For six years, Pierre Ernst Jacques’ ordination was put on hold due to civil unrest in his home country of Haiti. However, through an unusual set of circumstances — some tragic — Jacques found himself in the United States for a special remote ordination during this year’s Eastern Kentucky District Assembly.
The following is an update and request for prayer from the Mesoamerica Region for the ongoing upheaval and chaos in Haiti. Since the 7 July 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse, president-elect, Haiti has been living in a crisis that has affected Haitians across the country.
Haiti is still reeling after the 7.2-magnitude quake on August 14. An estimated 2,207 people were killed, more than 12,000 were injured, and tens of thousands are without homes.
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook Haiti on Saturday morning, causing substantial destruction. The Church of the Nazarene has four districts in the area near the epicenter, two of which are known to have sustained significant damage.
Last week, the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse sent the nation into a tumultuous time. Haiti Field Strategy Coordinator Pierre Antoine Jacques shared the following update.
The Southern Florida District returned to Gros-Morne, Haiti, from January 4 through 12 to train local teachers and pastors, complete several construction projects, and oversee
More than 60 leaders from Haiti gathered for an evangelism and church planting workshop from 18 to 20 February at the Nazarene Seminary in Port-au-Prince,
