Église Nouvelle vie, Modern Christian church in Longueuil, Canada
Église Nouvelle vie is a modern church building in Longueuil with a spacious main auditorium designed for worship gatherings. The interior features professional sound and lighting systems that support religious services and special events.
Founded in 1993 in Longueuil by pastor Claude Houde with 50 believers, the church opened its doors during the 1998 ice storm, sheltering 500 homeless people for three weeks, and was recognized as being of public utility by the city. It dedicated its current building in 2001, including a 2,400-seat auditorium, the largest in French-speaking Canada. In 2003 it left the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, and in 2007 it founded the Association chrétienne pour la Francophonie.
The church's name, Nouvelle Vie ("New Life"), matches its Spanish-language service, Nueva Vida, held weekly. Its humanitarian arm, Action Nouvelle Vie, founded in 1993, runs a food bank, a second-hand shop and aid programs for pregnant women, and in 2015 it started 2159, a youth centre aimed at preventing homelessness and delinquency.
The building is in Longueuil, Quebec, and the auditorium seats 2,400, the largest in French-speaking Canada. Membership is not required to attend meetings; only members may volunteer and vote on budgets and new pastors at the annual assembly. A weekly Spanish-language service, Nueva Vida, is also held.
During a major natural disaster in the late 1990s, this building played an important role in the local community. It served as a refuge for hundreds of people from the area during that difficult period.
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