Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 2026 – Week of Prayer Day 4
Every Friday night, rain or shine, Andrew Mark Adil and his church plant evangelism team go out onto the busy sidewalks of downtown Montreal and have gospel conversations with passersby. “Quebec is less than 1% evangelical,” he says. “So when people meet us, they actually have lots of questions.” That’s how God used curiosity to grow a church plant in one of the most unchurched cities in North America.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
“At first, people look at you like you’re a unicorn.”
That’s the initial reaction Andrew Mark and Petra Adil get when they strike up gospel conversations with people in downtown Montreal.
In Montreal, only 0.7% of the population identifies as evangelical.
“Quebec is less than 1% evangelical and very ethnically diverse,” Andrew Mark says. “So when people here meet a Christian, they’re actually very curious. They ask all kinds of questions like, ‘How can we know the Bible is true?’ or ‘What’s the difference between your God and my god?’ ”
Every Friday night, Andrew Mark and his evangelism team— “And when we say, ‘team’ ” he says, “we mean our whole church” —go out to the busy sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops to talk with people. “Answering questions, sharing the gospel,” he says, “it’s our favorite thing to do.”
It’s not surprising, then, that their church plant is growing faster than anyone ever imagined. “For us to baptize ten people in our first year and then to double in size in less than two years—that’s unheard of in Montreal,” Andrew Mark says. “Only a big God can take a small church plant like ours and do such amazing things.”
NAMB, AAEO, Montreal
Pray for…
- More fruit to come from Friday night on-the-street gospel conversations.
- God to call and equip church planting interns out of Andrew Mark’s church who will help plant more new works.
- More Christians to come and share Christ with the 99% of people in Quebec who are lost.