FAR LEFT: Jacques Avakian talks with Gabriel Frigon (right) and a friend of his. Jacques led Gabriel, a fromer drug user, to Christ. Now Gabriel is hosting a Bible study in his home led by Jacques. LEFT: Jacques (middle) and members of his church stand in front of one of the many historic churches that dot the landscape of Quebec. Only 0.5 percent of Quebec’s 6.2 million French-speaking population maintain any evangelical affiliation. BELOW: Jacques (left) prays with a local Korean pastor and Baker Hill (right) an IMB missionary serving in Canada.
be reached… “to pray that God would remove the strongholds in Quebec so that when people hear the gospel, they respond to it instead of react to it.” To this end, Jacques is developing a prayer campaign called “Prayer and Fasting 1771,” which involves one day of prayer and fasting per week for seven weeks and then one week of daily prayer and fasting. “People say Quebec is one of the toughest mis- sion fields and I agree, but what mission field is easy? I don’t believe anyone is beyond hope, no matter
how tough they are. I haven’t met one person in Quebec who didn’t want to listen to what I was say- ing. If every believer in Montreal committed himself or herself to reaching one person a year, we would double ourselves in one year!” OM
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