New Life Church (Canada)

New Life church (French: Église Nouvelle vie) is an Evangelical Pentecostal multi-site megachurch based in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, affiliated with Association chrétienne pour la Francophonie. The senior pastor is Claude Houde.

New Life church
New Life church Longueuil
LocationLongueuil
CountryCanada
DenominationPentecostal
AssociationsAssociation chrétienne pour la Francophonie
Weekly attendance4,000
Websitenouvellevie.com
History
Founded1993
Founder(s)Claude Houde
Specifications
Capacity2,400
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)Claude Houde

History

The church was founded in 1993 in Longueuil, Quebec, starting with 50 members and pastored by Claude Houde.[1][2][3] In 1998, following a massive ice storm causing severe cold and power cuts for more than a month, the church housed 500 homeless people for three weeks.[4][5] It is recognized by the mayor as a public utility. In 2001, it inaugurated its current building including a 2,400-seat auditorium, the largest in Canada's Francophonie.[6] In 2003, the church left the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.[7] In 2005, it founded the Institute of Theology for the Francophonie, near the premises of Nouvelle vie.[8][9] In 2006, the church began to draw over 3,000 people per week. In 2007, the church founded the Association chrétienne pour la Francophonie (Christian Association for the Francophonie), a network of Pentecostal churches, member of World Assemblies of God Fellowship.[7][10][11] In 2010, Impact, a music group, was formed in the youth department of the church.[12] The group has performed various tours in Europe.[13] In 2011, Nouvelle Vie had 4,000 members.[14] In 2022, it had opened 5 campuses in different cities.[15]

New Life Action

The church founded Action Nouvelle Vie in 1993, a humanitarian organization who offers a food bank, a thrift store and assistance programs for pregnant women.[16][17][18] The organization has its own board of directors and is therefore an independent body of the church.[19] In 2015, it founded 2159, a youth center that aims to develop autonomy and prevent homelessness and delinquency.[20]

Nueva vida

New Life Church also offers a weekly worship service in Spanish (Nueva Vida).[21][22]

See also

Bibliography

References
  1. Josie Newman, Merci to a Mercy Mission, charismanews.com, USA, July 19, 2012
  2. Marg Brouillette, Montreal mega-church multiplies ministries, christianweek.org, Canada, March 19, 2002
  3. Christianisme aujourdhui, Un pasteur qui monte, christianismeaujourdhui.info, Switzerland, January 22, 2007
  4. Sébastien Fath, La projection géopolitique des megachurches évangéliques américaines, Revue internationale de politique comparée, Vol. 16, France, 2009, paragraph 15
  5. Marie-Claude Malboeuf and Jean-Christophe Laurence, Les nouvelles églises: sous-sols, garages, entrepôts, lapresse.ca, Canada, February 05, 2011
  6. PVE, La plus grande église évangélique francophone ouvre ses portes à Longueil, tvanouvelles.ca, Canada, January 28, 2001
  7. Joel Coppetiers, Quebec’s largest evangelical church launches new association, christianweek.org, Canada, May 11, 2007
  8. Sébastien Fath, Dieu XXL, la révolution des mégachurches, Éditions Autrement, France, 2008, p. 143
  9. David Gosselin, Quebec's very own huge and global church, faithtoday.ca, Canada, July/August 2015
  10. WAGF, PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES (A-F), worldagfellowship.org, USA, retrieved March 7, 2020
  11. Le Page, p.124
  12. Sébastien Fath, Protestants francophones au Québec : un creuset de créativité musicale du XXIe siècle, regardsprotestants.com, France, May 24, 2016
  13. Jonathan Hanley, La tournée d’Impact a été retentissante, christianismeaujourdhui.info, Switzerland, November 27, 2015
  14. Caroline Côté, Église Nouvelle Vie : 4000 fidèles au rendez-vous Archived 2016-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Le Courrier du Sud, Canada, February 3, 2011, p. 4 et 5
  15. Église Nouvelle Vie, Nos églises, nouvellevie.com, Canada, retrieved February 20, 2023
  16. Claude Bordigoni, Claude Houde ou la vision d’une mégachurch qui développe un engagement social fort, lafree.ch, Switzerland, October 2, 2009
  17. Annick Oligny, 1600 familles auront moins faim à Noël Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, lecourrierdusud.ca, Canada, December 17, 2015
  18. ANV, En action Archived 2017-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, actionnouvellevie.com, Canada, Retrieved July 23, 2018
  19. Philippe Le Page, p. 128
  20. Le courrier du sud, Le 2159 ouvre ses portes aux 16 à 25 ans, lecourrierdusud.ca, Canada, October 30, 2015
  21. Hugo Lavoie, Une heure avec un groupe de musique dans une Église, radio-canada.ca, Canada, April 26, 2018
  22. Le Page, p.117

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