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Published: December 18, 2015 by: Rick White
Merry Christmas From Haitian Christian Ministries This year has really flown by and it's hard to believe that Christmas is only one week away. This year has also been full of change, tough events and new horizons for Haitian Christian Ministries. As a Ministry, we are indeed thankful for our many partners that have continued to pray for us and continued to financially support our students and the work…
Published: December 15, 2016 by: Rick White
Bringing Light to Northern Haiti Preaching and Teaching the Word of God Haitian Christian Ministries 2016 Issue 12 Eastview Team Leads Family Conference Thanks to the Jack Patterson family for this trip recap Rain, rain, and more rain! Haiti was getting more rain than it had in years and years and our November HCM team was headed that way. The rains caused widespread damage – flooding homes and many roads were…
Published: December 15, 2016 by: Rick White
Bringing Light to Northern Haiti Preaching and Teaching the Word of God Haitian Christian Ministries 2016 Issue 11 Impacted by Hurricane Matthew Our Haitian brothers and sisters showed God’s love to the community of Les Cayes recently as they travelled to a town impacted by Hurricane Matthew. Pastor Bob and Pastor Jacques presented the need to their churches and developed a plan to feed around 400 families and distribute…
Published: October 12, 2016 by: Rick White
2016 Issue 10 Child Sponsorship Director Donna McCall 3148 Shepard Rd. Normal, IL 61761 Phone 970.389.0639 [email protected] Minimal Impact to Northern Haiti from Hurricane Matthew Thank you to our friends and supporters for reaching out over the last several days to check on the impact of Hurricane Matthew on Haitian Christian Ministries and our partners Welcome Home Haiti and Emmaus Biblical Seminary. The northern part of Haiti was spared the…
Published: October 3, 2016 by: Rick White
Haitian Christian Ministries 2016 Issue 9 As we have shared in recent newsletters, God continues to grow the Lory church under the leadership of Pastor Jacques. The church has outgrown its current facility and the board is now announcing a capital campaign for a new multi-purpose building on the Lory grounds. This building (preliminary exterior design above) is designed to fit into the long term site plan for the Lory…
Published: October 3, 2016 by: Rick White
Haitian Christian Ministries 2016 Issue 8 HCM Minsitry Partner – Emmaus Bible Seminary Introduces Church Plant Program Earlier this year, we announced a new partnership with Emmaus Bible Seminary (EBS). This agreement was finalized in July. The partnership with Emmaus will kick into high gear in 2017. In the meantime, Pastor Jacques of the Lory church will be heading up the effort on the ground, observing and providing feedback on how…
Published: July 11, 2016 by: Rick White
Medical Team Serves the Pillatre and Lory Communities Thanks to Todd Wilcox for providing this recap and the photos. On June 3, our team of 20 from Eastview Christian Church left Bloomington-Normal for Cap Haitian, Haiti. The team consisted of four doctors, five nurses, one police officer, and nine non-medical personnel. We hit the ground running on Saturday, unpacking five crates we had sent down in early May; full of…
Published: July 7, 2016 by: Rick White
"One Week, One Community, One Church" Week of Revival Set for Pillatre Church Pastor Bob at the Pillatre church has asked us to share this message with all of HCM’s partners and sponsors. "I am glad to announce that there will be a great week of Spiritual Awakening at Pillatre Christian Church from June 19th to the 24th. This spiritual awakening will enable the community (choirs from other churches)…
Published: May 23, 2016 by: Rick White
Arizona Medical Team Serves the Pillatre Community Tonjua Sibley stepped into leading a medical team 48 hours before leaving for Haiti. We asked her to share about her experience. The Haiti April 2016 trip was miraculous and quite amazing. I led the trip along with Katrina Moore. Being that I had been 7 times before and this was her second time one would think we knew what we were doing…
Published: May 23, 2016 by: Rick White
Coming Full Circle: Kicking & Screaming… HCM Director of Development Rick White recently returned from a trip to Haiti. This is the story of his relationship with the ministry. Our love for Haitian Christian Ministries, the Pillatre Christian School and the Students began a long, long time ago. My wife Susie and I first met HCM at Eastview Christian Church in Normal, IL in 1987. It was suggested then that we…
Published: March 24, 2016 by: Rick White
Three Teams Serving at Pillatre in the Same Week This February 23rd marked the one year anniversary of Pastor Manno being called home. For the first time in HCM history, there were three different teams on the ground at that time serving the people of Pillatre and Northern Haiti. This a true testament to Manno’s work and legacy Dillon Community Church Medical Team Dillon Community Church from Colorado sent…
Published: February 24, 2016 by: Rick White
Bringing Light to Northern Haiti Preaching and Teaching the Word of God Haitian Christian Ministries 2016 Issue 2 Planting Churches This month we celebrate Donna McCall’s 10th anniversary of serving as Child Sponsorhip Director. In honor of this occasion, we sat down with Donna to discuss the Child Sponsorship Program. In 2006 I was given the privilege of being the Child Sponsorship Director. At that time there were 550…
Published: January 26, 2016 by: Rick White
Bringing Light to Northern Haiti Preaching and Teaching the Word of God Haitian Christian Ministries 2016 Issue 1 The village called Lory. Lory is between Pillatre and Cap-Haiten. The Lory church of HCM continues to grow and thrive, with several hundred people attending services on Sundays. We recently sat down with Lory Pastor Jacques Zephirin to learn more about how God is moving in that community. Please tell us a…
Published: June 9, 2015 by: Rick White
See You In Cincinnati! Recently I have been working on the details of a trip to Cincinnati so Haitian Christian Ministries will be represented at the North American Christian Convention. I tried to recall the last time HCM was a part of any of the Christian Conventions. A number of years ago, I know we were represented at the National Missionary Convention I believe in Springfield, Illinois but that was…
Published: March 31, 2015 by: Rick White
Just five weeks ago, on February 23rd, our dear friend Pastor Emmanuel Laguerre was called Home by God. Since that time, I have spent a lot of time thinking and praying about Pastor Manno, the Laguerre family and Haitian Christian Ministries. My friend, Dick Ulmer from the Sun Valley Community Church in Arizona, did a masterful job of putting together a tribute video that was shared at Manno’s service…