President's Blog

The Spiritual Need is Staggering

July 18, 2022
by Steve Jones

One of the neediest spiritual places on the planet is the province of Québec. With only 0.8% of French Canadians self-identifying as evangelical Christians, this is one of the lowest percentages of any people group in the world. Few missionaries are being sent to Québec to win French Canadians to Christ. The spiritual need is staggering.

This is why Fellowship National remains committed to establishing partnerships between English churches and/or individual donors and the starting of church plants in Québec. I believe we have a God-given responsibility to reach Canadians for Christ and church planting is one of the best ways to accomplish this task.

 

Consider a Partnership

Prayerfully consider a partnership with a new Québec church plant. Enter into a:

7 x 7 = 1 partnership

 As a local church or individual donor, you enter into a 7-year partnership with 7 other donors to help support the establishment of one church plant in Québec. The partnership includes prayer and financial support along with possible visits to your partner church plant over seven years. You’ll watch your partner-plant grow and mature, and, Lord willing, become a self-governing and self-sustaining local church. My hope is English and French Fellowship folks will experience the love and joy of working on mission together.

Visit Montréal in October

Our Fellowship Francophone Coordinator, Sergei Li, and I host Québec Vision Tours (QVTs) several times a year. We host different types of QVTs:

  • Live QVT: You come to Montréal and we visit several church plant locations over two days
  • Virtual QVT: You meet some church planters online in a two-hour ZOOM gathering
  • QVT Enroute: You come for a two- to three-hour in-person gathering to hear about church planting in Québec. These gatherings are generally scheduled close to the scheduled Regional conferences.

Our next Live QVT is
October 17-19, 2022 

 You get yourself to Montréal by train, plane, or automobile at your cost and then I care for your expenses for the two-day exposure tour. We stay at a Fairfield Marriott hotel, and enjoy good food and great fellowship with other Fellowship pastors and leaders while we travel to locations together.

This opportunity is open to pastors and church leaders who are prayerfully considering the possibility of partnership.

Next Step?

Go online to fellowship.ca/ReachingFrancophoneCanada to read more about the Fellowship’s francophone ministry.

Email Sergei or myself if you’re interested in attending our October 17-19, 2022 QVT in the Montréal area. Numbers are limited so commit early. If you’re interested in our next Virtual QVT (November 19, 2022 @ 1-3pm EST) please contact us at: