Caribbean Ministries
by Frank Vaughn
AS A MISSIONARY, one has a variety of experiences. A young Haitian fellow came to me when I was a missionary in Haiti, asking if he could attend our school. At that point, we really did not have room, and we were somewhat low on funds. I did some checking and found that he had already begun his education by obtaining a book or two. He asked for help from anyone he thought could teach him. He was living with a non-family member because his mother’s new husband did not want him. The Lord laid it on my heart to help him however I could. I gave him a room in our house, some pencils, and some paper; but no books. He borrowed books and put himself completely into his studies. When the year ended, he was first in his class! We continued to help him, and he completed high school, Bible College, and two years of Seminary. He is currently a teacher in his village and assists in his church. God has blessed his life with a lovely family.
PURPOSE FOR EXISTENCE: It is the purpose of Caribbean Ministries – Turks & Caicos Islands, Haiti, Bahamas, and US Caribbean – to cultivate our churches to grow and reproduce.
MISSION STATEMENT: Our mission is to provide leadership and necessary materials to all the locations in our responsibility throughout the Caribbean.
VISION: It is our desire, with the help of the Lord, to establish churches which are mission minded and want to follow the way of holiness.
GOALS: Our objectives for the fields of the Caribbean are:
- Haiti: To have a missionary couple go to Haiti and help with changes we would like to see in that country
- Turks & Caicos Islands: To establish a central office which could reach out to the Caribbean region
Bahamas: To host, with the help of Rev. Frankie Scott (HIM pastor on Nassau) an area missions conference; and to host (on the island of Andros) pastors, couples, families, men, women, mother/daughter, and father/son retreats. We are in need of a missionary couple to work on Andros. - US Caribbean: To help each of the churches in the US become established, form a bond, and work together
STRATEGIC KINDS OF MINISTRIES
- Establish leadership training, children’s ministries, and youth programs in our existing churches
- Plant new churches in new countries
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF MINISTRY: Haiti, Turks & Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, US. Our future plans are to establish churches in the Dominican Republic and Martinique.
