Create places to meet
Small groups on a human scale, attentive to the culture here, where people genuinely know each other before anyone talks about programs.
A movement in the heart of the Maritimes
A church that multiplies, in French.
Projet Acadie helps new French-speaking Christian communities take root — churches, small groups meeting in homes, and circles of friendship — always alongside the churches already there.
About the projectAcross the Maritime provinces
The Maritimes
Our context
French-speaking life in the Maritimes is alive, diverse and spread out.
Acadian communities rooted here for generations live alongside people who arrived recently and neighbours reconnecting with French. Many are looking for somewhere to ask their questions and live their faith in their own language.
Walk alongside leaders
Supporting bilingual women and men who want to lead a French-speaking community and care for the people in it.
Welcome newcomers
Many French-speaking families arrive in the Maritimes every year. We want them to find a community here, a friendship, and a place that is genuinely theirs.
What we believe
Never beside the churches. Always with them.
Projet Acadie is an initiative of the Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada, carried out with Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada and The Task. We move forward listening to communities, serving leaders, and staying transparent with local churches.
- ✓ Nothing starts without the agreement of the churches already there.
- ✓ Local people lead the work.
- ✓ We keep things simple enough that others can do the same.
A partnership
Three organizations, one shared desire to serve the mission.
Projet Acadie brings together national French-language expertise, a network long rooted in Atlantic Canada, and hands-on experience helping new Christian communities begin.
Lead organization
Union Baptiste
The Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada brings together and supports French-speaking churches across the country.
Visit Union BaptisteRegional partner
CBAC
Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada support a wide network of churches across the Atlantic provinces.
About CBACField partner
The Task
The Task walks with churches in developing leaders and starting new Christian communities, here and elsewhere.
About The TaskA relational approach
Listen. Collaborate. Walk alongside. Multiply.
Four movements that keep the project rooted in prayer, in the culture here, and in the life of local churches.
Listen
Understand the language, history, needs and strengths of each place.
Collaborate
Discern with local churches which doors are genuinely opening.
Walk alongside
Stay with the people carrying a French-speaking community, over the long term.
Multiply
Help simple communities begin that can, in turn, help others begin.
The participating network
Communities rooted in their own place.
See on the map the churches, home groups and circles of friendship walking with Projet Acadie across the Maritimes.
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The map grows as new collaborations are confirmed.
Faith questions
Honest questions.
Answers that open a way forward.
Découvrir Jésus
3 min read
Qui est Jésus, vraiment?
Sage parmi les sages, personnage de légende, ou quelqu’un d’autre? La question mérite mieux qu’une réponse toute faite.
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Questions difficiles
3 min read
Pourquoi Dieu permet-il la souffrance?
C’est la question qui fait le plus de mal, et celle qui mérite le moins une réponse rapide. Voici ce que la foi chrétienne dit — et ce qu’elle ne dit pas.
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Prière et vie intérieure
3 min read
Comment prier quand je ne sais pas quoi dire?
Pas besoin de vocabulaire religieux ni de formule juste. Une méthode simple pour commencer, et quoi faire quand aucun mot ne vient.
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The team’s workspace.
Leaders, partners and people in training sign in here to the Projet Acadie intranet: training, resources, projects and follow-up. Access is limited to accounts already created by the team.
An invitation
What if a new community of faith began near you?
Are you a pastor, a leader, or a member of a church? Tell us about your setting and let’s discern a next step together, serving French speakers across the Maritimes.
Talk with our team