The first incidence of Pentecostalism in France was in October 1909, when Michel E. Mast was supported by a church in Sunderland to open a Pentecostal mission in Paris. The First World War forced him to become a chaplain for the army which interrupted the work of his mission. But his efforts were constant until 1935.

A second Pentecostal center was in the region of Le Havre in a restaurant, called “le Ruban Bleu”, which was founded in 1896, not only as a restaurant but also a place of training, a Sunday school, a center of prayer, and a home for miss…