in order to organize the St-Eustache Church as a daughter church of Ste-Thérèse Church. The St-Eustache Church joined the Association québécoise des Frères mennonites du Québec (Quebec Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches) in 1977. The church consisted of 12 members and was led by pastor Robert Dagenais. At first the church met in a school auditorium and later in a local community center. On 4 July 1980 construction began on a new church building, which was completed in 1981. In its early years the church experienced tremendous growth, starting with only 12 members and then growing to 69 members in under 3 years.

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Author(s)	Richard D Thiessen
Date Published	August 2011

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Archival Records

Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg, MB: Volume 576.

Additional Information

Address: 69, rue St-Laurent, St-Eustache, QC J7P 3X6

Phone: 450-491-5376

Website: Église Chrétienne Évangelique de St-Eustache

Denominational Affiliations:

Association des Églises des frères mennonites du Québec (1977-present)

Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1977-present)

General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1977-2002)

St-Eustache Leading Ministers

Minister	Years
Robert Dagenais	1977-1987
François A. Vermette	1987-1989
Jean-Victor Brosseau	1989-1996
Stéphane Rhéaume	1997-present

St-Eustache Membership

Year	Members
1985	125
1995	152
2000	104
2006	101
2010	124

Maps

Map:Église Chrétienne Évangélique de Saint-Eustache, St. Eustache, Quebec

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

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