THRIVE Spring Summer 2023

ground work
Spring Summer 2023
URGENT:
LEADERS NEEDED!
by Louis Bourque
Most of Québec’s pastors began
their ministry 40 years ago following
a revival, and will therefore
also retire around the same time.
The hour of their retirement is on
our doorstep, and we foresee that in
the next few years, 50% of our 80
churches will have no pastor.
Unfortunately, we have lost a whole generation over the
last 20 years. We have been working very hard lately to
reach youth with the Gospel and raise up a new generation
of leaders, pastors, and church planters. Some of our efforts
to reach this goal include our seminary’s local training centres
among more than 20 of our churches.
In our dire need, God has been faithful and has sent us missionaries
from our Fellowship’s English churches, just as
He did with the missionaries who pioneered the work in
Québec 50 years ago. God has also been sending us missionaries
from Brazil, and soon Colombia. We are deeply thankful
for His provision.
Our province is the most unreached place in North
America — but our God is greater than our need, and we
look to Him with great expectation. Would you consider
sharing our need with your church and praying for God to
send us missionaries from within your own congregation?
— Louis Bourque is Regional Director of the AEBEQ
Region.
GROUND WORK: FRANCOPHONE AND CHAPLAINCY MINISTRIES
PRAYING FOR QUÉBEC
by Richard Houle
English Canada prayed very intensely in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s for revival in Québec, and God sent one.
With this in mind, in 2018 we began a 24-hour prayer movement — by Quebecers, for Quebecers — seeking
revival (based on Isaiah 62:1-8). The conviction was that God wants to revive Québec (Ezekiel 22:30). As you
are reading this, one of the 300 intercessors involved in this movement is battling in prayer.
I fight this battle on Thursdays at 1:00 AM, watching for revival. Is it challenging? Yes! But I remember that
Ukrainians watch day and night for their country! Why not do it for eternal souls? God will win (Luke 18:7). Since
we began, we have seen revival in the church in Chibougamau, QC. This congregation was dying in a small town,
but God moved in. Recently, I heard of a group under conviction of sin in St-Jérôme, just like I had seen 50 years
ago. These are small clouds, as in the days of Elijah. Friends, the rain is coming!
If God is calling you to battle in prayer for revival in Québec,
please go to this link for more information: prier24-7.mouvementpriere.com/en.