Assisting Theological Training Centers
At present, Pastors of the Caribbean (POTC) assists two different theological training ministries in Haiti, i.e., Institut Biblique de Grand-Goave, a.k.a. More Than Bread (www.mtbhaiti.org), and we also assist Faculte de Teologie pour la Mission Integral de l'Eglise (FATHEMIE).
POTC is working with the Bible Institute of Grand Goave (BIGG) to help provide training conferences, for pastors and church leaders, in and around Grand Goave, e.g., together we have completed a four-part training series on Biblical Eldership. (Often times in Haiti, churches are not autonomous and are not led by a plurality of elders). Presently there are about 40 students studying in the four-year training program of BIGG. Their first graduation was this past June of 2019.
In the Fall of 2017 we began a new four-part conference series in partnership with the Bible Institute of Grand Goave. This series was focused on the church and on expositional Bible teaching. It was very well attended by both BIGG students, and by many church leaders in the area who are not students at BIGG. It concluded in the Spring of 2019.
Another theological training ministry which POTC has helped in the past, is Faculte de Teologie pour la Mission Integral de l'Eglise (FATHEMIE). They are training students at three different locations, i.e., Port-au-Prince, Mirebalais (Central Plateau), and at Romeo (North Coast). Our assistance has included the provision of visiting pastor-teachers to teach modular theology classes to the students of FATHEMIE, e.g., hermeneutics, systematic theology, contemporary theology, and the Book of Hebrews. Over the years, POTC has provided FATHEMIE with theology books, workbooks, French MacArthur Study Bibles, New Testament commentaries, and more.
