Pastor Jeune told Crosswalk.com that the biggest challenge for Christians in Haiti is “how to live out our faith in the politics of violence, corruption and bad government. The church needs to stand up for moral values, for Bible teachings.”

But, adds Jeune, these very difficulties are causing the church to grow. “If there is one thing that accompanies all these difficulties, it is the growth of the church. It is a phenomenal growth. Every small church now is experiencing a rate of conversion of at least 10 people per Sunday.”

Jeune, the president of the Baptist Church of South Haiti (MEBSH), oversees 500 Baptist churches with a population of more than 130,000 people.

Yet there is more to do. Jeune says a group from HAVIDEC wants to go one step further. “We need to encourage strong Christian people to get involved in the political realm,” he explained. “For so long, we’ve been telling the people that Christians should not get involved in politics, because politics is dirty and once you get involved, you’re more likely to loose your sanctification.”

But now, says Jeune, the churches and especially the younger generation are aware that “as long as we leave the political realm for the dirty people, politics in Haiti will always be dirty.” 

Jeune believes God “laid on my heart a vision to see my country free – spiritually, economically, socially and politically. I have engaged in this endeavor during the last 10 years, and I mean to keep up the work, even though it is difficult. I am praying for the Lord to send people to join me in that journey.”

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Another Haitian pastor, Eris Labady, oversees 15 churches around the island. He agrees that Haiti is “a sick nation” and Jesus is the remedy. He feels Haiti is suffering from “economic disease, spiritual disease, moral disease and socio-political disease.”