Our Ministry Focus

Using a variety of means, e.g., pastors conferences, modular theological courses, formal and informal theology training ministry, and written theological resources, the focus of Pastors of the Caribbean is to help train and equip men for the gospel ministry of Jesus Christ in the Caribbean. At present we are working on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti & Dominican Republic). We have also begun to send in theological resources for church leadership in Venezuela. God willing, as funding and opportunity may come, our ministry reach will extend to include additional Caribbean islands/nations.

By God's grace, we help the pastors and church leaders, to better teach/preach the Holy Bible and to better shepherd those in their churches. We are blessed to have friend/fellowship with several seminary trained pastors here in North America who sacrificially help us to accomplish our ministry objectives.

Doctrinal Statement

Leadership

Thomas Herrera

Director/President

Thomas Herrera is the founder and president of the Pastors of the Caribbean. Thomas is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and in 1986 he served as a missionary in the Dominican Republic where he met Polonia who became his beloved wife. Thomas and his wife Polonia have been members at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California for 30 plus years. Thomas serves there as a deacon. He is a graduate of the Logos Bible Institute at Grace Community Church and by God's grace, is now a seminarian at The Master’s Seminary. He also serves on the board of directors with More Than Bread which has established the Bible Institute of Grand Goave, Haiti (www.mtbhaiti.org). For over 33 years, Thomas has been employed as an inspector for Los Angeles County. He and Polonia are blessed with three adult children.

Peter Beaudoin

Director

Peter Beaudoin serves as a deacon at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. Peter has faithfully served there in a variety of ministries, e.g., Street Preaching, Discipleship Evangelism, Fundamentals of the Faith, and is now serving as a home Bible study teacher/leader. Peter exemplifies self sacrificial service for Christian ministry! Peter and his dear wife Jeanne have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.

Polonia Herrera

Director/Secretary

Polonia Herrera is from the Domincan Republic where she was actively involed in church ministry, e.g., youth ministry, leadership, and serving as her pastor's secretary. Prior to moving to the United States, Polonia worked as the administrative assistant for the non-profit orgainzation Floresta. She serves as one of the leaders of Every Woman’s Grace at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. She also leads and directs the annual Ladies for Haiti Gift Boutique fund raiser, which helps to fund our work in Haiti. Polonia and her husband Thomas are blessed with 3 adult children.

Pastor Allen Cagle

Director

Dr. Allen Cagle faithfully served and ministered with Pastors of the Caribbean prior to becoming a board member in 2013. Allen has been especially drawn to minister with us in Haiti. He has the privilege of serving as pastor-teacher at Sunrise Community Church in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Allen graduated from college in Mobile, Alabama (University of Mobile, BS 2000). In 2001 Allen, and his bride Mindy, moved to Los Angeles, California to attend The Masters Seminary. While working on his Masters of Divinity degree, he served on staff at Grace Community Church (Sun Valley, Calif.), as a Youth Pastor, under Dr./Pastor John MacArthur. He served in this capacity from 2003-2007 before moving back to Mobile where he then served as the Family Ministries Pastor at Christ Fellowship Baptist Church, under Dr./Pastor Steve Lawson. He faithfully served there in this role until Sunrise Community Church sought him out in 2013. He has completed his Doctor of Ministry degree at Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. Allen and his beloved wife Mindy have three beloved children.

Shane Schultz

Director/Treasurer

Shane Schultz is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), who works as an internal bank auditor. Shane and his beloved wife Brenda are long time members (and servants), at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. During Sunday morning worship services at Grace Community Church, Shane faithfully ministers in song together with the choir. Prior and subsequent to joining our Pastors of the Caribbean Board of Directors, Shane (and Brenda) have faithfully blessed Haitian pastors with whom we work. Shane and Brenda reside in Glendale, California and are blessed with three children.

Pastor Maxime Pierre-Pierre

Director

Maxime Pierre-Pierre has been a pastor since 1994. He is currently professor of public speaking and homiletics at an Evangelical Theological Seminary in Haiti.

He holds a doctorate in pastoral theology. He and his wife Marie-France have 3 children.

Ministry Partners and Friends

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More Than Bread Ministry (Bible Institute of Grand Goave)

www.mtbhaiti.org

For the purpose of helping to train and equip church leaders, in and around Grand Goave, Haiti, we have an ongoing ministry partnership with Institut Biblique de Grand-Goave.

Bible Training Centre for Pastors (BTCP)

www.bibletraining.com

We are using/providing the 10 theology manual program of BTCP. We are sponsoring this informal church leader training program, taught by trained local pastors, in Cap-Haitien and in Grand Riviere du Nord, Haiti. The program takes about two years to complete. We are working to establish this program at Les Cayes, Haiti in 2020.

Faculte de Theologie por la Mission Integral de l'Eglise (FATHEMIE)

A theological training ministry which at present has three training locations throughout Haiti. Pastors of the Caribbean has been working long-term with FATHEMIE to help train and equip their students in church leadership. This partnership has included: sending pastors-teachers to provide their students with modular theological instruction, e.g., in hermeneutics and in Biblical counseling. Pastors of the Caribbean continues to provide FATHEMIE with valuable French and Creole theological resources.

Publications Chretiennes

www.publicationschretiennes.com

The Christian publishing ministry in Quebec, Canada provides us with French MacArthur Bible commentaries & Bible doctrine books and other excellent theology books for the Haitian pastors and church leaders with whom we work.

Missionary Flights International

www.missionaryflights.org

This aviation/missions ministry, based in Fort Pierce, Florida, transports Bibles and other theological resources, for us into Haiti.