Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec
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L'Association des Églises Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark du Québec (or the Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec) is a local association of French-speaking Landmark Missionary Baptists in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

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In 2000, this association was composed of 4 churches with 201 members. These churches also affiliate with the Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association
Organized in 1951 as the Interstate and Foreign Missionary Baptist Associational Assembly of America, this group is now known as the Interstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of America. Their purpose is to encourage fellowship among Missionary Baptist churches that practice...

 of America, based largely in the southern parts of Alabama
Alabama
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, Louisiana
Louisiana
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, and Mississippi
Mississippi
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. In addition to these 4 churches, 6 other churches in Quebec participate in the Interstate & Foreign Association, and are in fellowship with the churches of l'Association des Églises Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark. This makes a total of 10 French-speaking Landmark Baptist churches in Quebec with 531 members.

L'Association des Églises Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark holds a general faith and practice in common with Landmark Missionary Baptists in the United States
United States
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, and, like the Interstate & Foreign Association, believe pastoral support should be by free will offerings and observe the rite of feet washing
Feet washing
Foot washing or washing of feet is a religious rite observed as an ordinance by several Christian denominations. The name, and even the spelling, of this practice is not consistently established, being variously known as foot washing, washing the saints' feet, pedilavium, and mandatum.For some...

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Sources

  • Association minutes
    • L'Association des Églises Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark du Québec, 2000
    • Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association, 2000
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