Émile-René Dallière (1900–1995) was born to a banker, Charles and Alma Dallière, in Nice, France. He married Marguerite Schmid and their son was Alain. He was baptized in the Église Réformée de France (ERF) and became a practicing lawyer. He was fluent in English and translated L.D. Weatherhead, La maîtrise sexuelle (psychanalyse et religion) (1930). He entered the ministry of the ERF but withdrew in 1934 after experiencing “baptism of the Holy Spirit” in Douglas Scott’s meetings. 

After leaving the ERF, Émile-René Dallière pastored Pentecostal congregations in Bernay …