Statistics
Barriers
Quebecers are turned off to institutional religion. They feel
the church is after control
The fleur de lis—the
Quebecois official emand has lost touch with soblem.
ciety and with reality. Furthermore, even though they
are non-practicing Catholics, they feel that
the Catholic church is synonimous with the
French culture and the Protestant church
with the English. To be ‘born again’ means
being a traitor to their culture and heritage.
Quebec is
crying out
Our vision is to see 100
churches planted in Quebec by
the year 2020.
There are currently 32 CNBC churches in Quebec.
There is a need for churches in the major urban centers, such as Montreal and Quebec City, on university campuses, such as the University of Montreal
(60,000 students), and hundreds of rural towns and
communities, such as Chicoutimi and Drummondville. To reach the goal we are praying that God
raises up Quebecois leaders.
In Quebec, we have created a partnership between
the IMB, NAMB and the CNBC (Canadian National
Baptist Convention) to reach this goal. Partnering
with churches in the USA and other parts of Canada
is vital to this task.
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Quebec’s population: 7.8 million
Quebec means : where the river narrows.
Languages: French 82%, English 10% and other 8%
Sports: Hockey, Soccer, Skiing, Football
0.5% of the Quebecois are Christ followers.
1 church for every 17,000 people
Over 450 000 college students in Quebec.
Over 36 major universities and colleges
Only 4 campuses have ongoing ministry.
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WITH
TEAM QUEBEC
Team Quebec
Robert Pinkston and his wife Sharon
and their four children live in
Sherbrooke,
Quebec.
He is the
IMB Quebecois Strategy Leader.
Robert Pinkston
36 Warren Street
Sherbrooke, QC, J1M 1N8 Canada
(819) 569-2761 [email protected]
SKYPE: zanawasa
Canadian National Baptist Convention
The Quebecois of Quebec, Canada
The most unreached people of North America.
The Quebecois
Religion
The Quebecois are those who speak French as
their heart language in the province of Quebec.
French is the official language of the province.
All signs, official government business, etc. have
to be in French.
The population of Quebec is 7.9 million. According to the 1996 census, 81.5% of people living
in Quebec identify themselves as Quebecois
(6,360,000). The Quebecois have always felt
that Quebec is the heartland of French-speaking
culture in Canada. They feel strongly about preserving their culture and language against any
advance
of English
from
Canada
or their
US
neighbors to
the
June 24—Quebec “Independence Day”
south.
Historically, the Quebecois were in vast
majority Catholic. Until the 1960s, religion
was a central component of Quebecois
national identity, where 88% reported attending church weekly. The Church parish
was the focal point of civic life in Quebecois society, and religious orders ran
French schools, hospitals and orphanages and were very
controlling of every
day life in general.
This lead to the Quiet
Revolution of the 1960s, when the Quebecois revolted against what they considered the church's control and oppression.
The Quebecois left the church 'en mass.’
Today less than 5% attend church weekly
and less than 0.5% of the population
claim to be a follower of Christ. The Quebecois are the most unreached people
Quebecois History
France first established settlements in what is
now Quebec as early as 1608. The first settlers,
were fir trappers, convicts and Huguenots
(Protestants). This was followed by a strong
push by the Catholic church to make converts
out of the native American people.
Quebec officially became part of what is today
Canada when England defeated the French on
the Plains of Abraham in 1759. The Quebecois
have always felt threatened that they risked losing their way of life. Because of this fear and
their pride in their culture and language, there is
a strong sense that their province is their own.
The Quebecois consider Quebec a country within
a country. The Parti Quebecois, a major political
party, has as its ultimate aim to separate Quebec from Canada and become an independent
nation.
for Christ of North America.
Montreal—NAMB Send City
Montreal is a NAMB Send City.
We are looking for churches that
will plant a church, send mission
teams, and partner with us to
IMPACT QUEBEC FOR CHRIST.
Montreal—3.5 million