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Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France (Life and Light)

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The Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France (Life and Light) (Mission évangélique des Tziganes de France (Vie et Lumière)) is a Pentecostal church active among Roma.

History

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The denomination has its origins in a mission founded by the Pastor Clément Le Cossec in 1952 in Brest.[1] In 1954, the "Gospel Mission of the Gypsies of France" held its first annual national convention.[2]

In 2015, it would have 100,000 members and 260 churches. [3]

It also is present in several countries outside Western Europe. In several countries the GEM faces persecution.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Allan Anderson, An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013, p. 96
  2. ^ Sébastien Fath, Du ghetto au réseau. Le protestantisme évangélique en France, 1800-2005, Éditions Labor et Fides, Genève, 2005, p. 217
  3. ^ Loup Besmond de Senneville, Georges Meyer, pasteur de la communauté évangélique tzigane, reçoit la légion d’honneur, la-croix.com, France, Jan. 14, 2015
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