France

Field Office Information

C&MA Field Entry in 1962

Field Director:

Alan Clason

Mailing Address:

73 bis rue du Marechal Foch
78000 Versailles, FRANCE

Phone:

011-33-1-39-24-00-96

Email:

office@cmafrance.org

Website:

www.cmafrance.org

National Church

23 organized churches, 2 unorganized groups, 13 ordained ministers, 975 baptized members, and 1606 inclusive members.

Team Initiatives

• Develop a local, church-based, leadership training ministry that enables church members to serve one another in Christ. Alan and Carol Clason are partnering with national pastors in this effort.
• Plant a church in Limoges, where two couples desire a French Alliance Church in their city the testimony for Christ.

A House of Prayer

2013-03-06 12:25:57

By Brad Reynolds

In 2008, GCF-supported Alliance international workers Brad and Tina Reynolds planted a French-speaking church, Eglise Protestante Internationale (EPI) Léguevin, France. The meeting place that opened a year later was the first new church since the 12th century in the Toulouse suburb.

We are celebrating a birthday! On Sunday March 2, 2008, God birthed this church. Nineteen people signed their names as the founding members, and as it was then, EPI continues to be the fruit of prayer. Whatever has happened herethe last five years—those who have come to faith in Christ, been baptized, and made decisions to trust Him for various needs—is the result of the Spirit at work, answering our prayers.

Prayer is the primary work for each EPI outreach, including the Alpha course. During this 10-week study of God’s Word, participants—most of whom are not believers—ask questions about Christ and and talk about their previous experience with religion. We pray for their needs and celebrate with them when they see God answer their prayers.

New Life

Three of the six attendees began attending church regularly and will be baptized on Easter Sunday.

One of the people who came to faith during this Alpha course continues to amaze us with her progress. Not raised in the Christian faith, she says that it’s like “magic” the way things have changed. God is at work in her marriage and her personal life. He is teaching her so much, and she plans to tell her family about what has happened.

Recently, a woman who was with us for only the second time at our mid-week prayer meeting began to pray from her heart, expressing anxiety for her family and  concern about the future in an uncertain world. I asked the group to respond in prayer, to offer promises from the Scriptures, and to minister to her need. Some prayed passages of the Word; others prayed for deep healing for past wounds. It was an expression of the Body of Christ in action, caring for the needs of a hurting sister.

EPI was the vision of Toulouse International Church (TIC) in 2003. On Wednesday, March 13, EPI will welcome TIC for an evening of prayer and worship to celebrate five years of God’s amazing faithfulness and His answers to prayer. The angels will be crowding out the room. Our God be praised!

Demographics

Population

Population--60,656,178 Infant mortality rate--4.3/1,000 Life expectancy--79.6

Capital City

Paris (11,330,700) pop.

Geography

About 80 percent the size of Texas, France (211,208 sq. mi.) has forest-covered mountains in the northeast, the Pyrénées along the southwest, and wide plain and mountainous plateau in the other regions.

Languages

French

Ethnicity/Race

Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Southeast Asian, and Basque minorities

Economy

Per capita income--$28,700 Inflation--2.3% Unemployment--10.1% Literacy rate--99% (1980 est.)

Government/Political Climate

Republic. France is a leader among European nations and is at the forefront of efforts to develop the EU’s military capabilities to supplement progress toward an EU foreign policy.

Religion

Roman Catholic--88%; Muslim--9%; Protestant--2%; Jewish--1%