Pastor Claude was born and raised in French-speaking Montreal. He has been in ministry for 25 years. He pioneered New Life Church in 1993 with a handful of believers on the South Shore of Montreal and the church has grown to over 3500 people, with a strong emphasis on mercy ministries that touch thousands of people every week. Pastor Claude is the Chairman of the Board of the Institut de Théologie pour la Francophonie (French-world Theological Institute) where he also teaches in the fields of Leadership, Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, training hundreds for ministry in the French world. He is the author of two books which have become best-sellers in French evangelical circles. He has also just published his first English book, “Increase Our Faith”.