FLITE: Religious Entrepreneurship in Quebec in the 1970s and 1980s
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FLITE: Religious Entrepreneurship in Quebec in the 1970s and 1980s
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| Abstract |
The author traces the birth and development of a major Pentecostal missionary thrust into French Canada, mostly Quebec, in the 1970s and 1980s by the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. Some sixty Anglophone families took part in a missionary thrust called "FLITE", for "French Language Intensive Training for Evangelism". The FLITE program, initiated by Rev. Robert Argue, was meant to inject "spiritual dynamism" into the Francophone Pentecostal community by calling on Anglophone Bible College graduates to learn French with the objective of ministering in French Canada. The author points out that this initiative, although causing conflict and division within the Pentecostal church in Quebec, resulted in a restructured and revitalized Pentecostal church in the province, exponential growth in members and churches, and expansion in all regions of Quebec.
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Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society
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Vol. 46
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no. 1
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49-88
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Spring 2004
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en
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Di Giacomo, Michael. “FLITE: Religious Entrepreneurship in Quebec in the 1970s and 1980s.” Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society Vol. 46, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 49–88.
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