Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine


Gaspé Baie-Comeau

Geography: The Gaspé Peninsula is known for its exquisite beauty and exceptional hospitality. It takes about 8 hours to travel around the Gaspé peninsula—an extremely rewarding scenic drive because of the region’s breathtaking scenery of seaside cliffs, picturesque fishing villages and the mighty Percé Rock.

History: The name “Gaspé” comes from a Micmac (Indian) word meaning, “the end of the land.” The explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross near the site of the present-day city of Gaspé in 1534, claiming what we now call Eastern Canada for France.

Population: The Gaspé, and Îles-de-la-Madeleine, have a combined population of just over 100,000. Most people live in towns and villages that hug the shore.

Economy: Tourism is the main industry in the Gaspé peninsula, but there are also some maritime-related economic activities and services in the larger centres.

Ministry: There are presently three French Fellowship Baptist churches on the Gaspé Peninsula. The church at Matane, under the leadership of Israël-Luc and Agnès Godfrey, was able to purchase and renovate a well-situated building with the help of funds from Project 2001.

A young couple, Israël and Nadia Le Guédard, heads a relatively new church plant in the city of Gaspé. There is also a small work at New Richmond, which is currently without a permanent pastor.

Claude and Vinca Beaulieu began their ministry in Rimouski in January 2005. Claude’s vision is to build up the church at Rimouski and to have a regional ministry. The Rimouski church is actively searching to buy a building (with the help of funds from Project 2006). Claude is serving as Interim Pastor in New Richmond and goes there twice a month. Renald Veilleux also serves in Rimouski as part of the ministry team. The Rimouski church gave birth to a daughter work in Rivière-du-Loup in the summer of 2006. The new church is under the leadership of missionaries Hugo and Lyne Éthier.


Please pray for:

  1. The church at Matane and the leadership of Israël-Luc and Agnès Godfrey.
  2. The church at Gaspé and the leadership of Israël et Nadia Le Guédard.
  3. The new church at Rivière-du-Loup led by Hugo and Lyne Éthier.
  4. Claude and Vinca Beaulieu and Renald Veilleux serving at Rimouski and exercising a regional ministry.
  5. The church at New Richmond, presently without a pastor.
  6. God’s blessing on the church in Grand Sault and the ministry of Alain and Jacinthe Ringuette.